Solid color solid surface.

Joe, what is the most durable surface in a solid color?

Hi I would suggest a quartz surface!

They are in excellent shape-just need a repaint! I have never seen the brand-just General Electric on the front. These have been so durable for us-3 kids!

Yes, the oven and stove were from GE but switched out.

Wow! I love that! And if I had the cabinets done in white it would still look amazing!

"Joe, what is the most durable surface in a solid color?"

This is like asking what's the best car.

There are trade-offs. Solid surface is very tough, repairable, and the color can be solid, it scratches easily, but is easily refinished to factory. Nearly the same can be said for stainless steel, but that's more heat resistant.

Quartz, or engineered stone, is strong, somewhat repairable, there are some nearly solid colors, it is difficult to scratch, but those scratches require expensive and difficult hit-and-miss repairs.

Sintered is strong, nearly heat impervious, almost scratch proof, but it's impossible to repair cracks inconspicuously and chips are iffy. The color doesn't go all the way through.

I think recycled glass would be fabulous! It reminds me of terrazzo floors with a little sparkle added.

Thank you-I will look into that!

Vetrazzo has some other selections too. I actually have their green one in my bathroom. I love it.

http://www.renewedmaterials.com/

Another supplier of stunning countertop material...Alkemi.

A local business put in recycled glass counter tops and as I had been thinking about using that product, I kept checking back with the company to see how the glass wore. The folks at the company showed me several chips in the counter tops after a few months. As such, I would carefully consider if you really want to use this product for a higher-use part of the home such as a kitchen.

Those chips are inexpensively and inconspicuously repaired.

Here you go.

I would not want counter tops that had to be "inexpensively and inconspicuously repaired" (per Mr. Corlett) a few times a year. Why not just get something that is more durable?

lesley,,,a local business prob gets more abuse than someones kitchen. I have had recycled glass countertops in my bathroom for almost 10 years and don't have one chip. They are made w/same materials as quartz countertops. So as far as 'having to get repairs a few times a year', that's just ridiculous. I have more chips in my actual granite top than I do in the recycled glass.

Google Image link to Retro Vintage laminate tops - these are so fun.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=xCJ3yHE3&id=C1D90B3EF5BF0065810CD729A7CDB2699711E98F&thid=OIP.xCJ3yHE3J2YB31AmKNkwhQEsDH&q=retro+vintage+laminate&simid=607986479758577127&selectedIndex=85&ajaxhist=0

I couldn't justify putting a high-end countertops on cabinets that you may indeed tear-out not long down the road. Although, my fiancé had his original metal cabinets stripped down and powder-coated white and put a Tropic Brown granite on them. The look ok, but the insides of them are getting really shabby/tired looking now. Done about 15 years ago, I believe.

I agree that bathrooms don't get as much abuse as a retail environment, but do think that residential kitchens get more abuse than residential bathrooms. So far, we have my second-hand experience, one professional selling the product input, and your bathroom experience. I would really like to hear from others here on Houzz, who have recycled glass in their residential homes on how the product wears over time.