In most cases you can continue the bench top surface up the wall as a splashback. This is not advised with laminates or solid surfaces (such as Corian etc) behind the cook top unless the bench top housing the cook top is made deeper. There is no doubt that the most commonly used splashback are tiles as there are always plenty of choice in colour, shape & texture. The material that is becoming extremely popular is glass. Glass offers a lovely seamless look and you can have any colour you like, you can even have a panorama if you dare. Glass is easy to look after and is great in the modern kitchen.
Kitchen Design – Drawer runners & hinges
The names that you will often hear from kitchen people are Blum, Grass, Hettich & Hafele. These are the most prominent companies that make the hardware in kitchens.
Blum & Grass is from Austria, Hettich & Hafele are from Germany and are the major suppliers of not only hinges & drawer runners but many other mechanisms like internal rollouts, folding & sliding doors, and the likes of Blum specialises in just hinges and drawer runners and is considered to be the world leader in this area.
These companies are great companies and the difference in quality is hard to find.
