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- I'm Mina.
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I'm Karen.
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One of the biggest decisions you'll
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make when you're renovating your kitchen
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is what countertop to choose.
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There's so many choices.
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And the look and function both go into that.
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So there's a lot to think about.
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Oh my go--
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh my gosh.
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Oh, look at the [inaudible].
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Buyers always seem to have a really strong reaction
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to the countertops when they walk
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into a home, which makes it such a key feature
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in our renovations.
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There's a lot of different countertop materials nowadays.
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You can actually get countertops made out of paper.
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Paper?
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Yeah.
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- I did not know that. - Yeah.
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I think there's a couple of things
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that you need to take in account when you're making a choice
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and it's your budget, how you live your life,
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and really, how you want it to function.
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Mina can never get enough of carrara marble.
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She loves the way it looks and the way it feels.
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But it's not for everyone.
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No.
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You can seal it to help protect
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it against acidic stains.
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It will prevent some scratches, but even a seal
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won't prevent everything.
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Granite is a little bit more durable.
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Yes.
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Granite and quartz. - Yeah.
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Not as porous.
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Quartz tends to be a little bit more expensive,
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but they're both non-porous, and they
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come in lots of beautiful colors, and they're very
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easy to maintain.
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If granite might break the bank,
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you can always try to find a small remnant piece,
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and then use something else for the rest you countertops.
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The house we did on [inaudible] in season one,
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we did a combination of like an engineered butcher block,
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so that giant U was probably $350.
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And it looked great.
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It looked beautiful.
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And then, we were able to source a remnant
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for the island that was a very high-grade chunk of granite.
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But because it was a remnant, we could get it for less.
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- Right. - And I think it was like $900.
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Right.
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If we'd done that much stone, it would have been too much.
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Been to much.
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So just think about those things when you're making your choice.
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Think about your budget.
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Think about how careful you can be with your countertop,
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and then the ascetic you're going for.
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And then find what fits for you.
