We own a cottage that nearly 500 years old the current kitchen work tops units etc are a joke not even student standard so it's all coming out. I never intend to move again (the whole process nearly killed me) so am happy to spend a reasonable amount we need about 4 1/2 m my budget is about £3500. I'm don't obsessively spray with anti bacterial spray etc and I'm not good at being super careful so want something that's hard wearing, I've got teenage DC's who definitely aren't careful, I want it to look sort of in keeping with the age of the house so as much as I like glass I don't think it's suitable, we like to cook from scratch. I cannot decide what type of work tops to have. I've looked at granite, quartz, wood, and corian but in my heart of hearts am bored or unmoved by all of it. I quite like quartz that looks like marble; white with grey veins but for the sort of money it costs I want to be ecstatic not quite like it. I don't want black granite (all my friends have it and I think it's really boring) or anything polished and shinny. I've thought about a greyish honed granite but worry about looking after it. I've even considered Formica it's cheap so it doesn't matter if I only quite like it!
Any thoughts?