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Guest Post: Denise Daniels of MB Stone Care on Preserving Your Home’s Natural Stone Surfaces

JG Kitchens

Regular Gold Notes readers know that I’m a big fan of engineered stone and porcelain slab for their low maintenance properties. You also know that I consider Mother Nature to be the finest artist in the world and greatly admire the incomparable beauty of natural stone.

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How To Care For Marble Or Natural Stone From?

How to Floor Tile

Marble Institute Of America! link] I personally do not advocate using Marble, Travertine and other natural stone in showers or wet areas because it is too soft and hard to maintain. I built this shower recently and all the tile looks like marble but it really is Porcelain and manufacturers copy natural stone for a reason.

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Guest Post from Natural Stone Institute – Caring for your Natural Stone Surfaces at Home

JG Kitchens

Her gifts of marble, onyx, granite, soapstone and other stones have been justly prized for millennia. Marble and granite have long been popular for countertops, shower surrounds and floor tiles. Like a mane of glorious locks, natural stone surfaces require care to keep them at their best. Know Your Stone.

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Why is my White Marble Turning Yellow?

Architectural Ceramics

The classic look of a Bianco Carrara or Calacatta Gold bath is popular, and the current availability of field (in a variety of finishes and textures like honed, polished, tumbled, hand antiqued, marmo antico, brushed, etc.), Calacatta Gold Master Bath. The resulting chemical reaction manifests as yellow staining within the stone.

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Rustic Baths

The Perfect Bath

There are many elements that give a bath a ‘rustic’ composition. This initial choice becomes the starting point for the combination of other elements such as natural stone, salvaged architectural elements and repurposed vintage items in a deep-but-neutral color palette (often drawn from nature).

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National Kitchen & Bath Association 2019 Bathroom Design Trends

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) released its 2019 Bathroom Design Trends, which coincided with its annual Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS), celebrating the best in kitchen and bathroom design trends. A bath designed by Sandra Diaz-Velasco. Vitromex Conde Porcelain Marble Collection.

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Think Outside the Box: Rethinking the Square Shower Niche

Architectural Ceramics

The master bath pictured on the left, treats the oversized his and hers niches like framed pieces of artwork; while the shower space shown on the left, hides the niche in the half wall near the bench where items are easily accessible. There, you can talk with an associate and explore your options with one of our many specialty vendors.

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