ON-TREND TEXTURES & SURFACES

Polished concrete, handmade glazed tiles with a liquid finish, stainless-steel and quartz composite worktops are modern surface trends that can also be integrated seamlessly into a country or farmhouse kitchen.

Shaking off its building-site connotations, concrete is proving to be a brilliantly versatile material. It can be buffed to a sheen, tinted with pigment, etched with rivulets or mixed with fragments of stone or glass for a terrazzo effect. As worktops or flooring, it is durable and has a soft finish that works well next to painted cabinetry or reclaimed timber. Hand-glazed