WHAT'S YOUR IDEAL?

Are you going more for aesthetics or practicality?
If wow is your main priority, open it up to all stone types. If minimal maintenance is the goal (because you have have younger kids, you cook and bake regularly or you just need a counter) see this chart on the What We Carry page.
Granite and quartz are the easiest. Marble and dolomitic quartzite involve being careful with acidic liquids and cleaning up spills immediately to best preserve the stone.
Negresco Granite

One of the reasons it’s a long-standing favorite of our staff is that it gives a soapstone look with minimal maintenance. 

Black Soapstone
But if you have a soft spot for imperfect beauty and you love the feel of soapstone, we say go for it.

SPECIFIC PROJECTS

NEW BUILDS

We get it. You’re juggling hundreds of decisions and shifting timelines when you build from the ground up.

So we’ll be blunt up front:
save some mental flexibility for
the countertops, especially if they play a large role in your vision.

Counters are a last step, cut and installed after the cabinets are in so they can be precisely measured.

Ideally, you should get a sense of the colors you like — the stone name and prices — at the beginning of the build.

This helps you adjust overall budget and financing, if necessary. It also lets counters drive the design versus being a stressful, I’m-so-over-this, last minute decision.

When you visit us for ideas, ask our team about the colors you like.

Which are routinely stocked? And which are one-of-a-kind looks that you may want to lock in now? — meaning you would arrange for full payment and storage with your fabricator.

Calacatta Columbo Satin Quartzite
(Matarazzo is a similar stone)

Your builder most likely has a fabricator they prefer. And they’ll likely want to be a conduit for that fabricator, passing information back and forth.

This isn’t a bad thing. It eases your load to not have to have planning conversations with every subcontractor.

With that said, we firmly believe:

a) You should get to know your fabricator.

b) You should directly talk to them about what to expect from your stone.

c) You should have a layout appointment with them to discuss seams, sink cutouts and how to maximize what you most love about your slab.

This is your insurance for getting the results you’re dreaming about.

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