My husband is making me a kitchen island to use for more counter space for my caking. I primarily use fondant, etc. I'm wondering....what would your suggestions be for the best surface for the top of it? I thought about tiling with glass over top of it, but wasn't sure that'd be best. Any ideas?

The glass will be hard to keep clean. Would think marble, silestone, granite...something like that. Interesting read.....

The glass will be hard to keep clean. Would think marble, silestone, granite...something like that. Interesting read.....

Wouldn't tiling it give you a very bumpy surface? I would think that you would want a solid surface such as formica, corian, or granite.

She said putting glass over the tile.

No.... she said "tiling WITH glass over the top of it"

I wouldn't trade my solid surface (corian, gibraltar, etc.) countertops for ANYTHING.

I don't roll directly on the countertop--I use The MAT--but they're so easy to clean, you can sand out surface scratches easily.

Rae

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Ok.... so glass would be hard to keep clean.... Hm. Guess I never thought of that. And yes, the initial idea was a big heavy glass on the top of the tile...so the tile will just be for looks.

The island will be one that will just be used for the cake stuff. When I'm not using it, it will be moved into a separate storage room type thing.

What is the best kind of mat to use? I purchased a fondant roll/cut mat for a quick project last weekend and sort of demolished it. Oops.

Thank you all for your suggestions!!! You are definitely giving me lots to think about!

I love my blue ateco mat. It is made of silicone. You can't cut on it though. A lot of people recommend just buying a sheet of vinyl..... I didn't care for it.