People who want their kitchen or bathroom countertops custom made often choose granite, for its beauty as well as for its durability. Choosing from the many colors, they can match virtually any style of decor, whether it involves warm browns, cool blues or greens, or dramatic blacks. And since granite is one of the hardest stones in the world, it can handle most normal household usage when sealed and cleaned properly. Choosing granite for custom countertops is a very smart choice, whether the homeowner is renovating their current abode or has just bought a new home.

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Perhaps the toughest working tool in the kitchen is one most would never even think about as a tool ; the kitchen countertop.  Here you place all of the ingredients, all of the other tools ; everything you need to work with to cook and clean and prep in your kitchen goes on the countertops.  Countertops need to be sturdy, simple to scrub, and lets face it, they have to look good.  

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The kitchen countertop has to be able to take a lot of abuse including the heat of pots, cutting and knives and abrasive cleansers.  The ideal countertop should be able to stand up to heat and the sharp edge of a knife.  Let us take a look at 7 of the most popular kitchen countertop materials being used today:
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