Some of our favorite new granite colors this month include: Wood Stone Granite (also called Palamino Granite), Rainforest Green Granite, River Valley Granite, Costa Esmeralda Granite, and Carioca Gold Granite.
Read more...Adding granite, marble, or soapstone to a fireplace can dramatically change the look and feel of the room. Any time you introduce natural elements into your decor (like wood floors, stone or ceramic tiles, live plants, etc), they add sophistication and serenity to the space. We custom design our fireplace pieces for each customer’s specific [...]
Read more...If you go to a big box store or countertop “factory,” you essentially get to choose from five or six colors (unless you have a bottomless wallet). The best you can do is to choose the one that’s the least boring. It’s like signing up for an online dating site that has a total of [...]
Read more...As you may know, rather than keeping a couple popular colors in stock, Hannah (my daughter) and I comb the market constantly to find unique and off-the-beaten-path stones at great prices (as you can imagine, we’re great thrift store shoppers as well). This means that Granite Grannies has what we call a “rotating inventory.” Every [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...Soapstone is a natural rock found in several places around the world. It was formed from igneous rock in ancient ocean rift zones when those areas experienced significant heat and pressure from mountain formation and tectonic movement. The talc mineral in soapstone gives it that soft, smooth feel. The finished surface of soapstone feels like [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...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. [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...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 [...]
Read more...Granite Grannies is a granite importer, natural stone fabricator, and installer of custom granite and marble countertops, fireplaces, tables and more. Our kitchen design team has years of combined experience with home design, real estate, home improvement, and color selection. We are able to offer an unprecedented level of quality fabrication for granite kitchen counters because our skilled stone craftsmen represent decades of experience and the stone traditions of four continents.
We work with all natural stone countertops including classic granite, unusual and exotic granites, marble, quartzite, soapstone, leathered granite, and honed granite. We fabricate custom granite kitchen countertops, marble and granite bathroom vanities, granite and marble fireplace surrounds and mantles, basement bar counters, outdoor bartops, outdoor granite kitchen countertops, granite table tops, and more.
We have provided quality service at highly competitive prices to homeowners in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and parts of Virginia for nearly a decade. Our granite showroom and fabrication center is conveniently located in Upper Marlboro, MD just south of Bowie, MD and north of Waldorf. We’re an easy drive from Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Annapolis. Stop by to see our unique selection of granite colors and patterns, and talk to us about your granite project. We can’t wait to find the perfect stone for your kitchen, bathroom, bar, or fireplace.
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