I am installing a new kitchen and would like a micro-cement worktop. What type of worktop base should I have to put the micro-cement on?

Hi Rosemary, The issue you will find with glass tables is that there is a huge selection of 6 to 8 seaters at a variety of priced but when you move up to 10 place settings the selection reduces and the prices tend to go through the roof. A trick I often use is to but two moderately priced glass tables in the style I like then remove the glass tops (I sometimes recycle them as large coffee tables) Once you have your two bases you set them in the room and cut a piece of MDF or plywood to the maximum size you feel the room could take. Check the bases are stable with this size top then if all is OK send the top to a local glass merchant to cut this in thick glass. A piece of glass big enough to seat ten will have to be between 12 and 20mm laminated glass. (The glass company will advise you) This will be very heavy !!!!......and will cost a fair amount but you end up with a stunning table, the correct size for the room and usually a fraction the cost of a ten seater designer table.. Here is an example of a base I used recently. I bought three of these and had one large piece of thick glass to go on top. The three glass tops left over were used in the lounge and family room as coffee tables (I had some simple MDF boxes made to support them clad in mirror.) The table cost £199.00 x 3 + £1200.00 for the new glass top.. Hope that helps, Martin www.angel-martin.com www.3dinteriorillustration.co.uk

Great article! Thank you so much for sharing.

It’s never cost effective to pay top price for a beautifully finished home and then to change everything. However sometime we are prepared to do it in order to be in the right location. All building work is possible but it’s difficult to guess costs without knowing what work will be required. A simple extension behind the utility room could cost £15k. But if you need to rework all the steel in the house, move all the plumbing and electrics, replacing floors, buy lots more kitchen cabinets and work surface the cost could be tens of thousands more. It might be more cost effective to build backwards rather than to the side So you need to ask yourself if having an island is a deal breaker because without it this existing space is plenty big enough to have a dining table and sofas without extending.