Suppose it depends on what one thinks about "looks cheap", but for me, it was taking into consideration the area I live, what those in the know think, and what was available to me 16 years back.
The kitchen looks the same after sixteen years, nothing has rotted, or been eaten. Oops, tell a lie, her coffee bar got water damaged, naff shelving. Just replaced that, and flood damage, rising damp, fixed that too..????
Mind you, the kitchen is 40 feet long, so a lot of thought went into it..????