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Dazzling Variety Available for Kitchen Counter Tops |
| Section: LIFE / HOME |
| Author: Ann Geracimos |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2006 |
| Size: 1,035 Words, 6,620 Characters |
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Zodiaq, Silestone, Cambria, Celador, Corian, Ceaserstone, Richlite. The words sound like catchy names for airlines or soft drinks but actually are brand names for hardy materials at least partially manufactured in chemists' labs and used mainly for kitchen and bathroom countertops.
Slate, stone, marble, limestone, butcher block, stainless steel, concrete, and glass are other, somewhat more "natural" options, each with its own advantages and drawbacks.
The choices available in today's market serve nearly every aesthetic and functional requirement. Innovations are constant, involving new textures and new finishes. What about a "leather" or matte finish, concrete that feels as smooth as marble, or a surface imbedded with fossil-like patterns and other decorative bits?
The range of...
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...from all parts of the world in Marble Systems' warehouse. Standard 9-by-6-foot slabs, weighing as much as 1,500 pounds each, come in nearly every pattern and hue.
"You can easily spend $50,000 on a kitchen countertop," she notes, looking at an expensive blue-veined piece from Brazil that might pass for an unframed painting or piece of sculpture.
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