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 article →Restaurant 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 article →A 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 article →How 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 article →Sun, 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 article →Builder-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 article →Outdoor 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 article →Humidity, 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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