Counter currents

Last week, I had a visit from the Florida rep for Caesarstone . Caesarstone is a brand of manufactured quartz that gets used primarily as a counter surface. For anyone who doesn't know, Quartz is the new, at least in the US, category of counter materials. Quartz is made from stone aggregate and polymers and is essentially terrazzo. It is hard, resilient, stain and scratch proof. Its manufacturers also market it with some really wild claims that make it sound a lot better than it is. The truth of the matter is that it is a good product. But it is hardly perfect and it is certainly not going to replace the market for natural stone counters any time soon.

Of the numerous manufacturers of quartz accessible, Caesarstone stands proud. It's greater high priced than most of the opposite manufacturers and has a more adventurous palette than the rest of them as properly. Caesarstone is more difficult to locate and is unavailable in the huge field stores. Caesarstone has lots of cachet in the industry, and that is due in a large element to its unavailability outdoor of most important markets. For a long term, everyone in Florida who desired it had to go to Miami to get it. But now not. Caesarstone is now to be had to those of us who find ourselves in second-tier cities like mine. I've lengthy sought after Caesarstone for his or her lime greens and vivid oranges and now I actually have a pattern kit of my very very own. Hot canine! In addition to having greater exciting hues than their competition, Caesarstone's been experimenting with more adventurous finishes too. Some of their concrete- and soapstone-searching substances are virtually interesting and properly well worth looking into in case you're inside the marketplace for brand new counters.

Something I've always noticed is the way Caesarstone positions itself too. Silestone , Zodiaq , Cambria , Avanza and the rest of them refer to themselves as an alternative to granite. Caesarstone tends to stand by itself and assert that it's a good product without having to draw comparisons. I think this is a more respectable and honest tack. The truth of the matter is that quartz and granite aren't interchangeable. There are some designs that call for one and not the other. Similarly, there are people for whom quartz isn't appealing or appropriate no matter what kind of smoke DuPont is blowing in its latest ad campaign.

So if the quest for new and different is making you look askance at granite counters, you may do well to take a look at Caesarstone --especially their color Tequila Sunrise .

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