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Natural stone countertops bring one-of-a-kind character, natural beauty, and lasting performance to kitchens, bathrooms, and other spaces throughout your home.
Unique Patterns • Natural Beauty • Proven Durability
Natural stone is a product of nature and encompasses many types of stone, including granite, limestone, marble, onyx, quartzite, semi-precious stone, slate, soapstone, travertine, and others. Each type offers its own characteristics, colors, patterns, and performance qualities, while every slab has a unique visual appearance—a defining feature that makes natural stone so desirable.
Along with distinct character and one-of-a-kind beauty, natural stone offers varying levels of inherent durability and can be used in many applications, from kitchen countertops to bathroom surfaces, wall cladding, fireplace surrounds, and other custom features throughout the home. The right stone depends on how and where you plan to use it, as well as the look and level of performance you want to achieve.
Granite is an excellent choice for countertops and is widely regarded as one of the strongest and most durable natural stone options. Its dense composition provides excellent resistance to everyday wear, making it a practical choice for busy kitchens, bathrooms, and other high-use spaces with relatively minimal maintenance.
There are hundreds of Granite colors and patterns to choose from, ranging from subtle and consistent designs to dramatic natural movement. It is also not uncommon to use different granite colors or patterns within the same room to create visual contrast or coordinate different areas of the space.
Marble countertops have gained in popularity in the past several years. It is also worth noting that with the advances in quarrying technologies, quartzite has been very popular as well.
This is due primarily to the soft, marble like colors and motions. There are technical geological differences between marble and quartzite but we like to speak to homeowners as if they are the same.
It is important to understand how marble and quartzite will act in your application. Our sales staff is very knowledgeable on these stones and will absolutely help you navigate through the selection process.
For the most part travertine for countertops is very similar
to marble. The biggest difference is that travertine was formed in or around ancient springs creating gas ports or holes in the stone. These holes can be filled with filler or left unfilled. Unfilled travertine is a little impractical for counter tops but makes perfect furniture tops, fireplace surrounds or other accent pieces around home.
Soapstone is nowhere near as hard as granite, however, it is virtually non‑porous. This explains why soapstone countertops are the material of choice for use in laboratory and chemical tables and benches.
It is available usually in a green to gray/green color but sometimes can be more blackish grey. Most people choose to “oil” the surface of their soapstone with mineral oil which after several easy applications over the course of a year or so will develop a beautiful patina. Soapstone with a leathered finish is particularly nice, and people who use it in their kitchen love the look.