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When you imagine your dream kitchen or bathroom, what do you see? There is a high chance that granite countertops and tiles make an appearance in your longed-for home. The kitchen remodeling and bathroom remodeling professionals are ready to work with you so that you can find just the right pattern and color palette for your kitchen or bathroom, along with the most ideal layout and design that will impress family and friends. Your dream home is actually a lot closer than you might think.

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When you first walk into a room and see the glisten of sunlight reflecting off of a granite countertop or tile mosaic, you imagine that you are in a royal palace or a luxurious hotel getaway. Yet believe it or not, that same feeling can be conveyed in your home or business. With a granite counter in Ottawa, those streamlined designs and expert layouts can be all yours. Granite is a wonderful choice for homeowners and business owners because the material is smooth to the touch, making it tactile and easy to work with. It will stand up to wear and tear for years to come, so you know you are getting a great investment.

Versatile and Varied

The lovely granite tiles and slabs come in a wide variety of textures, patterns, and colors so you can select just the right option for your space. Think about the mood that you want to convey in your bathroom or kitchen. What are you looking for? Soft neutral tones, or something more dark and striking? Whether you want a touch of elegance on your kitchen backsplash, or you are in the market for an entire new set of granite countertops, then make your desires known and the experts will work with you to bring the vision to life.

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It all adds up to create an award-winning ambiance that will have diners coming back for more. In homes, the regal simplicity of a granite countertop or cabinet refacing is a wonderful way to elevate the market value and desirability of your living space. Check our remodeling gallery to get more great ideas.

This week I finally want to get around to sharing my house improvements with you all. On Wednesday it will be exactly two weeks since our house officially went on the market and the process of selling began! This post is just a summary of it all, leading to more posts later in the week that will outline specific rooms.

When I first moved into this house, almost 3 years ago, it needed a lot of work. My partner had bought the house 9 years ago as a sort of fixer-upper, but hadn’t really done an awful lot to it. The things he had done, were just sort of slapped together and the colours used in some of the rooms were fairly horrific.

We have a lovely big house and I actually love it in lots of ways. However because it’s always entailed a lot of work, I sort of hate it too. When we (my girls and I) first moved in, Chris and I had already started decorating the attic room, we painted the lounge and we made quite a few alterations to the kitchen too – all to make it a better family home. The plan was always to do up the house and sell it, but sadly time and money were always a big factor and almost 3 years on we hadn’t really got much further. Last year I made the New Year’s Resolution to get the house on the market but didn’t really manage to get that much closer – except to have decorated another room. However this year I was determined, especially with Megan moving to secondary school later in the year.

At the beginning of March, Chris and I made a list. It covered everything we still wanted to do towards the house. He had 10 days booked off at the end of March and so together we agreed we would work hard and get everything done. I closed my Closet Geek Etsy store and for 10 days (pretty much solidly) we worked on the house. In fact, we worked so hard that I actually spent almost a week afterwards ill!

Anyway the house is now done (well almost at least). The estate agents have been to take their pictures and we are officially listed for sale and have a sign and everything. Over this week I want to share our changes with you, from the bright red lounge we started with (it’s now beige), to the navy blue bedroom (it’s now magnolia), from drastic differences in the kitchen (we had a utility sink and no flooring when I moved in), to the dinning room which is now my beautiful workspace. All this and more, every day this week – so stay tuned!!

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