If you're renovating your kitchen in a rustic style, you need to choose substances that look natural and weathered to create a comfy room that everyone loves to hang out in. Rustic materials are not sleek and perfect, like laminate or polished chrome. When it comes to picking the benchtop, two options that evoke the right ambience for a rustic feeling are timber and granite. By sourcing them from a kitchen wholesale outlet, you'll save money and thus have more options for the rest of the kitchen.

Timber

A wooden benchtop brings organic, natural colours and textures inside. Counters use species such as Tasmanian Oak, Victorian Ash and Jarrah, each displaying a characteristic array of hues. You'll have blonde, tan, grey, red and numerous other colours to pick from for your kitchen counter. In keeping with the theme, each wood will exhibit shifts in grain patterns, including knots, giving it an earthy rather than a uniform manufactured look.

To care for a timber benchtop, make sure to oil it regularly to create a protective film that will guard the surface against moisture damage. In any case, promptly wipe up spills to stop them from soaking into the surface. A major asset of timber is that you can re-sand it in the future, removing any dents and scratches and virtually creating a new surface. Though remember that a weathered quality enhances the ambience of a rustic kitchen in which irregular surfaces are in, and perfect, polished ones are out. 

Another way to incorporate timber into a kitchen remodel is to use reclaimed planks for a dining table, with each plank a charmingly different mismatched shade. Otherwise, cover the sides of a kitchen island with repurposed wood.

Granite

Another benchtop material that harmonises with a rustic aesthetic is granite, which exhibits patterns and textures in colours such as grey, brown, yellow, cream and green. The hues result from minerals that settle within the stone over time, and the unique combination depends on the history and origins of the slab. 

Like timber, stone incorporates a piece of nature inside your kitchen, enhancing a rustic decor. To maintain this feel, install honed rather than polished granite, so the texture and imperfections are more apparent and not disguised with a slick shine. You'll need to regularly seal the benchtop, which will line the tiny pores on the surface and hinder them from absorbing spills and staining. As with timber, use a trivet for hot pans to protect the benchtop from heat-damage. If you don't, a piece of stone could crack under the stress and a slab of timber may scorch.