August 27, 2010
Sell A Home Faster With A Granite Countertop
Picture in your mind?s eye your last trip to the kitchen section of your local home improvement store ? stopping to run your fingers over that gorgeous granite countertop installed in that incredible front display. Your eye saw the incredible color variations, and invited you to touch, certain that you could feel the peaks and valleys and rivulets you were seeing. But you touched it, and you just felt a cool, silky, buttery smooth surface. And you found yourself imagining that beautiful granite countertop mounted on a brand new island in your kitchen.
The most obvious element of value in a granite countertop is its incomparable beauty. First is its variety of available patterns ? from simple speckles, to wood-like rings, to cascading variegations of metals and stones that look like a canyon-scape. And the colors! From black to white, from earth tones to rainbows, and from flat to sparkling.
And a granite countertop is not just beautiful, but also one of the most durable surfaces you can put in the kitchen today. Cutting, chopping, hot pots ? many of the potentially destructive things we do while racing to pull off a gourmet meal ? just won?t do much to hurt this top-performing material. It?s not impervious, however. Acidic and oily foods, as well as certain chemicals, can permanently stain it. Because of this, you must seal your granite countertop both at installation, and a few times each year ? a small price to pay for such beauty.
This need for sealing is just one of the reasons that wise consumers find a highly-recommended installer to create their masterpiece. The uninitiated can damage a granite countertop during transit, or use the wrong cutting tools, or neglect to use the proper adhesives at joins. No matter how good your negotiation skills, you are spending too much money to have your investment go into the landfill ? which is what will happen if your installer breaks or damages the goods, or you end up with a striking red ring where you set the wine bottle down.
If you?re thinking that a granite countertop is found is only for the Kobe Bryants and Paris Hiltons of the world, you would be only partially right. Yes, they have interior designers who travel the world looking for the most exotic hunks of rock in the world, but there is an incredible variety of gorgeous granite that is available at some pretty down-to-earth prices. In addition, its popularity has given rise to more and more well-equipped processors that turn out high quality product with minimal labor.
Despite the ever-more affordable cost, the visual impact remains stunning. Your kitchen granite countertop ends up being an incredibly inviting feature of your home, and not only do you enjoy it more, but your home value can go up by much more than the cost. Real estate investors are seeing this, and installing a granite countertop to speed up sales and attract high-quality, long-term tenants.
Could there be a granite countertop (or several) calling your name? An incredible selection of decadent materials sound the siren call. And the reasonable pricing available these days is like a clear blue sky carrying their calls to your ears. Imagine the luxury. Imagine the admiration of your friends and business associates. Then, get off your island of indifference and start shopping for your granite countertop installer and dealer ? you won?t have any regrets!
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Filed under kitchen remodeling by Michael Flum
