subject: Granite Kitchen Worktops For Style And Longevity [print this page] Heres a thingHeres a thing. Style never goes out of fashion. And granite kitchen worktops are the last word in kitchen style. They always have been and they always will be.
Style is a different thing from fashion. Fashion is all about passing fads. Style is about long lasting quality. It is about being cool rather than being trendy. It is about being solid and dependable as well as beautiful. It is about spending more to get something that lasts properly and is really beautiful.
You cant get many materials that last longer or look better than granite. The stuff is stunning to look at and is one of the hardest and most durable types of stone around. Granite kitchen worktops cost more than PVC coated ones, say, or even wooden ones but there is a reason for this and that reason is that granite and quartz are going to work as well, and look as good in 20 years time as they do when they are first cut and laid in.
Quartz kitchen worktops and granite worktops, if you spread their cost out over their whole working lives, actually come in cheaper than chipboard and PVC coated work tops. This is because you need, on average, to replace a chipboard work top that has been coated with PVC every two or three years, if you want it to retain its blemish free look and proper hardness and probably once a year if you want it to be free from bacteria and discolouration. Granite kitchen worktops, on the other hand, will look as fresh in 20, 30 or 40 years as they do when you buy them. They will not mould or lose hardness. They will not get water inside them. They will not grow mould or bacteria particularly if you use quartz kitchen worktops coated with anti bacterial preparations. So, when you divide the total cost of having granite work tops installed across the number of years the installation lasts, you find that the value for money you are getting is much, much higher.
This is how style works. Style costs money because it is beautiful and because it is an investment that lasts pretty much forever. Granite kitchen worktops are, then, a style statement and a statement of status as much as they are functional things. To buy something this stylish requires a certain amount of capital the capital to enjoy the long lasting life of stylish things, rather than the endlessly replaceable life of cheaper things. When you have quartz worktops fitted in your kitchen or bath room, you are investing in a different way of living where things are built to last, to work and give pleasure throughout your life.
Quartz kitchen worktops and granite work tops are available in an astonishing range of colours and finishes, thanks to the mineral nature of the rock. You will be able to find granite kitchen worktops to suit any theme, feel or decor and even when you change the look of the home, your work surfaces will still fit right in.
