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Northern Colorado

404 N. Link Lane

Fort Collins, CO 80524

(970) 419-8576

Mon -Fri  8am to 5pm

Sat  9am to 2pm

Wow is in the details.

Our team is highly experienced in stone.

We partner with stone cutters across the region
and will guide you through the key decisions:
material that best suits your space, slab size and finish, availability of your favorites and good questions to ask your fabricator.

Sandalus Caressed Quartzite 3619-7

Sandalus Caressed Quartzite

What are the slab finishes?

Polished is the default — smooth and glossy. That’s how slabs are first finished at their factory.

Honed is smooth and matte. It’s used to soften glare on dark stone and for marble in kitchens.

Then we talk about texture. Satin, leathered and caressed are terms you’ll hear there. They add dimension and are especially good outdoors. 

Who's your fabricator?

It’s a question you’ll hear at the start of your first visit. 

These guys make the magic happen — they have the technical skills to move and cut giant pieces of rock and the artistry to seam them beautifully.

Learn more here and click below if you need a list of companies to start with.

Waya Quartzite

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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