Solid Wood Worktops For Your Kitchen

Wood is one of those fabulous raw, natural materials that look stunning in the home, ideal for creating a rustic, traditional look. Offering pure originality, no two pieces of solid wood will ever appear the same, reassuring those after an individual look, that no other kitchen anywhere in the world will have the same design. With so many different styles of solid wood worktops available to buy, you're sure to find one that suits both your kitchen and your budget.

Choosing the right worktops to fit in your kitchen will depend on your budget and your personal style. Every kitchen tells a different story. Some see the preparation of three large and busy meals a day, others are lucky to soak up the scents of a rare takeaway wrapper. Depending on how you use your kitchen is bound to affect the kind of solid wood worktops you chose to fit. If you operate a busy kitchen, your worktops must be prepared to take hot pans, sharp knife edges and household chemicals. Fortunately solid wood worktops are hard-wearing and able to deal with the general wear and tears of everyday living.

Solid wood is one of the most popular choices for kitchen worktops, available in many varieties including oak, beech, cherry, maple and teak. Including solid wood in to your home adds warmth and character and is ideal for older rustic kitchens as well as modern and contemporary.

Due to their hard-wearing nature, solid wood worktops are durable and long-lasting, especially if they are properly cared for. If they become scratched or stained, which is more than likely within the kitchen, they can easily be re-sanded and re-oiled, to seal in moisture to look as good as new. If you have found a style you love but aren't keen on the colour, they can even be stained to match the colour of your kitchen.
Varieties of solid wood worktops include Oak, Beech and Cherry. Oak worktops are extremely strong and durable and usually contain bundles of character, with clean unique knots.

Beech is a suitably popular choice, with finishes blending between Maple and Ash in style and colour and is the most popular and versatile of all the solid woods. The light tone and soft grain produce a bright feel that compliments any style of kitchen.

Cherry is the elegant option, a colourful wood, fast becoming one of the most popular choices for today's kitchens. With a subtle autumnal red appearance that darkens gracefully over time, cherry wood is famed for its grain as much as it's warm, homely color's. With a unique blend of beautiful markings, gum streaks and pin knots and combined with the rich, aging red and brown shades, Cherry is ideal material kitchen worktops.

Whatever your personal preference, the range of solid wood worktops available ensures you are guaranteed an individual, stylish, hard-wearing kitchen surface that not only looks stunning, but will also stand the test of time.