Oak work top and white sink

anna.bloom

We are having a cream kitchen, with oak work top, so i am thinking I will need a white sink?

What do people recommend. With a butler, you have to use the wood as a draining board and i believe after a while it can go a bit gammy.

What about a ceramic sink, or a composite one?

And should I get an oak work top, or go for laminate that looks like wood?
Thank you!

pdswindowsltd

i would deff choose oak over the laminate, but granite would look really nice with the cream! its dear though!

Plasterer

anna.bloom wrote: »

We are having a cream kitchen, with oak work top, so i am thinking I will need a white sink?

What do people recommend. With a butler, you have to use the wood as a draining board and i believe after a while it can go a bit gammy.

What about a ceramic sink, or a composite one?

And should I get an oak work top, or go for laminate that looks like wood?
Thank you!

Photo attached of a job myself and freind did,(not finished photo but should give you an idea of white sink and oak tops).
Always go for oak -Draining board will only go gammy if you let it :rolleyes:
Granite looks nice but is expensive - also it does chip easier than people are led to belive.
Hope this helps
Regards
P

andy69_2

I have a solid oak worktop lovely colour! With solid oak doors on cupboards which are painted white. I have a black hob, cooker extractor etc and a chrome sink and tap, looks great, in my opinion i wouldnt have a white sink

anna.bloom

Hi Plasterer, that is the tenby isnt it, from Howdens?

That is the kitchen I want to get, what a coincidence. Thanks for the picture.

It looks beautiful.

I remember my Mum's oak draining board thing next to teh sink and it went black and soft. With all that water on it every day, i cant help thinking it will go bad.

Fire_Fox

Buy a drainer from somewhere like Lakeland that comes with it's own tray and folds away after use.

Oldernotwiser

If you have a dishwasher, will you actually use a draining board? We haven't got one and never miss it.

Welsh_Totster

In our current house we have a kitchen like the one in the pic with a belfast sink and beech worktops, if you look after your worktops they will never go manky. every 6 months we give them a light sanding and protect them with linseed oil. and they look as good now as they did when fitted 5 years ago. Id say go for the oak worktops (its my plan for the new ki8tchen in the house we are moving to) and a lovely Belfast sink and enjoy it!

Phirefly

Plasterer wrote: »

Always go for oak

Where did you get the worktop?

Plasterer

anna.bloom wrote: »

Hi Plasterer, that is the tenby isnt it, from Howdens?

That is the kitchen I want to get, what a coincidence. Thanks for the picture.

It looks beautiful.

I remember my Mum's oak draining board thing next to teh sink and it went black and soft. With all that water on it every day, i cant help thinking it will go bad.

it will go "black and soft" if you don't look after it ( a car will go rusty if you don't clean it) - As quoted above look after it and it will last for many years too come. you going for the intergrated oven as below? (I'd love one of these in my own house but can't afford it... )

Plasterer

Phirefly wrote: »

Where did you get the worktop?

Howdens, £300 for 3 metre top. Magnet do the same top but only slightly more expensive, Beach is cheaper (though lighter) - The darker the wood you go the more expensive.