According to trulia design panel s trend predictions released last month granite countertops are out.
Is granite out of style.
If the kitchen is the culprit in your case you could be casting a suspicious eye at your granite countertops.
It loses its feeling of luxury.
And in a kitchen trends survey conducted by houzz the home remodeling and design resource found that granite is no longer the most popular countertop material.
Natural materials like wood or granite aren t made with trends in mind.
It also ages beautifully acquiring a characterful patina.
What is trendy today might just fall out of favor in the future.
Blues may go in and out of style but sapphires are always beautiful.
You may have bought a home that was trendy 20 years ago but now the in crowd cringes at its style.
As soon as almost every remodeled kitchen in america had realized its granite sporting dreams granite got bumped from its position.
The first reason is that once a style trickles down to big box stores it becomes builder grade and everyone has it.
The colors and pattern in each slab of granite were brought together without human intervention long before there were even such a thing as design trends.
Of course certain colors and patterns will be more popular at certain times but the material itself will never go out of style.
Style and beauty.
In the same way a natural granite that takes your breath away today will not look dated in ten years just because it happens to look great with current styles.
Bring out your brutalist side with a chunky slab of concrete in the kitchen.
Concrete countertops are available in a number of different colors.