{"id":2487,"date":"2011-09-19T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/is-granite-in-or-out\/"},"modified":"2013-11-21T09:59:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T14:59:46","slug":"is-granite-in-or-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/is-granite-in-or-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Granite In or Out?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Herman Chan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-bqgkcyXWJa4\/Tl6Oj1p2i5I\/AAAAAAAAAF4\/fZAlnhMql2w\/s1600\/glass-countertops.jpg\"><br \/>\n<br \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-2cz6i2uebKM\/Tl6Nrgc_ynI\/AAAAAAAAAFw\/gb7jgqNTKnI\/s1600\/Granite_Uses_in_the_Kitchen_10454427_460.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-2cz6i2uebKM\/Tl6Nrgc_ynI\/AAAAAAAAAFw\/gb7jgqNTKnI\/s320\/Granite_Uses_in_the_Kitchen_10454427_460.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><\/strong><span>Question:<\/span> &#8220;We&#8217;re re-doing our kitchen. How do you feel about granite countertops?&#8221;<span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><strong>Hermanity Answer<\/strong>: (Yawn)  Been there, done that.  They are SO over did. Give concrete or recycled glass a try. More eco &#038; budget friendly!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-bqgkcyXWJa4\/Tl6Oj1p2i5I\/AAAAAAAAAF4\/fZAlnhMql2w\/s1600\/glass-countertops.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-bqgkcyXWJa4\/Tl6Oj1p2i5I\/AAAAAAAAAF4\/fZAlnhMql2w\/s200\/glass-countertops.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Recycled glass is the new Granite<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Watch me enumerate with my trademark sass &#038; sagacity the reasons why this viewer should skip granite counter tops!<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bad for mother earth<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Requires too many Benjamins<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Honey, that ship has sailed. Next!<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><em>What do you think? Are granite counter tops here to stay? Or have you discovered some great alternatives? Please share!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-8gdM87uGCIQ\/Tl6M65a_94I\/AAAAAAAAAFo\/NraiedbbP5E\/s1600\/hermanheadshot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-8gdM87uGCIQ\/Tl6M65a_94I\/AAAAAAAAAFo\/NraiedbbP5E\/s320\/hermanheadshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>About the Contributor<\/h3>\n<p>Herman  Chan, celebrity real estate personality seen on HGTV House   Hunters,  Money Magazine&#8217;s real estate expert and is Logo tv&#8217;s resident   real  estate expert.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to check him out on <a href=\"http:\/\/habitatforhermanity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Habitatforhermanity.com<\/a> or follow him on twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/hermanity\">@hermanity<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Herman Chan Question: &#8220;We&#8217;re re-doing our kitchen. How do you feel about granite countertops?&#8221; Hermanity Answer: (Yawn) Been there, done that. They are SO over did. Give concrete or recycled glass a try. More eco &#038; budget friendly! Recycled glass is the new Granite Watch me enumerate with my trademark sass &#038; sagacity the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Granite In or Out? | Zoocasa Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"by Herman Chan Question: &quot;We&#039;re re-doing our kitchen. 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