Houston Articles
How humidity, hurricane season and the local mix of older ranch houses, master-planned subdivisions and new construction shape a countertop project here specifically. These articles are written for this market, not a generic one.
Countertops after a flood remodel
Stone countertops rarely fail when a Houston kitchen takes on water. When a bayou backs up into a house and water sits in the kitchen for a day or two, a lamin…
Read the articleRestaurant bar tops that survive a Friday night
A Friday night at a busy Houston bar puts a countertop through more than most home kitchens see in a month: ice buckets dragged across the surface, a citrus we…
Read the articleA countertop program for apartment turns
Apartment turns rarely arrive one at a time. A few units come back with chipped laminate edges, one has a burn mark by the stove, and all of them share the sam…
Read the articleHow to pick a slab at a Houston stone yard
The slab you approve at a Houston yard is the exact piece cut for your kitchen, and it rarely looks quite like the photo saved on your phone. That gap between…
Read the articleSun, UV and quartz in a Houston sunroom
A white quartz counter under a west-facing Houston window can shift toward a faint yellow within a couple of summers, starting along the edge nearest the glass…
Read the articleBuilder-grade countertop upgrades in new Houston subdivisions
In the new subdivisions on Houston's outer ring, the counter that comes with the house is usually a basic laminate or an entry-level granite, set as standard a…
Read the articleOutdoor kitchens through hurricane season
An outdoor counter near Galveston Bay takes more weather in one hurricane season than an indoor counter sees in a decade: months of direct sun, then weeks of w…
Read the articleHumidity, subtops and stone: what Houston does to a kitchen
Under an old laminate top in a Houston kitchen, the particle board along the sink edge is often swollen and soft. Years of small leaks and humid air work on it…
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