What to do with leftover granite

10 years ago

We are doing a major home makeover. The upstairs is almost done -- wallpaper removed (YAY! Good riddance!), painted, bathroom redone. All that's left, after the bathroom is done, is new carpeting -- but we are waiting for the rest of the house to be finished.

We bought a granite slab for the bathroom counters. It is beautiful and will eventually coordinate very well with the carpet we have chosen! However, after doing two bathroom counters (downstairs is getting redone too), we have a slab left over that's about 52" long by 30" wide. It's enough for another bathroom countertop but we only have two bathrooms.

So.....we're debating what to do with the leftover granite. Selling it on Craigslist is an option but not sure how fast it would sell. Another option that my husband suggested: make it into a desktop. I need a new desk, and have the perfect placement for the desk, but would have no idea how about doing that.

What have others done with leftover granite slab?

Donna

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Annie Deighnaugh

10 years ago

We bought a marble slab for the fireplace surround.

Then I used some of it to make built in slides in the bookshelves to use instead of end tables.

Then we used part of the slab for the counter top on the built ins in the study.

And I designed a pedestal for "this man who flies" for my foyer which used up much of the rest.

They can make very heavy cheese boards, but please don't use them as cutting surfaces as they will dull your knives. You can also have them made into table tops...like a coffee table or end table, but make sure the base is very strong. On a metal base, they'd be good for outdoor applications. I suppose you could have them cut in an arch shape to make a demi-lune table or shelf for the end of a hallway or a small space. You might have them cut a slab and put felt on the bottom to use as a boot tray if you have wood floors by your door. You might have it cut into squares that can be placed decoratively in a walk way leading to the house...maybe squares on a diagonal or maybe cut as hexagons.

Just some ideas off the top of my head.

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chispa
10 years ago
I bought 2 slabs for our outdoor BBQ area counter and had quite a bit left. I had a wrought iron console table and side table that had a boring beige stone when I bought them. I had my fabricator make new tops and lower shelf for each of the tables and I now use them outside on the patio. I didn't want to use the tables inside any more, so this was a great way to reuse the tables, which are solid and very good quality. A desk top is a great idea and you fabricator should be able to cut to size and shape the edges.
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I needed another slab to cover a raised shelf in my kitchen. The extra material was turned into a custom table for the banquette. I was having trouble finding suitable tables.

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Wow what neat ideas GWers!
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I had some extra granite and sold it back to the installers.
donnar57
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10 years ago
Such creative ideas, thank you for sharing! One of my husband's ideas was a take-off from one of you -- to use it as the top of the new fireplace mantel. He's going to talk to the contractor tomorrow about the feasibility of that.

I had a suspicion that selling it wouldn't be very easy. Selling back to the installers isn't an option -- we purchased the slab outright, so it's ours. Right now the contractor has the extra part of the slab in his warehouse.

Donna
juddgirl2
10 years ago
I used some of my leftover bathroom counter granite for the ledges in my built-in shower caddies. They coordinate well with the accent and subway tile, but I'm not sure I'd do it again because no matter how much I seal the granite, I get water stains where the water settles around the shampoo bottles on one of the lower shelves.

I also plan on having a cheese platter made from some of the leftover granite. If I had enough material left over, I would have liked to use some of the ideas posted above.

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