Granite Style Prestige has been open since 2008 and are specialists in granite, quartz and marble countertops for kitchens and bathrooms.

They have a bright airy showroom and offer personalized, individualized service. To make an educated decision about what you need for you home, here are some of the products they carry:

– Caesarstone is quartz from Israel. They were one of the first quartz surface manufacturers. Caesarstone is nonporous, stain, scratch and heat resistant and backed by a residential lifetime warranty. It is an ideal surface for kitchens, vanities and more.

– Silestone comes from Spain. It is a quartz surface which comes in a range of colors and textures. This countertop offers bacteriostatic protection that guarantees maximum hygiene on its surfaces. Silestone is hard and resilient so it is a good surface for kitchen countertops, bathrooms, floors and wall cladding as it uses the minimum number of joints.

– HanStone is a quartz from Canada. It’s twice as hard as granite. Luxurious and durable, it is a low maintenance surface product available in 43 patterns. HanStone is non-porous and requires no sealing. The lustrous surface requires no conditioning or polishing. It is heat, bacteria, stain and chip resistant. It is backed by a Residential Lifetime Limited Warranty and is GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified®.

HanStone Quartz is designed for high-traffic areas such as offices, banks, hotels and restaurants, where applications can also include walls, reception areas, serving areas, table tops, staircases and much more.

Here they stock full-sized slabs, so you can bring one of your kitchen cabinet doors to the warehouse to get a better perspective. Bargain hunters will like to browse their inventory of remnants – maybe something will inspire you.

When they take your order, it is made and installed within 10 days

Location: 6535 Henri-Bourassa W, Montreal QC H4R 1C8
corner: boul. Sartelon
Tel: 514-331-8337
www.graniteprestige.com

Emballages I.S.A. was established in 1982 and is a distributor of high quality packaging, offering diversified products and services tailored to your specific needs. If your New Year’s resolutions included starting up your own business, this company had the best prices on business cards that I have come across. And they’re right here in Montreal and not online somewhere else in the world.

They can also handle all of your printing and graphic requirements:

– business cards
– marketing materials: postcards, flyers, brochures, door-hangers
– large format printing of posters and banners
– banner stands
– trade show pop-up displays
– promotional items

For those of you who have small quantities, don’t worry, even with full color printing, they will be happy to take care of you. You will be thrilled when you discover their very competitive prices and quick turn around.

If moving is part of your new year, they have the packaging you might need:
– corrugated and folding boxes, plain or printed
– protective packaging and stuffing
– many kinds of poly bags printed up to 12 colours
– shipping supplies: pallet wrap, carton-sealing tapes, strapping & pallets, etc.- shrink wrap films
– sanitation supplies

Location: 3767 Thimens, Suite 100, Ville St. Laurent QC H4R 1W4
corner: Begin
Tel: 514-956-1060
Hours: Mon-Thurs 8:30-5, Fri 8:30-4:30
www.isa-packaging.com
E-mail     info@isa-packaging.com

Clinique de la Casserole Del Mar is a store that can perform miracles. You can have  old, blackened, oil-encrusted pots or pans turned into  brand new shiny ones, right here.

This handy guy can do spot welding, replace handles and knobs, re-enamel (even cast iron), polish stainless steel, aluminum or copper, refinish copper, resurface Teflon or sell you parts for Presto pressure cookers – gaskets, safety valves and sealing ring sets are $11.95 – $29.95. You can also buy polishes, pots and pans – Strauss, Cool Kitchen, Quon Tanium, Integral 3 –  as well as pressure cookers to 12 qts. and pots for induction cooking. Cuisinart appliances, Breville cordless coffee pots, toasters, juicers, are here along with Sanelli, Miaybi, and Henckel Twin Line knives.

Location: 4048 Jean-Talon est
Corner: Pie IX
Phone: 514-723-3532
Hours: Mon 9-5, Tues & Wed 9-6, Thurs & Fri 9-9, Sat 9-5
www.cuisineriedelmar.com