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Add Value To Your Home with a Bathroom Renovation

While there are many projects that you can do to add value to your home and increase its resale value, no other project offers more value for the money than remodeling your bathroom.

Whether you plan to stay in your home or sell it in five weeks, five months or five years, a bathroom renovation will add great value to your home.

Adding marble, ceramic, or glass tiles can dramatically change the face of your bathroom.  With the many versatile design options available today, you can make a stunning change with just a very small investment.

Bathroom Upgrades Are Worth Every Dime

Adding a Jacuzzi tub, Steam Shower, or Walk-in Shower are luxurious improvements that you can make that will turn your bathroom into a spa-like atmosphere.   Adding this element of elegance and opulence may not be as expensive or difficult as you may think.  New marble, porcelain, and ceramic tiles can add a touch of elegance and charm to any room.  Heated floors is also a great touch for a bathroom upgrade.

A steam shower or walk-in shower can greatly enhance the beauty of the bathroom and the value of the home. There are a number of beautiful shower designs, different shapes and sizes, that can add a distinctive “wow” factor to your new bathroom retreat.

Elegant Ceramic Bath Installed by Carolinat Tile and Stoneworks

Ceramic Tile And Versatility

Ceramic tile has been used for years and is often the most preferred choice in home bathrooms, kitchens and other areas.  The reasons are pretty obvious.  With a professional installation of ceramic tile, the surface will remain highly durable for the long term. It is easy to clean and requires very little maintenance work.  It is also very versatile in the number of design options it provides.  Unique patterns and inlays are easily purchased and used

You have many options in flooring including natural stones like limestone, marble and travertine.  Yet, ceramic tile installation is still the most sought after by both new homeowners and long time homeowners.  Because ceramic is so dense and strong, it really does take a beating and keeps giving.  It doesn’t absorb harmful chemicals and offers many tile design options including great patterns.

Style choices include antique, rustic, modern and classic.  You’ll find options that look like other materials as well such as ceramic tile that looks like marble or looks like wood.  Granite, slate, and terracotta are other style choices to choose from.  Then, add features it.  For example, you can create a mosaic or use glass and metal within the design.  Whole, lined, chipped, edge designs and much more are all options you have with ceramic tile.

Ceramic tile also is used in various applications.  You can use it for floors, walls, outdoors, indoors, in showers, as your kitchen backsplash and even near your pool.  In terms of costs, these are varied.  You can find inexpensive low quality tiling for as low as $4 a square foot (though it’s often better to go with a middle of the road cost for quality.)  Some are as high as even $14 to $15 a square foot.  Always use a professional installer for ceramic tile because the durability and look of the tiling is going to be much better with a professional.

Natural Stone Backsplash installed by Carolina Tile and Stoneworks

Kitchen BackSplash:  Design and Character for a Necessity

Kitchen backsplashes are more than simple tiles placed on a wall.  They offer several characteristics to your kitchen, including character and design features.  Additionally, they serve as a much needed layer of protection between your work surface and the kitchen walls.  While having the right kitchen backsplash is important, you don’t have to sacrifice style.

When choosing kitchen backsplashes, consider the material you’ll use first.

Ceramic tile is the most common type of backsplash installation you’ll find.  Other material available includes granite, travertine and even marble.  Marble and tile installers may help you choose the right material based on your budget, the space and your style tastes.  A variety of colors are available.

Glass kitchen tiles are an excellent choice because they are attractive.  They also are very easy to maintain and keep clean.  You are not limited by style, color or design with ceramic tiles, though.  When you install a kitchen backsplash, you’ll choose the right layout, colors, and features that work best in the area.  Marble and other materials are just as flexible with color options, but they need to be maintained, and are often much higher priced than ceramic tiles.

The benefits of ceramic tile for a kitchen backsplash are many including reducing the allergies and quality of the air and being highly durable.  For glass, it’s easy to keep clean and sanitary, and is resistant to stain.  Marble and other materials for a back splash in the kitchen are highly valuable, and with care will provide long term aesthetic appeal.

Choose the right kitchen backsplashes for your kitchen with the help of a professional tile installer.

Marble for your Bathroom Renovation

When you call your bathroom renovation installer, have him or her custom design a fabulous bathroom that includes a variety of natural stone.  Natural stone options are many.  You could use marble on your floors for a very luxurious feel or go with granite countertops for a striking appeal.  When using stones in the bathroom, you do need to consider several things, including durability and absorption of water.

One of the best overall products for the bathroom renovation will be marble.  Your marble installer can design custom flooring for you.  Marble adds a great look and value to the space. Yet, marble damages if it is not installed properly, or if not taken care of.  Other options for flooring include travertine and limestone, though both are softer natural stones.

Next, look to the bathroom shower and tub for your bathroom renovation.  For a lesser expensive choice, choose ceramic tile which definitely gives you options.  You don’t have to settle for plain white tiles any longer.  You can accent the space with glass tiles as well, adding a pattern or texture to the space.

Our marble installers can help you to create a very unique style within the bathroom.  Use a mixture of great options including natural stones in unique colors or textures.  Doing so will make the bathroom more appealing, with a natural luxury to it that is inviting and relaxing.  It’s always a great investment and adds a lot of value to the home.  Start your bathroom renovation today by calling on professional installers.

Kitchen Renovation: Upgrade Your Home

A kitchen renovation is one of the best ways to upgrade your home.  The products available today to do this are phenomenal.  Everything from appliances to the kitchen sink faucet is versatile to fit the type of style that you are interested in for your kitchen renovation.  Be sure to spend some time looking at natural stone options for your kitchen, too.  When using natural stone in the kitchen, you’ll create a very unique space with lots of character.  There are many places to use it, too.

• Kitchen Backsplashes:  One great place to use natural stone like travertine, marble or glass tiles is the backsplash.  They’ll draw the attention away from the counter tops and add color and design to the space instantly.  A number of patterns can be used here with contrasting colors to really spice up the look of the space.
• Flooring:  Various types of natural stone can be used in the flooring of your kitchen.  Consider marble, for example.  This is a great location for adding luxury.  With a marble floor, the level of your kitchen renovation will increase dramatically simply because of the value and look of the marble.
• Kitchen Countertops:  Here’s another place to use stone in your kitchen.  Perhaps the most popular choice today is granite.  Granite offers various textures and is very durable.  You don’t have to worry about the overall impact of acids from foods or keys scratching the counters.

These are just a few areas you can add natural stone to your kitchen renovations.  For more ideas, talk to a professional installer of these natural stone products.  They’ll help you find the right choice for you and help you to increase the appeal of your space with a custom designed kitchen renovation plan.