Are you sure this is actually a granite and not a quartzite? It's my understanding that quartzite is more resilient.

Hi remodelfla,
Thanks for your reply. I was told that is a granite from my fabricator. I believe is the same as the Ivory Chiffon and Ivory Brown. How can I know for sure? I have maple medium autunm color cabinets and same color hardwood floors. I want to achieve a fresh, classic, airy feeling. I would of love to have creamy white cabinets but what we have are in good condition so we are keeping them. I'll take pictures of my kitchen and try to post them here (I'm new to this forum and need to learn how to post picture).
Thanks...

We installed ivory fantasy in our bath and we absolutely love it. No problems with durability so far, but it hasn't had heavy duty use yet. We were also told it was a granite.

The only thing I'd caution is that the slabs we saw had a lot of variation in individual slabs. The top and bottom portions of the slabs looked like two completely different granites. We were fortunate to have a fabricator who allowed us to participate in the layout review and we were able to choose the 1/2 of the slab that we loved. I don't know if you're close to tagging slabs, but just be aware that it might have lots of variation.

We installed ivory fantasy granite in our kitchen two years ago and have been very happy with it. We have a six year old so there have been blue popsicles left to melt on it, colored markers and ink from stamp pads, lots of spills of all sorts. But no stains. We seal it once a year.

Thanks so much for all of your replies!!

lat4321:that's exactly what is going to happen in my kitchen. I have three kids: 13, 11 and 6. So, it is nice to hear that it can stand all kinds of spills.

Can you tell me if this is how your Ivory fantasy granite looks like. I have so many different kinds and this one in particular resembles the closest to mine.

Seaglass7: thanks for the suggestion. I only saw the first slab and I love it. I need two slabs and did not pick the other one behind since I assume they will all look the same. I'll go today to tag them. Thanks

If you would like to see picture of my kitchen as is now before the granite and let me know if I pick the right granite color for my cabinets please see the message I posted last night...Thx :)

Here is a link that might be useful: {{!gwi}}

Hogar,

The ivory fantasy will look great with your kitchen! It sounds like the lot you have available is much more "uniform" than mine was, and subsequent stones within the same lot should look very similar, so you're in good hands. If you have any concern, ask if they will show you the 2nd stone, but it's probably not necessary. And if there is a "special" section you absolutely love, it'd be great to showcase it on your island! That's the kind of thing you can discuss at the layout review. I think you'll be very happy with your choice!

My ivory fantasy granite sounds more like seaglass7's. It's not as uniform as the photo you posted (which looks great). I also needed two slabs and only looked at the first one and not the one behind it as I knew it would be similar. The fabricator also invited us to participate in the layout but it was early in the morning and fairly far away. So we just left it up to them and it turned out great. One word of warning - the colors and movement in the granite hide crumbs quite well so sometimes it looks perfectly clear but isn't. With cooking and kids, you are wiping the counters quite often anyway so it's not really an issue. I took a look at your photos and think the ivory fantasy is a very good choice to help achieve the lighter, airy look you are aiming for.

Thanks all for your replies!!!

How often does it need to be sealed? And what sealer do you use?