Getting Great Renters: Dress for Success

  One thing we often hear from first time landlords is “Why should I bother fixing up my property.  The rental market is good. I know I can get a renter eventually, so there’s no point in wasting my money on fancy upgrades.” What these first time landlords are missing is the ability of a [...]

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6 DIY Home Improvement Projects for the New Year

Ahhh New Year’s resolutions. We know we’re going to give them up by February (at the latest) so why do we make them every year? I’ve got a better idea. Instead of resolving to keep the house clean for an entire year or make a homemade dinner four nights a week or go to the [...]

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Granite Grannies+ 107.3′s Chilli Amar

Exciting news! We have the opportunity to put granite countertops in Chilli Amar’s new kitchen. You’ve probably heard her on The Carson Show during your drive home. If you tune in to Mix 107.3 on a regular basis, you’ve also heard that newlyweds Chilli and her husband Don are gutting and completely renovating their kitchen. During [...]

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How To: Clean Your Granite Countertops

I know at first this doesn’t really seem like necessary “how to.” I think most of us have learned how to wipe off countertops by now, right? Right. Except that granite countertops require a slightly different cleaning ideology. Don’t worry, it’s no 12 step process.   The key to keeping your countertops streak free, build-up [...]

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Rainforest Brown & Green: Marble Or Granite?

We’ve been hearing a lot of questions about two stones call Rainforest Brown and Rainforest Green. Type their names into a search engine and you’ll see them referred to as granite on one site and marble on the other. The difference is important because marble countertops kitchen are slightly less durable and indestructible than granite. They also require a [...]

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Small Business Saturday (Nov 26th)

First there was Black Friday, then Cyber Monday. Now, there’s Small Business Saturday. November 26th 2011 is the 2nd annual small business day.  It’s a great opportunity to support small businesses, boost your local economy, and get free money!   American Express has put some muscle to this home-town movement by offering a $25 statement [...]

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New Granite Colors from Avanti Marble & Granite

Great news! We went on a buying trip to a new supplier and came home with over two dozen new slabs of granite! (Here are some pics of Lori shopping for colors.)   While we are always bringing in new colors, November’s featured stones from Avanti have made us happier than usual because of great prices [...]

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How To: Decorate Your Kitchen

First of all, it’s your kitchen. By all means take advice on decorating (or else I wouldn’t need to write this), but what I aim to humbly show you in this blog is that you already have the knowledge necessary to decorate well. Here are a couple of suggestions to get you started. 1.Identify your [...]

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Is Your Kitchen Hurting Your Wallet & the Environment?

If you’re at all like us, you want your home to have as little impact upon the environment as possible. If you’re like everyone in the world, you don’t want throw away money. At least in the kitchen, these two desires go hand in hand. One the biggest issues in the kitchen is energy use. [...]

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Compton & Renee’s Earth House

This week I got to tag along with Lori on a visit to a project in process. It’s always fun to see the actual result after hours of planning and imagining. This particular house was so neat, I had to share.Compton and Renee built their earth house 29 years ago, way before sustainable building and [...]

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How to Deal With Bad Cabinets

One of the kitchen dilemmas I hear most often is the “my cabinets are ehh” problem.  Our customers want to upgrade to granite, but they don’t like their cabinets. As anyone who has remodeled a kitchen knows, cabinets are a big ticket item. So the question they ask me is, “Should we wait to get [...]

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Why Does a Granite Company Need a Blog?

We at Granite Granniesare so excited about our new site! We’re getting the Grannies into this century, slowly but surely. So many people connect via the internet now. Home owners share ideas for projects on forums, research the reputations contracting specialists through search engines and exclusive sites like Angie’s List, and they often contact these [...]

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