I May?? have the opportunity to add a small kitchen in the basement that I could use to do my decorating, (baking will stay upstairs in my kitchen). I was wondering what the best countertop, would be??
Stainless Steel, Granite, Marble, or just regular countertop material. I work with fondant, so I will be rolling it out on that, or should I stick to using the big plastic sheet I bought at Walmart??
The measurements would be approximately, 6 feet by ? however wide they make countertops??
Thanks Lorene

I selected regular formica for my counter and I love it.

granite is expensive and fragile - stains and watermarks are common
Stainless is nice, but it will show scratches
Marble, extremely expensive and cold-fondant needs some warmth

My mistake was selecting all white. It shows every tiny thing. It does provide lots of illumination in my small space. Choosing again, I would choose a light pattern that is predominately white.

I have 2 4ft stainless steel tables and they are great and easy to clean its for decorating so the scratches don't bother us.

I have granite and LOVE it! Use cutters directly on top of it and doesn't leave any scratches Cleans up easily too!

Thanks for the input..I tried to find this post after I placed in yesterday, and could not find it...
I guess there is a glitch?? or something that prevented me from finding it, I even did a search looking for my own question, and couldn't find it
So I thought, I would wake up this am and try it again, yehHH
I like the idea of granite, but the cost?? probably a lot more than even the cupboards for this small kitchen..
Stainless, I also thought would be good, just because the durability etc..
Thanks again, Lorene

I have quartz (Zodiaq by Corian), and the other big quartz one is Silestone.

I love my counters.

BUT... if you don't really care about the look... I think stainless is probably a really good option.

I have Corian. Stain and scratch resistant, which is a big help when making something with Super Red. I have always been able to get the stains off easily.

My neighbours just remodelled their kitchen, and they put in Corian. It is beautiful, a big huge island...
I have heard it is great to work on, totally forgot about that option, although, I will have to consider the cost$$
Always something!!

i love my corian. super easy to clean. i've oversprayed my airbrush i don't know how many times and it always wipes up great. i roll out my fondant and sometimes i don't even need to use powdered sugar.

I have corian and granite. Love working on both. Out of the two surfaces the granite is near indistuctable. For a total cake kitchen i think i would go with the stainless it would be very easy to clean and probably the cheapest option.

I have stainless tables and regular kitchen laminate. Both are fine. There is NO reason to spend tons on the counter tops unless you want to really WOW people who visit. I mix some colored icing right on the counter, so i prefer the laminate. It cleans up great with a little bleach. The metal table tends to get scratched and incorporated in the icing...yuck. I don't know what would be good for rolling fondant on.

Not metal in the icing exactly, but it can turn a little grey. I don't do it on the metal tables because of this.

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Thanks