If you ve ever watched hgtv you know americans love their granite countertops.
Is granite out of style 2017.
And mayan metzler owner of the german and dutch kitchen centers in new york city to walk us through some of the materials they ve received requests for the most.
And in a kitchen trends survey conducted by houzz the home remodeling and design resource found that granite is no longer the most popular countertop material.
Blues may go in and out of style but sapphires are always beautiful.
Granite s number one competitor quartz countertops are durable sleek and adds beauty to whatever design you dream of engineered quartz countertops are hard to beat if you re looking for a surface that requires minimal maintenance.
This material stands up to stains scratches and heat and as a bonus it doesn t require sealing.
Some granite slabs look almost like marble with beautiful veins and colour formations.
Wood stone plants these things don t go out of style.
Holly thompson is a designer in the nashville area.
So what s in style.
Granite has been a top choice for kitchen and bathroom counters for a long time and it remains in style in 2017 for several reasons.
The colors and pattern in each slab of granite were brought together without human intervention long before there were even such a thing as design trends.
Natural materials like wood or granite aren t made with trends in mind.
Wood is an excellent material for countertops as it brings warmth to the kitchen that wouldn t be there otherwise.
She and her husband dave own holly thompson homes a kitchen bath showroom interior design studio in a 200 year old building in historic downtown franklin they are a husband and wife design and renovation team partnering with local contractors and builders to make holly s designs come to life.
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You re also probably aware the material saw a huge boom in the 90s and 2000s as laminate and solid surface counters faded out and granite became more and more accessible to average consumers.
Granite will not go out of style.
In the same way a natural granite that takes your breath away today will not look dated in ten years just because it happens to look great with current styles.
But now that 2017 is approaching we re finding that it s going out of style.
Of course certain colors and patterns will be more popular at certain times but the material itself will never go out of style.
According to trulia design panel s trend predictions released last month granite countertops are out.
Our suggestion would be to go to a stone showroom and look at granite slabs and pick one that doesn t look like a builders granite.
They re traditional and soothing so they provide a welcome change from the hard and dark look of granite.
For metzler s clients granite still comes out on top with its 6 000 to 7 000 different options.