10-05-2011 11:13 Take old countertops and make them look like new contemporary concrete countertops with the EzTop countertop resurfacing system. concreteideas.com

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06-02-2012 00:00 Lazy granite tile is a tiling system specifically for kitchen countertops. Do you want to have a granite countertop without paying ludicrous amounts for a slab? Check out the Lazy Granite system. It's much nicer than 12x12 tiles and much less expensive than a slab. This video is a guide on how to epoxy pieces together for a nearly invisible seam. Visit LazyGranite.com to see more.

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06-02-2012 21:18 http://www.granitetransformations.com Granite Countertops Austin TX If you're searching for a leading granite countertops company in the Austin, TX area, then be sure to check out Granite Transformations. We understand that your home is one of your greatest and most beloved assets, and that's why we are proud to offer you one of a kind granite countertops that are as affordable as they are beautiful. As a global leader in home remodeling, we're dedicated to the highest standards of quality in every one of our granite countertops products. All of our personnel are thoroughly trained experts in fabrication and installation, which allows us to constantly produce exceptional products that our customers simply adore. Only Granite Transformations offers you granite countertops that can be installed over your current countertop and is backed by a lifetime warranty. Since there is no need to tear out your current countertops, there's less labor required, which means you'll save money on your remodeling project. By not having to tear out your old countertops, the mess, headaches, and hassles normally involved in installing countertops is eliminated. We can actually install your new countertops in one day. No other granite countertops company in Austin can offer you the same type of product or service that Granite Transformations provides. In addition to being beautiful and easier to install than traditional countertops, our granite countertops are heat and stain-resistant. And unlike ...

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28-01-2012 17:19 http://www.indianagraniteexpert.com Granite Countertops Indianapolis If you're looking for the best price and highest quality fabrication of granite countertops in Indianapolis, then look no further than StoneCraft of Indianapolis. At StoneCraft Indy, we enable you to cut out the middle man, which can save you 50% on the cost. We are Indiana's granite expert, offering granite countertops, fireplaces, bathroom vanities, fireplaces, conference tables, bartops and custom headstones throughout the state of Indiana. We also provide repair and maintenance on all granite and stone products. Our customers remark that when it comes to buying granite countertops in Indianapolis, there really is no comparison when it comes to price. We provide the highest of quality in terms of fabrication and installation, and boast a 100% customer satisfaction rate. Owner James Palmer is personally involved in every aspect of every project. From assisting you with color and style selections, to the installation of your granite countertops - James will deliver superb craftsmanship, no surprises, and thorough attention to each and every detail of your project. StoneCraft of Indianapolis offers you a wide variety of granite countertops that will highlight and accentuate your home in ways that no other material can. No other material provides the warmth, beauty, and durability of granite. While working for granite countertops fabricators in the past, James saw many situations where customers were taken ...

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth, including a form of igneous rock called granite, a mass composed mostly of silica and aluminum that makes up a large part of the continental crust, and comes in all the colors of the rainbow and signifies majesty and serenity. On the kajillionth day, or thereabouts, we mined that granite and we made countertops.

We laid those countertops in kitchens all across the land, in condos and co-ops, in Pittsburgh and Portland. Now that the entire United States has been good and covered, from slab to shining slab, we can take a step back and analyze the age of the granite countertop. Think about what it’s all meant.

It’s meant that we wanted something easy to clean.

What else does it mean?

The Kellys, Paul and Joyce, bought the house 30 years ago, from the ex-wife of the guy who built it. He’d designed it in the spirit of a California rambler, then run off to actual California, leaving his ex to live in his dream. The place was a disaster back then — oh, you should have seen it — powder-blue carpet, white grand piano. And the kitchen? Walls, blocking the dining room, blocking the view down to the river. Formica abounded, or maybe it was another kind of laminate. Paul redid those countertops in the 1990s. He used tile, which was popular then. The Kellys lived with the tile for 20 years, but it was the kind of countertop that you could scrub and scrub and never get to sparkle.

“It was starting to rot, and the grout was all yicky,” explains Joyce.

Some women in her book club were getting new kitchens. Several of them on this Silver Spring block — bip bip bip, all in a row, new countertops. It became a thing as they all decided they wanted to age in place, but not if their places had disgusting kitchens. Joyce looked at her friends’ ambitious kitchen plans, and decided it was time. In October, the Kellys went to a granite dealer. They ordered granite countertops.

“This was the most expensive granite they had,” says Joyce, explaining that they splurged on materials and saved by doing the installation themselves. “It has totally fabulous flow.”

“Joyce walked in and immediately bonded with the granite,” says Paul, a retired mathematician.

“It’s very hip. It has green and rust,” Joyce says, which brings out the cherry in the cabinets. It has a name: Crema Bordeaux. Anywhere in the world, granite of this color is called Crema Bordeaux, just like anywhere in the world, an Ikea Poang chair is an Ikea Poang chair. “Just look at it.”

It looks — it looks like granite. It looks like lovely granite, but granite is in the eye of the beholder, and the unique characteristics of one’s own granite are not immediately apparent to a newcomer. One’s own granite sings a special siren song. All around the country, couples leave parties and get in their cars and say to each other, “I’m so glad we went with the Santa Cecilia instead of the Kashmir Gold.”

Joyce pauses. She looks concerned.

“I would be more comfortable,” she says, “if we were talking about something that was important.” Something that mattered. She is not a frivolous person. She knows the difference between what matters and what doesn’t.

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When did granite countertops become more than just granite countertops? wapo.st/xqVHUd

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 7, 2012

Oh sure, scrutinize the granite countertops: meanwhile, the $700 juicer and self-sharpening knives can get away with anything.

Watch Werner Herzog diss chickens for being stupid--VIDEO: slate.me/x4OjIu

— Slate (@Slate) February 7, 2012

It delivers what it promises: Werner Herzog lighting in to poultry.

Which cataclysmic disasters are Twitter users worried about? Our Doomsday #Preppers dashboard has answers: on.natgeo.com/y2DWM9

— National Geographic(@NatGeoChannel) February 7, 2012

The usual: brief Twitter outages, underwhelming award show hosts, up-tempo college basketball games, modified book titles. Standard disaster stuff.

Halliburton to Switch to the iPhone on.wsj.com/zXZDkb

— Personal Technology (@WSJPersonalTech) February 7, 2012

This is a big step. Halliburton must be pretty confident they can handle that iPhone keyboard. Not everyone is that bold.

Footage captures vegetarian animals eating adorable primate huff.to/xUT73c

— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) February 7, 2012

Nobody expects the cute animal video switcheroo. That's why it's a switcheroo.

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03-10-2011 23:59 Step by step instructions on how to cast and polish concrete countertops.

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20-09-2011 17:18 August 2011 Job of the Month Some of you may think the home in this project looks a lot like the one in the previous job of the month, and you would be completely right! Our Glen Rose, Tx homewoners loved what we did with their floors and wanted us to show them we knew how to make a countertop for them. Of course, concrete was the material of choice. They loved the neutral look of a natural gray countertop so after a little hiccup at the start (see below) we went right to work building a mold on the cabinets they had installed after we had finished acid staining their floors. The first day of our how to make a countertop out of concrete project started off on the wrong foot as we got a short spell of rain the day before we arrived. Usually no big deal but the only access to the house was over a long and narrow dirt trail. I tried to get my little station wagon up there but didn't get too far, it went axle deep in the first four feet and almost didn't come out (Thank goodness we had the Ford F350 around). Even that one was a nail bitter as it was loaded with two thousand pounds of cement. My guy pointed the nose down the trail, gunned it, and painted my car from bumper to bumper with a thick, smelly, goopy layer of mud. Ahh.., in the end it was worth it, he got all the way up the hill and saved us having to unload and hump a ton of cement about a quarter mile to the job site. After that, things went smoother and we got down to business. We started by creating a sturdy base ...

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09-10-2011 18:18 supremesurface.com — Granite Countertops and Tile backsplash ideas. Designer Tom Munro shows off beautiful kitchen and bath designs, kitchen countertops, worktops, tile backsplash ideas and more. Discover the difference using granite countertops in the kitchen with Supreme Surface, Inc.

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