A superb kitchen design is much more than exciting plans and drawings. Selecting the appropriate building materials is essential. To help you make the best choice for your kitchen, we explore some of the pros and cons associated with common building materials. Check back often, we'll have more comparisons for you soon!
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- Warp Resistant
- Nice Grain Configuration
- Easy to Change Stain
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- May peel with time
- You cannot sand substrate to refinish if painted
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- Paint or stain any colour
- Smooth clean look
- Easy to sand
- Easy to repair
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- May show cracks on small frame joints
- Paint can be expensive
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- Hard durable finish
- Numerous colours and finishes
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- May peel with time
- Flat door style limitation
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- Resembles painted 5 piece door
- Numerous colours and realistic finishes
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- Scrathes can't be repaired
- Lighter colours can yellow in time
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- No visible joints
- Easy to clean
- Virtually stain resistant
- Under mount sink can be seamless
- Numerous colours and finishes
- Light colours can be very affordable
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- Light colours are prone to coffe and tea stains
- Darker colours can be expensive
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- Easy to clean
- Stain resistant
- Unique effects
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- Noisy when used
- Prone to scratches
- Expensive
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- Can be molded into any shape and colour
- Contemporary look
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- Porous if not sealed
- Place stress on the base cabinets
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- Best cutting board or counter
- Appealing look
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- Require frequent maintenance (if used for cutting)
- May warp in time
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- Maintenance free
- Scratch resistant
- Resembles natural stone
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- Can be expensive
- Repetitive patterns
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- Scratch resistant
- Large selection of colours and natural patterns
- Heat resistant
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- Need to be resealed regularly
- Can't be repaired or polished
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- Solid cream and white colours
- Easy to work with
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- Prone to scratching
- Need to be resealed regularly
- Ages quickly
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- Ads warmth and charm
- Large selection of textures and colours
- Beneficial for your back and posture
- Finishes with aluminium oxides and titanium are difficult to scratch and are durable
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- Wears quickly
- Certain types of woods may wear faster than others
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- Soft for walking and standing
- Easy to repair
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- Extra protection is required if the floor is cross cut
- Heavy furniture can leave marks
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- Easy to clean
- Unlimited selection of colours sizes and finishes
- Scratch resistant
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- Low backed tiles are prone to chipping
- Sub floor can be costly
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- Unique texture
- Wears nicely
- Large selection of colours and textures (brushed, tumbled, chiseled, polished and honed)
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- Needs to be resealed regularly
- Expensive
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- Unique textures for indoors and outdoors
- Available in a variety of sizes and finishes
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- Needs to be resealed regularly
- Expensive
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