Granite

We picked out our granite for the kitchen a while ago.

This is what we picked out.  It's called Patagonia.   Loved it immediately and we were told it was Granite.  It is listed as granite on the website..still is as a matter of fact.  

We met with Granite by Design ( the fabricators) last week when the slabs arrived in Kempner.

Apparently this is not granite it is Quartsite.  Which can create an awful lot of issues with cracking, flaking etc.  We were crestfallen because we were so happy about our selection and had seen nothing similar..

It was a real statement piece.  But the owner of Granite by Design said we would not be happy with the final product.  Hed already found cracks in it and areas where they had epoxied it together and said he could not guarentee that it would hold up.  We were certainly disappointed but know when to say when.  He suggested we look around the yard to see if there was anything that would strike our fancy but we had also planned to go into Austin to look once again at Midwest Tile cause they have a lot of different slabs.

As luck would have it, we found something called Deep Burgundy.  The colors are very close to what the sandstone is on the hearth and in the masterbath.  This picture does not do it justice as it's much deeper in color and richer looking.

We are on schedule for next Friday, July 8th for install.  Although hoping someone isnt ready who's already on the schedule and its sooner.