Explore the Best Countertop Materials We Offer in Ontario
First In Counters is dedicated to continually enhancing our selection of premium countertop materials, providing new and exciting options for our customers. Of course, we still maintain the tried-and-true classics, but we artfully balance them with innovative materials to inspire a diverse customer base with varied tastes and styles. Our expert guidance provides insights about the pros, cons, and ideal uses for each material, ensuring you select the right counters based on their intended installation.
You can visit our showroom to experience the textures, finishes, colours, and designs of our collection firsthand and discuss customization options such as edging and layouts with our experts. Our on-site custom fabrication ensures quality control for precision cuts and perfect fits for your installation.
Top Countertop Materials We Offer
Our mix of quartz brands and natural stone slabs has mass appeal, making it easy for everyone to find exactly what they desire. Our experts are here to discuss the features and benefits of our natural stone and engineered quartz collections and provide recommendations tailored to your project.
Granite Stone Slabs
Granite stone slabs are a popular choice due to their natural beauty and exceptional durability. Our granite collection is filled with varied patterns, finishes, and colours, from monotone textures to bold contrast and waves and veining to intricate speckling.
Premium Quartz Collections
Quartz is a popular choice for kitchens and bathrooms due to its stain resistance, consistent appearance, and low maintenance requirements. It offers more control over design, with a more intentional colour palette crafted to appeal to today’s savvy homeowners.
Durable Porcelain Selection
Porcelain is making a splash in the industry with its sleek look and suitability for modern designs. It is also heat-resistant and has a slim profile that instantly elevates contemporary spaces. Porcelain easily captures the look of stone and can provide a higher-end look than laminate, offering a solid colour option.
Leading Quartz Brands for Every Aesthetic
First In Counters sources the highest quality quartz brands to deliver unique characteristics, designs, and functional benefits suited to a broad range of installations.
Hanstone Quartz Surfaces
We love that Hanstone Quartz is Canadian-made, allowing customers to support local brands like ours. Canadian workmanship offers clean designs and high-quality engineering, while keeping things conveniently manufactured closer to home.
Silestone Quartz
Silestone Quartz is known for its durability and expansive colour range. Its antimicrobial protection reduces the spread of germs and foodborne bacteria, making it ideal for kitchens and high-traffic bathrooms.
Caesarstone Quartz
Caesarstone Quartz’s premium aesthetic appeal and finish choices are designed for both modern and classic kitchens. Inspired colours and patterns allow you to fine-tune your design with a more defined colour palette and controlled patterning and texture.
LG Viatera Quartz
LG Viatera Quartz’s range of warm, earthy tones and bold patterns is very trend-forward for the more daring and edgy homeowner who wants a distinctive look. It is also the choice for homeowners looking for eco-friendly composition and durability.
MSI Q Quartz
MSI Q Quartz’s extensive range is all about choices and adaptability. The brand’s unique, diverse colour palette and veining options allow you to achieve the high-end look of natural stone, while more budget-friendly options with mass appeal enable you to enjoy beautiful new countertops at a wallet-friendly price.
Choosing the Right Countertop Material
Our pressure-free guidance provides unbiased advice to help you select the best material for your project. Our team is driven by customer satisfaction, plain and simple. As a result, you can trust us to recommend the best choice for your needs and budget, with full disclosure about the benefits and shortfalls of each material type.
Material Based on Application
It can be discouraging to discover that the material you had in mind might not be right for your project. However, it also avoids disappointment down the road. We discuss where the counter will be installed and how that space is used, such as in kitchens, bathrooms, or BBQ areas. We then recommend the most durable and functional choice for that use and environment.
Aesthetic & Finish Preferences
Of course, aesthetics play a major role in your choice, from the surface finish, edge style and colour to patterns and textures. First In Counters helps you visualize the counters in your space so you avoid choosing something that is gaudy, underwhelming, or clashes with your design and colour theme.
Maintenance & Longevity
Think of this as the foundation of smart decision-making; understanding durability, care requirements, and how your counters will stand the test of time. Maintenance is also closely tied to the application and the space. For example, in a kitchen where daily use puts the counter through its paces and the risk for stains runs high, a low-maintenance, highly durable material is recommended.
On the other hand, if you’re looking at bathroom vanity counters in your guest bathroom, which is used less frequently but seen by guests, you can splurge a little and choose something more luxurious with less worry about maintenance.
Visit Our Wainfleet Showroom to See Materials in Person
Our showroom allows you to do a little “window shopping” for ideas, or set up a consultation to discuss your project with one of our experts. Either way, nothing compares to firsthand experience in getting a feel for the true characteristics of the materials.
View Full Slabs & Samples
You might fall in love with a small counter sample you matched up to your kitchen cabinets, paint chips, and fabric swatches, only to find that once in situ, it completely overwhelms the room. A small sample of natural stone does not give you a realistic picture of the nuances found in the full slab’s veining, pattern movement, and scale of the stone’s distinct characteristics. Selecting a specific slab ensures everything flows together beautifully.
One-on-One Guidance
Although some homeowners are talented DIY designers, we’re here to help those less confident in their design skills. We’ll discuss your project and help you select the right materials based on your taste, lifestyle, and budget. We’ll also confirm your taste is impeccable if you’ve got it all figured out!
Schedule a Material Consultation
You’re always more than welcome to drop by our showroom to browse our collection. However, if you book an appointment, we can help narrow down your choices and get the wheels in motion for faster project timelines.
