I didn’t mind the old kitchen benchtop. It was a perfectly fine laminated benchtop in a tasteful ’80’s salmon-pink with tiny black flecks running through it, handy for hiding poppy seeds and sleeping ...

Engineered stone benchtops are on the way out in Australia following a nationwide ban that will come into effect later this year. If you’re mid-way through a build or renovation or thinking of ...

Silicosis is commonly diagnosed after inhaling a dust mineral commonly found in certain types of rocks used to create kitchen benchtops. Source: Getty / Bill Oxford Silicosis is a lung condition that ...

Kitchen benchtops have to be tough. They've got to stand hot pots, spills, impacts and cuts, and carry on looking good. Now, Consumer has put nine different benchtop materials to the test attacking ...

Aussies are going crazy for a new type of ‘faux marble’ that is said to be 10 times more durable than its laminate predecessor and just a fraction of the price of stone. Since then it has levelled off ...

As a designer and avid cook, I'm often asked what material I recommend for kitchen benchtops. My answer: honed marble (statuary or Carrara are my favourites) or soapstone because I like their mellow ...