Paper may not seem like a great choice for a kitchen countertop, but this surprising material is lightweight and beautiful, ...

Quartz is durable and visually dazzling, but you can save a few bucks and still get an aesthetically pleasing countertop if ...

Connecticut design-build firm, led by the Santora family for over 20 years, guides homeowners through quartz, granite, and stone selection, with measurement, fabrication, and installation managed ...

Deciding on your kitchen countertop material is a big (and expensive) decision, so we went to an expert to get the skinny on the costs of granite versus quartz.

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If you walk into a Costco, Home Depot or Lowe’s and order a countertop for your kitchen renovation, the store will likely contract with a local fabrication shop, instructing them to make one from a ...

Members of California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board hear worker testimony on a petition to ban the use of engineered stone at a May 21 meeting in Los Angeles. (Photo by Semantha ...

California workplace safety officials moved Thursday toward a first-in-the-nation ban on fabrication and installation of quartz countertop materials, in a bid to halt a deadly epidemic among workers ...

California workplace safety regulators want to completely ban kitchen quartz countertops because they are linked to an incurable lung disease in the workers who make them. The state’s Occupational ...

Wade Hanicker lives near Tampa, Fla., and he started making countertops about 15 years ago. He used saws and other power tools to cut and polish big, heavy slabs of raw stone so that they'd fit ...