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Natural stone 101: Understanding the basics

Floor Covering News

Natural stone can be a hard product category for some retailers to get into. Not only does it require more knowledge on the part of the retail sales associate, but it also means successfully sharing that information with the consumer in a way that doesn’t turn them away from the category.

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March Madness: ACI’s Final Four Tile Matchups

Architectural Ceramics

To reference this information later, download a Printable PDF here. Another porcelain pick, comes from Casey Terrell, an east-coast native who drives our internet sales. Natural Stone. AC’s Altimetry in Calcatta Tia natural stone; image via architecturalceramics.com. There’s always next year.

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Bigger Is Better: Large Format Porcelain Tile

Architectural Ceramics

If this blog is about porcelain, then why does the collection’s name say stone? Because porcelains like our Ancient Stone Collection , are made to look like natural stone. AC’s Ancient Stone Collection in the color Black, used in a commercial setting. Aristocrat.

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Catalina and CTaSC Announces the Release of the 2013 Stone Report

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

The residential remodeling market is also benefiting from the increase in existing home sales and the rise in home prices. The increase in existing home sales stimulates homeowner remodeling projects and the rise in home prices is an incentive for non-movers to invest in their homes and upgrade to stone countertops and flooring.

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President's Message: Introducing our new president, Dan Rea

StoneDimensions

I am employed at Coldspring, in Cold Spring, MN (formally known as the Cold Spring Granite Company) where I head up the sales and marketing for the company and have been in the stone industry with Coldspring since 1977. My name is Dan Rea and I have the honor to serve as your MIA President for 2015.

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Meet MIA President, Dan Rea

StoneDimensions

I am the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Coldspring (formally known as the Cold Spring Granite Company), in Cold Spring, MN USA. Coldspring is a leading supplier of natural stone serving the commercial, memorial, residential and industrial markets since 1898. I have been with Coldspring since 1977.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Let me vent a little about Houzz

Kitchen and Residential Design

Natural stone is a natural product and even stones that come from the same quarry change radically over time. You cannot order a natural stone counter out of a catalog and you have to pick the slabs your counters will be made from in person. He or she will set you up with the stone youre looking for.

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