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Ornamental Granite Bathroom Vanities in Georgetown Texas

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Ornamental Granite Dresses Up a Pair of Oak Bathroom Vantities

White Cultured Marble Vanity Top with Oak Cabinets
White Cultured Marble Vanity Top with Oak Cabinets
Ornamental Granite Bathroom Vanity Top Oak Cabinets
Ornamental Granite Bathroom Vanity Top with Oak Cabinets

White Cultured Marble Vanity Top with Oak Cabinets
White Cultured Marble Vanity Top with Oak Cabinets

Close-up of Ornamental Granite with granite backsplashes
Close-up of Ornamental Granite with granite backsplashes
Ornamental Granite Vanity Top with Half-inch Bevel Edge
Ornamental Granite Vanity Top with Half-inch Bevel Edge
Half-inch Bevel Edge on Ornamental Granite, Rectangular Sink
Half-inch Bevel Edge on Ornamental Granite, Rectangular Sink

This pair of oak vanities are in the master bathroom in a lovely home in Georgetown, Texas. These vanities had the original cultured marble tops from when the home was built in 1991.

The owners selected a very pretty slab of Ornamental granite from Midwest Granite here in Austin. Once the slab was delivered to our shop, the homeowners came by and showed us where they wanted some of the patterns in the stone to go on the countertops.

Ornamental granite is usually fairly uniform in pattern, but this slab has some very nice swaths of tan movement across the face of the stone.

Before and After Images with Ornamental Granite

You can see in these photos what the spaces looked like before and after the new granite tops were installed. The mirrors were removed before we got there, to make sure they didn’t break when the older counters were taken off.

(In many older homes, the mirrors sit on top of the top edge of the backsplash. Over time, the space between them fills up with caulk and stuff and it can be difficult to remove the counter without damaging the mirror).

Although the caulk looks white, it will dry clear overnight.

These sinks are undermount sinks in a style we sell called “basin”. They are rectangular and don’t take up too much space.

The edge profile on these counters is a half-inch bevel.

The backsplashes have flat-polished edges and are 4-inches tall. You can see how neatly they were cut to fit next to the tub surround and the doorway. Flat-polish is the standard edge for stone backsplashes, even when the counter has a different edge profile (like a bullnose, of half-inch bevel).

Ornamental Granite Kitchen with White Cabinets

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Ornamental Granite Goes with White Cabinets.

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This lovely kitchen is in a very nice home in Westlake in Austin. The white cabinets were in great shape. The original laminated counters were also in good condition, but dated the home, which was built in the mid-1990s.

The new homeowner chose Ornamental granite with a 1/2-inch beveled edge to update the kitchen to a more current style.

You can see from the photos that the kitchen has three long counters and one smaller raised bar. The bar was deep enough to need corbels for extra support (and decoration). The original corbels were still in great shape and did not need to be replaced to support the heavier stone counters. We did move one of the corbels, though, because it wasn’t in a stud (and was therefore not properly anchored to support the weight of the new stone).

Ornamental Granite Colors

Ornamental granite’s colors are best descriped as “sandy” . . . colors that run from beige to light brown. Unlike Santa Cecilia granite, the colors in Ornamental do not typically head towards the more golden tones.  Instead, this stone reads as a more uniform tan, with suble visual interest in the lines that run horizontally across the face of the stone.

The wood floor is either a light oak or a maple, and either one looks great with this color of granite.

You can see in the photos that we needed to take off the bottom row of tile from the original backsplash.  This is because the 3cm thickness (1 and 3/16-inch) of the new granite counters is thicker than the original laminate, so the new countertops didn’t fit under the old tile.  Fortunately, the homeowner was planning to replace the tile anyway and gave us permission to remove the bottom row.

The Raised Bar

The small raised bar in this kitchen is not very big but provides a good place for someone to stand and chat with the cook without getting into the workspace in the kitchen. We frequently see these raised bars get cut down to regular counter-height, with an extended counter on them, to make for a larger surface.

These larger counters look great with a curve in them, to maximize the space but soften the edges where people walk in and out of the kitchen.