The Best Places to Buy Profile of a Surface Online and In-Store

Affordable counter tops for a beautiful kitchen on a budget

The kitchen is often called the heart of the home for good reason, serving as a gathering place for everything from daily rituals to big celebrations. It is a warm and welcoming place to pour your love and ambition into delicious dinners and tasty treats, with family and friends regularly gathering around the kitchen table for cake and conversation.

In a space this busy, hard working surfaces like countertops for kitchen can take a beating. Even when treated carefully and properly maintained, counter tops are often the first to show signs of age and heavy use—often long before kitchen cabinets of the same age. 

This makes the choice of kitchen countertops especially important. With the countertop being a focal point of the room, consider its texture, look and feel in addition to its durability. Do you crave the clean, crisp look of quartz, or the traditional warmth of wood? You’ll find both—and more—at IKEA!

Choosing a counter for kitchen

The kitchen countertop is often used as both a storage and working area, making it important to consider practical aspects of your material choice and finished layout. All surfaces have their pros and cons; it simply comes down to what matters most to you.

Some counter tops considerations to make include…

• Do you need a heat-resistant countertop capable of handling hot pots and pans? While we always recommend using heat protectors with any surface, quartz countertops are less likely to suffer damage than wood
• Is this a counter for kitchen that gets heavy use from kids and adults alike? Consider one of our attractive and durable butcher block countertops
• Do you want to be able to quickly wipe your counter top clean at the end of a long day, with as little hassle and maintenance as possible? Easy-care laminate countertops make kitchen clean-up one of the simplest to-dos on your list

Want to look and feel your countertop options before making a commitment? If you’re shopping for countertops near me, see where the closest IKEA to you is located! 

A depth micrometer is fast but it is a spot measurement only not a view of an area and the full range of highs and lows.

A profile tape reader gives a bigger picture (with some models able to provide a 3D magnification of the test area) but it takes time to apply the tape and burnish it. There is also the ongoing cost of the test strips.

The moving stylus type of profile gauge provides similar capabilities to a profile tape system but the stylus is quite delicate and is best suited to laboratory use.