According to trulia design panel s trend predictions released last month granite countertops are out.
Is granite out of style.
Natural materials like wood or granite aren t made with trends in mind.
It loses its feeling of luxury.
The first reason is that once a style trickles down to big box stores it becomes builder grade and everyone has it.
Blues may go in and out of style but sapphires are always beautiful.
Sometimes homebuyers or home sellers know this from personal experience.
Style and beauty.
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.
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.
It also ages beautifully acquiring a characterful patina.
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.
You may have bought a home that was trendy 20 years ago but now the in crowd cringes at its style.
Concrete countertops are available in a number of different colors.
If the kitchen is the culprit in your case you could be casting a suspicious eye at your granite countertops.
Of course certain colors and patterns will be more popular at certain times but the material itself will never go out of style.
What is trendy today might just fall out of favor in the future.
As soon as almost every remodeled kitchen in america had realized its granite sporting dreams granite got bumped from its position.