2014 Stylish Stone Kitchen Countertop Ideas

Stone countertops are durable and versatile. Browse this collection of our favorite materials from high end granite to vintage style soapstone to find the right one to install in your kitchen.

You'll love these ideas to try in 2014! I hope you find these ideas useful and inspiring to you .... Enjoy it !!!!


Granite Options : Granite countertops add a rich, natural look to your kitchen. Granite is popular because it provides a virtually maintenance free and scratch , stain , and heat resistant option after it’s been sealed. Plus, it comes in a great variety of color and veining options.


Stone Shopping Tips : Stone naturally varies in color and pattern, so make sure you pick one to coordinate with your kitchen. Try taking a large sample back to your house to see how it fits your space, instead of relying on a small piece. Then double check the exact slab you're buying to guarantee you like the look before you make the purchase.


Simple and Subtle Style : Quartz surfacing makes an ideal countertop for this modern kitchen. The matte, uniform look is simple yet sophisticated, and it's a low maintenance alternative to natural stone. The gray green tint adds subtle color to the room as well.


Muted Texture : This seagrass limestone countertop brings texture and visual interest to the muted color palette of this kitchen. The subtle speckles and veining tie in the light color with the green backsplash.


Soapstone Sophistication : This soapstone countertop beautifully contrasts the crisp white cabinetry and marble backsplash. The combination of dark matte countertops with the sleek white color palette gives the kitchen a sophisticated look.


Popular Quartz : Quartz is probably the most common type of engineered stone countertop. This island is topped with quartz surfacing, which bridges the gap between the light features of the room and the dark stained wood.


Add Color with Stone : Caramel color limestone warms up this white kitchen. This colorful addition to the room is both practical and stylish, and it adds a casual look to the traditional limestone countertop.


Color-Scheme Countertop : The color scheme for this kitchen is based off the granite countertops throughout the room. Dusty lavender and organic brown undertones are speckled in the granite, producing a neutral color scheme with timeless style.


Customizable Concrete : Concrete countertops can be customized to the ideal color and thickness for any kitchen. These countertops were slightly tinted to complement the pine-paneled walls and dark maple floors, giving the room a cohesive look.


Faux Stone : Want to get the stone-countertop look but on a tight budget? Solid surfacing comes in a variety of colors and patterns, and it can give your kitchen the look of more expensive materials like stone for a much lower price.


Glossy Finish : A 3-inch thick black granite countertop is the perfect stone to contrast the back painted glass backsplash. The smooth, glossy finish of the granite transitions almost seamlessly to the backsplash, giving the kitchen a sleek and modern look.


Dark Marble : Marble takes on a darker look in this kitchen. An elegant Pietra del Cardosa marble countertop on the island provides a handsome work space, perfect for quick cleanup after meal preparation. The 2-1/2-inch thick marble matches the profile of the stainless-steel countertops around the perimeter of the room.


Aged Character : Flamed granite countertops have a distinct texture that gives them a timeworn look. This aged character adds to a rugged, country style in the kitchen. The speckles in the stone add texture and variety to a space.


Functional Surface : Black granite countertops provide a simple, solid surface in this kitchen. More colorful, elaborate details are found in the kitchen's slate tile backsplash, so the granite countertops are the perfect subdued countertpoint.

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Green Interior Design

Green Interior Design

There are several reasons for wanting to make your interior design projects green. And even in this economy remodeling is still happening so what does a Green interior design project entails?. Lots of people want to make a green project but think it is too complicated or too expensive. There are several shades of green and every little effort counts towards a better future for all. Specially in this economy decisions with long term impact are a lot more frugal than buying cheap things.

We want to present several guidelines to follow, so you can enjoy a sustainable, environmentally friendly spaces, for you and your family.

The design process can be green. Design and Architecture are some industries that use a lot of paper. Printing plans, going over corrections and reprinting again.

In our studio and several other green studios, we opted to deliver everything on a burned cd. So all the floor plans and the material finishes and notes are kept electronically and distribute to the contractor and the home owner. Ask your designer to do this, technology will help you keep everything related to your project in just one spot or even online.

Use the natural light first. When going over the design possibilities choose to use natural light in some way. Interior windows have been a great add to lots of our projects. Specially in Bathrooms, just because it does not make sense to turn on lights when you have daylight. so go around your project and check where can you bring more light, think of transoms: that are Horizontal hight interior or exterior windows.

Deconstruction instead of demolition.
This is a most practice and there so much help in Seattle and I am sure everywhere else this is an industry growing by the minute. I am talking about places to help you salvage and de-construct. You can go to seconduse, re-store or other salvage places near you.

The beauty about this places is that they will tell you what is worth salvaging and what is OK to resale.

We have given appliances and cabinetry for our clients to those places and it just make sense to have somebody else e-use what you do not want, plus they gave our clients tax credit receipts for the value market or the things they donated so what a better deal for being green. This places help you even go further, they separate everything and make it ready for recycle for a fee. So deconstruct it is really the only way to go and we have been learning that not doing it has a very bad impact in our societies.

Material selection
In this one I think most people got it, local for us is the priority. Because of the carbon foot print of transportation and because we believe creating jobs in our area is an important matter. So we have specified concrete counter tops versus granite or quartz just because they are local. so ask first which material are produce locally. Our last favorite are glass tiles that we used in the project below bought at Ambiente tiles

Efficiency. Water and energy efficient is a most in every green project and there are several fixtures and appliances that have devoted lots of design hours to achieve this goal.

Always ask for them they are so much better that the others just because they give you the same feeling but with our the waist.

Kohler has even a catalog for all their water saving items, and we hope that becomes the law.

But if you do not know where to start you can have a small project as just changing your toilet and you are already on the way to being green. The water saved by an efficient toilet pays for it.

Durability
People tend to keep things that have quality. Most the remodels that we make are because the previous owner bought cheap items and they are falling apart. The reports from the construction industry show that new construction might stop with the crisis but the remodeling industry is not. People may take smaller projects but choosing high quality makes the whole project be more sustainable because of their lifespan is so much longer.

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2014 Tips for Small Bedrooms Decorating Ideas

These are tips for creating a serene and relaxing bedroom . Keep it neutral . There are more neutrals out there than just white. Variations of beige, gray, putty, stone. The benefits of going neutral are that it's not gender specific and creates a wonderful backdrop for everybody. Another tip is to choose a fabric you love and use it in a big way on the curtains, on the duvet, and the pillow shams. And what this does is creates interest without overwhelming a room.
Give the room another function. A great idea is to put a desk instead of a night stand and it gives you a little workspace or even just a bench to put at the bed. So guys, this is not rocket science. You can do this at home too. Put a neutral on the walls, take a great fabric that you love and use it in a big way, and then give the room another function, but it still makes it really pretty.

You'll love these ideas to try in 2014! I hope you find these ideas useful and inspiring to you .... Enjoy it !!!!