Waterfall Granite Edges

This creates a continuous flow and links the floor to the cabinetry in a fluid and natural manner.

Waterfall granite edges.

Take a look at some of the most jaw dropping waterfall countertops around below. Sometimes also called risers waterfall style refers to the way the quartz granite or marble countertops extend down the side of an island or cabinet all the way to the floor. The edge is half round on the top and gives the appearance of no edge at all the granite seems to just flow over the counter top and run down all the way to the floor. Quartz is a completely different animal.

Granite countertop edges can be sleek and simple rounded or bullnose varieties or more fashion forward and complex like waterfall or cove options. Granite and marble are more durable than corian but are still porous and susceptible to chipping and etching meaning when they re practically walls as they are with waterfall edges they re still not the most ideal solution. The aesthetic may have brought you here but once you learn about the practical. Waterfall countertops are countertops that drop vertically down the sides instead of stopping abruptly at the edge of a cabinet or island.

There s no actual starting or stopping point. Waterfall edge countertops have a natural infinite look resembling water that flows smoothly over a rock face down into the massive body of water below. If you ve ever walked into a model home or showroom and fallen head over heels in love with the kitchen one reason might be its waterfall edge island.