Falling in Love with Granite Countertops

I’m not usually into shopping for interior design projects. I generally let my wife take the lead on that. But when she showed me some of the granite and onyx countertop options she was looking at, I got kind of fascinated.

From a geological perspective it’s really interesting to look up close at a cross section of igneous or sedimentary stone. You can see millions of years of history in a slab of polished granite. Considering the natural forces it took to create that piece of stone make one feel small. And it’s equal amazing to me that we’ve been able find a way the turn it into a granite countertop.

After several hours of looking at pictures of stone slabs online, I took my wife to a Utah granite countertops dealer where we could look at their inventory and pick out our own slab. Every piece of granite, marble, and onyx was unique and beautiful. I was persuaded that we needed an onyx countertop when our salesman back lit one of the slabs and it gave the stone a pleasant warm glow. But since onyx is such a soft stone, it is much easier to damage and takes more effort to maintain. My wife overruled that idea.

That’s ok. There were lots of other great options. We were really tempted by the quartz stone countertops they showed us. This is a mixture of natural stone and resin that is very low maintenance and is very impact resistant. Visually, the countertop quartz slabs they showed us were beautiful. You wouldn’t guess it was a man made pattern if you didn’t know. They also had slate, soapstone, and travertine countertops.

In the end we settled on a nice slab of dark granite with a fine grain structure. Granite is low maintenance, much like the quartz stone countertops, and the all-natural million-year history thing was important to me.

Once we picked our slab, the stone dealer sent someone out to measure our counters. Then we used a computer program to map exactly what parts of our slab were to be used where. The whole process was fun and easy. When they came to install our granite countertop, they came early, tore out the old counters, and had the new ones finished in time to start making dinner. Getting stone countertops was the best idea I ever had.

Bedrock Quartz
5996 Dannon Way
West Jordan, UT 84081
Ph: (801) 282-3322