

Quartz Quartz is a man-made engineered stone surface formed by combining 90% ground quartz (a natural hard mineral) with 8-10% resins, polymers, and pigments.Pros: Each slab is unique, hard, durable, scratch-resistant, impervious to stains, heat, and water when sealed, relatively easy to clean, comes in all… Granite is durable and recyclable, but requires large amounts of energy for transport, and mining is very resource-intensive. The largest granite quarry in the United States is near Barre, Vermont. It’s mined around the world, including India, Brazil, Norway, Italy and China. About Granite Origin: Granite is a igneous rock containing at least 20% quartz by volume, but also some mica and feldspar. Colors and products may vary by location, so contact the location nearest you for more information on current inventory. Keep reading to browse through some of our unique granite and newest arrivals. We aim to provide our customers the perfect stone to match their project on any given day. Visit one of our show rooms to see our constantly updated, large inventory of granite slabs in many styles and colors, at all six of our locations. Granite For centuries, granite has been used throughout the world as a reliable and rugged building material due to its natural beauty and extremely hard surface. Today, this natural stone is commonly used as granite countertops and for other commercial and residential applications.Seeing the online pictures of our three countertop options in an entire kitchen was so helpful. Carrie’s Instagram pictures made me fall in love with LG Viatera Everest! Thank you, Carrie #kitchengoals 🙂 (She also has a really awesome blog now that you should check out!) When I first saw Everest I was thinking “WOW this is so beautiful and unique.”ĭavid and I ended up really liking LG Viatera Everest! So while searching for LG Viatera Everest quartz pictures online, I found Carrie Barker’s kitchen on a website and then found her Instagram account. It has a unique texture and includes colors of bright white, gray, and even some metallics. (photo credit: ) LG Viatera Everest:Įverest doesn’t look anything like marble. Minuet looks more like Carrara Marble because of the softer veining and grayer background color. It has more noticeable veins and the background color is bright white. I think Rococo looks the most like Calacatta marble. I scoured the internet for images of kitchens with white cabinets and all three of these countertops LG Viatera Rococo: We visited two local countertop stores recommended by my uncle and narrowed down our options to following white quartz countertops:

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I LOVE the look of Carrara marble countertops and white cabinets, but during our quest for the right countertops, we learned that quartz and granite are more durable and easier to care for than marble, plus they are more affordable! So we determined we were going to choose quartz countertops. I wanted a quartz marble look-alike and David didn’t know what he wanted… typical guy 😉 David and I both knew we wanted white, shaker style cabinets, but our opinions differed on what we wanted for our countertops. During our Kitchen Remodel, we really struggled with choosing the right countertops for our kitchen.
