I think about it differently -- if you walk too close to the corner and catch yourself, a little rounding means a lot less pain! Similarly, a bevel adds jusst a little chance that you or a guest will mis-judge where the countertop "ends" and have something tilt off the edge. So I'm for eased edge and rounded corners. (Similarly, no knobs or bar pulls at waist height, or you'll find yourself with torn belt loops or pockets!)

What does your kitchen look like? What style is it?

Square ease and polish is universally attractive. Nobody really worries about bumping corners with minimal radius, either.

You can have one of at least fifty possibilities, but generally? This makes the counter feel thick, substantial , works everywhere and is likely 99% of all finished edges produced in any shop, anywhere: )

The more rounded the edge, the less likely the chipping. Do you want to look mahvelous or feel mahvelous dahling?

Don't use the square eased edge at your sink please; it will convert itself into the ubiquitous chew-mark edge within a year, I promise.

Joe,

I don't know wth people do in Florida, but that is just BS.

I've got square eased everywhere in kitchens nearing 14 years. We don't chew up edges here.

Or the eighty year olds in their condos have the dropsies with cast iron skillets.

But that is...sorry. Not True. Here.

I wouldn't put a rounded edge anywhere, it screams 1980.

@Jennifer Svensson

Do you not see the photo of the kitchen?

Yes..... and I wouldn't round an edge. I don't round edges or corners unless I was doing perhaps a round table top in a solid surface , which still would not have a round bulbous edge : )

Jan:

With all due respect, you simply don't know what you're talking about.

I make a living replacing kitchen sinks. Virtually every single pencil edge at a sink has chew marks. Every one. It is pointless to repair them; they're just going to repeat.

Go ahead and specify your fancy-pants designer edges that chip. I'll keep fixing 'em. And removing them for people that think chew marks at sinks are much less desirable than the pencil you insisted upon.

Joe,

Forgive me, please. What did I just say?

I have no beat up, chipped up sink edges. Not on quartz, quartzite, or granite, or Corian.

" Ms. Fancy Pants" has earned a design living for 32 years. I didn't earn that sustaining income giving people junk, or product or finishes that don't work in their homes.

Btw....... I did NOT say "you don't know what you are talking about". I DID say "I don't know what people do in Florida". .....

Maybe we're not that prone to abuse or clumsiness way up here.. I've no clue. Next you'll be telling me people don't wash their pots and pans in the north?

Jan:

If you've been telling clients that a pencil edge at their sink works, you've been giving bad advice for 32 years. It's not the kind of thing you'd get a callback about; I get your callbacks. If you have a pencil edge at a sink, you have chew marks after a year unless you don't use your sink. It's not up for debate.

Darling.....I WOULD get call backs. I get call backs asking if a damn dish towel matches a chair! I have clients four and five times over again! "I want to REFRESH!" "UH OH..... my cat chewed the cord on my 12 year old shade!!!"

" Can we get another of these chairs from ten years ago?, We loooove them" Do not tell me my own darn business, please. It needs no "debate". Let's cease the thread highjack too.

if the pic shown is your kitchen I would add some detail to the edge. the larger size needs it. ...along with lack of details generally...Is painting the island an option??? maybe later???

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detail to layer in some aesthetic since this is your opportunity now..easy to do with shaker and transitional post style.....more artsy/crafty than colonial....you can choose.......if you paint the island you'll get a nicer personalized look w these details.

heres the minimal amt of upgrade to the island itself which would elevate the situation above "builder grade" as you describe : panels/ toe moulding /paint. all giving a transitional /not boring kitchen w good solid details for more personalized space.

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I'm not a pro but am very visual and see that the eased edge looks good with the squareness of shaker cabinets. I have slab cabinets with these radii.

I don't think you should choose bevel because a beveled edge has two sharp edges that could potentially chip and because it is a dated look.

I chose 1/8" countertop edge (Cambria's Ridgeline), slightly rounded ourside corners (I think 1/4") and 90 degrees sharp inside corners--which required a J-seam.

I've never bumped into my outside corner, even though my kitchen is very tight and the corner is in a heavy traffic area. IMO I think a slightly rounded outside corner looks more finished than an eased corner.

My sink has a positive reveal (thank you @Joseph Corlett, LLC for educating all of us on the benefits of a positive-reveal sink), a ledge, and very rounded inside corners (see photo). The sink was cut to Kohler's template. I think my sink is well-protected because of the positive reveal and because the countertop is offset by the ledge, with a good amount of spacing between the interior of the sink and the edge of the countertop.

No chipping so far.

I am a fabricator. I prefer rounded edges because of the number of times we've been asked by a customer to repair a chipped edge. Our standard is a 3/8" radius for a sink cutout. Regarding corner radius, I recommend a minimum of 2"; consider the normal height of a countertop is just right to deliver a nasty bruise or cut to the head of a child. my 2 cents..

Jan:

Readers benefit from our respectful back-and-forth; it's the whole point of the place. You've told them what's in style and what's not, directly answering the carrierebekah's question(s). My information directly helps her weigh her chips vs. edge profile analysis. I'm not seeing a lot of thread drift here.

Jan: I just joined H and this is the third thread I’ve seen you be so rude to other people commenting. I don’t think this is in the spirit of the app. Hopefully by 2024, you are using better etiquette.