Since most of the household activity takes place in bathroom and kitchen, these areas must be designed and equipped with a special emphasis on reliability and aesthetics. Today's interior design industry offers a vast number of solutions that can help you strike two hares at once. Natural stone has won the hearts of millions of home owners, since it brings a piece of divine nature into your home. Besides, it is no longer a high-end material. Today, not only wealthy people can afford kitchen and bathroom granite countertops.

Known as one of the strongest materials, granite is used extensively in construction and interior design. Needless to say, its aesthetic value can hardly be overestimated. At the same time, there are several must-knows for granite lovers.

Kitchen and bathroom granite countertops come in as many colors as there are types of granite in nature: brown, red, yellow, green, black, gray, beige, etc. Slabs come in absolutely diverse patterns of speckles, mottles and lines, and there are no two identical slabs. Tiles from the same box may differ greatly, and seams will be conspicuous. For this reason, single-slab counters are more preferred. Granite slabs also vary in strength, but there are no strength ratings for granite countertops like there are for solid surface counters. Indeed, granite countertops do not crack unless abused or installed improperly.

Both kitchen and bathroom granite countertops require a little bit of maintenance. Because granite is highly porous, surfaces must be sealed regularly. Sealants block the microscopic pores and thus prevent staining. If you fail to seal your counters and remove stains immediately, the substance may penetrate deep into the surface and stay there forever.

Kitchen and bathroom granite countertops must be installed by qualified professionals. There are different sorts of ready-made counters, both single-slab and tiled, but you can have one handcrafted to meet your individual requirements. This might be an ideal option for customers willing to tailor products to their long-established home environment.

The pricing depends on the type of your chosen granite counter. Granite tile countertops appear to be less costly. Surfaces are composed of relatively small-size tiles put and fixed edge-to-edge with seams grouted. However, in this case, it is hard to achieve consistency in appearance, since patterns cannot be fitted together perfectly. In modular granite countertops seams are less apparent. This is what can be termed a medium-price option. Definitely, slab counters climb the charts. Since they are crafted off-site and transportation and installation are difficult and therefore costly, this is something only truly motivated home owners can afford.