Kitchen with HPL: one material for all solutions

Modern design increasingly gravitates toward monogamous color design, which is certainly reflected in the design of kitchens as well. The combination of kitchen front and worktop in the same décor is one of the main trends among customers and has not lost its popularity for several years.

Due to its thickness of 12 millimeters, HPL is an ideal material for creating exactly such kitchens, because it can be put as a countertop, as a kitchen apron and as a kitchen front.

The HPL kitchen front does not need any complicated construction techniques. The main thing is to follow the basic rules and use the appropriate hardware.

To create a furniture facade with HPL it is necessary to ensure ventilation of the back side of the facade panels: take out the door hinge by 2-3 mm and glue a damper of the same thickness on the handle side.

It is also necessary to ensure free movement of the facade in relation to the door hinges on the principle - the middle hinge, as a fixed point, and the other hinges, as a floating point. It is mandatory to provide more mechanical fasteners, especially around the perimeter of the piece, on fixed fronts - refrigerator, dishwasher, etc., and to ensure supply and exhaust ventilation in potentially wet kitchen sections by installing grids or making perforations in the cabinet or the back of the kitchen

There are 50 decors in the HPL decors collection, both monochrome and imitating natural materials or even leather, so there really is a lot to choose from. We also recommend that you pay attention to the decors from the Aptico collection. These decors have additional protection against fingerprints, and therefore are perfect for fronts. The matt Aptico kitchen fronts will be a real jewel in the kitchen.

The next important element of each kitchen set is the kitchen countertop. When choosing a worktop for the kitchen, each owner is guided by their own needs, but the basic ones are always the same for everyone: moisture-resistant worktops that are not afraid of scratches, chips, hot surfaces and require no effort to clean them. These are exactly the qualities that HPL countertops boast.

HPL compact laminate worktops have long proven to be reliable and durable kitchen surfaces, and have been the most popular solution in kitchen design in Europe for many years.

Kitchen apron, repeating the decor not only countertop, but also the kitchen front, not only turns the kitchen into a real design space, but also greatly facilitates the process of creating this design. After all, it is impossible to find a more suitable apron than to duplicate the decor of other elements of the kitchen.

Very often customers are worried if HPL can be used near the stove. Indeed, you can! HPL can withstand continuous exposure to temperatures up to +80 degrees Celsius. This means that the heat from the open flame of the gas stove or continuous heating near induction surfaces will not damage the HPL kitchen apron in any way.

So, using just one HPL material and its capabilities, you can design a kitchen that will be the center and decoration of the house for years to come!