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25 Rustic Modern House Design Ideas to Inspire You

Trendir Magazine

Modern rustic homes mix the rustic open plan that makes it easy to keep in contact with everyone in your home, with the modern architectural elements, like large windows to let the light in. You’ll also enjoy the preserved and exposed natural architectural elements, and the modern furniture throughout the house. Vermont Getaway.

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Avente Tile Talk: Installing a slate tile floor

Tile Talk

For the present project that we are working on Vermont slate tile was chosen for the mudroom entry way as well as the half bathroom that is attached to it. Slate is a natural stone and you have to seal it before you grout. MYD | architecture + design. Architectural Ceramics: Tile+Mosaic. Tuesday, August 28, 2012.

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Considering white marble counter tops? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Marble is a calcium-rich stone, porous, has relatively low abrasion resistance,and is susceptible to expansion and contraction. It’s STONE, people, a natural material, and an incredibly beautiful one at that. As an investigative stone scientist I have to look into these issues on a near-daily basis. Are you kidding !!!

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Quarry Tour Takes Industry to Elberton and Tate Georgia - Brings the Marble Institute of America and Elberton Granite Assocation Together

StoneDimensions

The 2014 tour took place in Georgia, USA - a state rich in both historic and modern day stone activity. The attendees, which included stone professionals from fifteen states, also represented a wide cross section of the industry. The primary use of the stone extracted at Keystone is for the monument industry.

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