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When it comes to building or renovating your home, the choice of design elements, products, and materials is vast. Whether you choose granite for your kitchen countertops or marble for your bathrooms, by using natural stone, you are selecting a material that is beautiful in appearance, functional in its applications, and durable in its wear.

Kitchen remodeling is one of the most common remodeling projects, and consumers dedicate a great deal of time and money to make their rooms elegant and functional. As consumers opt for luxury and durability over plain and fragile, the new “want” in kitchen remodeling is natural stone countertops.

Oh how I love a well designed fireplace with beautiful stone!

Redoing a kitchen is one of the most common house remodeling projects. A lot of money and time is spent by homeowners to turn this very important room more stylish and practical. As homeowners select luxury and durability over boring and plain, the new hot choice in kitchen renovation is natural stone kitchen countertops.

Natural stones have become an important part of today’s home décor. Several types of natural stones such as granite, marble, sand stone are widely used as wall cover and flooring material. However, these stones are naturally very beautiful but they are made more attractive with help of different surface finishes.

Natural stone comes is a wide array of styles, colors, and composition. They offer durability yet they require low maintenance. They could go with whatever theme you may have especially if its natural. Natural stone also varies in texture. Even though we expect that natural stone as being natural are irregular in shape and coarse in texture, some natural stones are smooth and shiny.

Natural stones comes in different types, colors, shape, texture and composition. It varies from where it originates and its composition and characteristics. Granite, limestone, sandstone, and slate are the most common natural stone that was utilized and incorporated inside and outside of the house.

The MIA announced today that it is launching the Natural Stone Sustainability Fund in order to raise funds to support the Natural Stone Council’s sustainability initiative. The fund will also help the MIA defray the costs of several of its own sustainability initiatives including a green advertising campaign on behalf of the natural stone industry, the creation of natural stone sustainability CEU programs, the development of educational resources, and much more.

Natural stone tiles have become extremely desirable in the past several years due, in no small part, to the rise in popularity of diy programs on the telly. Our passion for property and DIY has led to a predominantly higher number of people engaged in redecorating their homes using the very best quality accessories they can find. Stone tiles have grown to be one of quite a few elitist or exceptional quality furnishings that have survived the challenging climate of the past two years and have retained their popularity.

Reykjavik fashion designer Sruli Recht has designed a limited-edition white larch cane and hand-cut Carrara marble eyeshades for the blind.

For this farmhouse in the Flemish town of Outgaarden, the Belgian architects 51N4E were charged with designing a new kitchen and adjacent storage space. They decided to split their allotted budget thusly: 70 percent of the budget would go to 30 percent of the space, while 30 percent of the budget would go to 70 percent of the space. This allowed them to be extravagant in the tiny jewelbox of a kitchen, fitting it out with fancy appliances, a Corian and ‘BMW walnut’ laminate island, and Carrara Bianca stone on the floor, while keeping things raw and utilitarian in the huge [...]

Maurizo Galante and Tal Lancman utilizes the exquisite nature of marble to create a smooth and comfortable chair. The “Louis XV goes to Sparta” chair fuses the classic form of a Louis XV armchair with the digitally reproduced motif of famous marble to result in a remarkable piece of furniture. Designed for Italian manufacturer Cerruti Baleri, its framework is made of plywood and CFC-free soft polyurethane foam. It comes with an internal Dacron cover and a separate polyurethane seating cushion. The chair is also upholstered with an external sheath made of 100% silk that’s adorned with a photographic print of Carrara [...]

Truth About Natural Stone Natural stone lasts a lifetime and adds character to your client’s environment Natural Stone has been around us much before even the inception of mankind. Just like the elements of nature; water, air, fire and wood, natural stone has always been a part of our lives. Historically from pyramids made of limestone to the monuments of the Roman Empire made of marble & granite to a monument like Taj Mahal made of marble to our modern capital Washington DC made of domestic granite, limestone and marble. Some of them last for millenniums. Thankfully, in the recent [...]

Jan 25 Kitchen Remodel 5 AUTHOR // SDR POSTED IN // Kitchens A Dramatic Kitchen Remodel A dramatic before and after kitchen remodel, with minimal disruption to the floor plan and exterior.  The former lower plan was divided into separate rooms based on the activity: a Living Room off of the entry, a Dining Room between the Kitchen and Living Room, the Kitchen, and a stepped down Family Room with direct access to the Garage.  The Dining Room was rarely used, in fact it had been temporarily converted into the child’s playroom, and the dining function was located into the rarely used [...]