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Bring a little luxury into your home – get floored (and more) by natural stone
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Granite countertops reign in the kitchen but new stones and eco-friendly materials are rising in popularity
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The value of natural stone
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Scan the real estate pages of any newspaper and you'll see it right away: almost every condominium ad promises "gourmet kitchens with granite countertops."  That's a big change from the Formica of the '50s.  
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Everyone knows about the wonderful monuments, sculptures and artifacts that creative architects, artists and artisans fashioned from natural stone for Kings and Noblemen over the last 5000 years. But the latest technological advances have not only brought the beauty, richness and grace of natural stone right to the doorstep of more people across a broad spectrum of society, but also brought them closer to newer, more innovative yet practical applications.
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Granite has become the new standard for high-end kitchens, with some people spending $300 and up for a square foot of stone. Many factors have contributed to granite becoming so popular, but that doesn't mean shoppers don't need to do their homework.
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The value of natural stone lies in its durability and strength, its ancient feel, timeless quality and aesthetic appeal. Additionally, it is eco-friendly, easy to maintain, and adaptable to any decor style. Usable throughout the interiors and exterior of any home, a combination of natural stones can create a unique statement and bring an aura of individuality to your home. Limestone and slate together, for example make an unusual garden path or exterior facade.
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Granite for the Masses
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A decade ago, choosing granite for a kitchen would have been much more difficult.
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Beautiful flooring and elegant stairways
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"Ten years ago it was not as popular as it is today. It was more expensive and there were less options available," said Robert Deja, general manager of All Granite and Marble in Ridgefield Park, N.J., one of the largest fabricators of natural stone countertops on the east coast.
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Nearly all natural stones create beautiful flooring and elegant stairways, adding a distinctive style and providing a backdrop to the decor of your home. Depending on your preferences and tastes, granite or marble is ideal for most areas of home, even the kitchen and bathrooms where you could choose non-slip varieties of white Italian marble or granite. Natural stone like slate is also usable, if you prefer, in areas like the shower, or around the tub. Along with limestone, slate is also is also suitable for any kitchen floor.
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The reason the cost of granite has fallen is twofold, he explained. New quarries have opened up and technological advances have made it possible to cut and polish stone more quickly. All Granite and Marble works with contractors and designers, but primarily services individual homeowners who choose their granite from thousands of samples.
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Where Does It Come From?
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Natural floor tiles come in variety of sizes and thicknesses in varying qualities. You can choose between many colors, grains, finishing styles, add borders, create designs –the possibilities are endless for any look you want.
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Marble and granite wall claddings
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Marble and granite wall claddings give you unique, easy to maintain interiors, where you can put your feet up and relax after a hard day’s work. You have to be careful about weight with stone exteriors, though, and use non-polish varieties to best protect the stone from weathering. Varying hues of slate on the outside walls can look stunning for a country feel, while limestone gives a more contemporary look. Granite or marble exteriors exude a quiet, yet sophisticated elegance.  
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Slate roofing
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Slate roofing is very durable, lasting for years on end – many 1000 year-old buildings in India retain their original slate roofs and floors in remarkably good condition to this day.
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Hearths and fireplaces
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Granite and marble, once again, add a special touch to hearths and fireplaces with their rich texture and natural beauty shining through as they have done for millennia. Great as bar counters or vanity tops, they make your home elegant, especially when teamed with furniture like stools, coffee table tops, and shelves for decorative artifacts.
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Due to its aesthetic appeal, hardness and easy maintenance and durability, granite is ideal for kitchen counters, but marble is a popular choice too. In the bathroom, granite and marble vanity tops, Jacuzzis, washbasins, tubs, and shower trays add a splash of luxury as you wash away the stresses and strains of your day.
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In the garden
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In the garden, you could use practically any natural stone. Granite pathways are popular, especially when complemented with granite lanterns or Japanese basins and sculptures. If you like marble, you could try dotting your garden with fountains, flowerboxes in marble, benches and sculptures for an elegant effect.  Limestone pathways in softer earthy hues can add a touch of class, as does slate flagging. Garden walls in slate slabs for a different feel or decorating your patio in slate also adds uniqueness. You could even create an outdoor kitchen with a barbecue area using natural stone on the walls and floors as a backdrop.
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Travertine and slate look very attractive outdoors, with slate around the pool area and the driveway. But nothing looks quite as imposing and distinguished as a nameplate in polished granite, particularly black granite.
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Natural stone is affordable today
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Newer innovations give rise to more varied applications everyday. The fact that natural stone is so affordable today makes it popular with homeowners and increasingly in commercial applications. Granite floors are in use at nearly every new airport, and in the facade and flooring of new buildings and commercial centers today. Most well known hotels also use granite, marble and other natural stones. Civic authorities, recognizing its aesthetic appeal, affordability and durability are beginning to use marble in public places like parks and as bases to streetlamps. Some sidewalks are now also constructed with natural stone.
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Natural stone is here to stay. There are large deposits of it, and mining it does not deplete the environment or create hazardous waste. The fact that it offers so many benefits without major drawbacks coupled with its myriad applications encourage people to opt for it against other manmade alternatives, which pale in comparison to the malleability and timeless appeal of creation –natural stone.  
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Most granite used to be processed in Italy and sent to warehouses around the world.
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Granite can still be found in the mountains of Italy, but more quarries have opened up in Brazil, India, China, Spain, Norway and many other countries. Another factor in decreasing prices is the introduction of the CNC machines. New devices are Computer Numerically Controlled machines that drive tools, whether cutters or polishers. They handle most of the work once done by skilled craftsmen. It was "tedious, hard. laborious work" for which old-time craftsman were well paid.
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"With the CNC machine, turnaround time has decreased three-fold and there is better precision and quality," Deja said. Yet some factories still employ craftspeople for different stages of the fabrication, said Mark Shedrofsky, vice president of Stone Source and a former board member of the Marble Institute of America. Based in Manhattan, Stone Source is a high-end, decorative stone distributor. Shedrofsky said competition has also helped drive down the price of granite.
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Tough Enough
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At the back of the All Granite and Marble plant, Deja walks through an enormous outdoor lot. There, gleaming in the sun, thousands of slabs of granite are stacked alongside each other. As Deja points out the various merits of different stones, a soft breeze blows off the nearby Hackensack River. This is where customers come to choose their countertops. They are encouraged to lay the template of their specific counter over the exact slab of stone they've chosen "so they can pick which piece will be used, which veining they want. It's fully customized," Deja explained.
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Back inside the plant, a slab of granite is laid across a massive concrete pedestal so a bridge saw can cut it. The saw is akin to a large, circular table saw but its blade is embedded with diamonds - one of the few things tough enough to cut granite.
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An edge is left uncut, so it can be trimmed, designed and polished later by the CNC machine. The machines guide workers in making the edges and ensure precision; constant streams of water run over the blades to keep the diamonds from wearing out from the heat.
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The Stone Engineers
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Deja urges people to go "to a professional fabricator to get a good quality ... It's hard for the untrained eye to tell the difference." Some places sell engineered stone that can look like granite. It is a mixture of special glue - an epoxy made with ground-up stones. This durable, engineered stone is often called Zodiac stone or Silestone. Engineered stone will be very uniform and can have colors not found in natural granite, such as orange.
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Eco Alternatives
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Synthetic countertops made from acrylic and other materials are less expensive than granite, but some can easily burn or scratch.
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Marble is prized by pastry chefs who love to roll out dough on their counters, but it can be more porous than granite and can be marred by kitchen acids.
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Eco-friendly options include wood butcher blocks and counters made of recycled glass. In Brooklyn, for example, a company called IceStone sells counters made from 100 percent recycled glass and concrete. Another "green" kitchen countertop is PaperStone, made from a blend of post-consumer recycled paper and resin.
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Some people argue that granite has become too ubiquitous and that consumers are looking for new alternatives. Jan MacLatchie, vice president of marketing for Artistic Tile (which has a warehouse and corporate offices in Secaucus and a showroom in Paramus) says the luxury kitchen market considers granite to be "over."
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"The really unique and high-end people are moving into all different kinds of stone, such as limestone, soapstone and marble tops, versus the typical heyday of granite that began in the 1980s," she said. Some customers are also looking at concrete, slate and even hand-made artisan tile.
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Despite this, luxury construction projects continue to use granite, such as the "Polished Kashmir granite" countertops touted at the Adams Square condominiums in Hoboken.
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Jacqueline Urgo, executive vice president of The Marketing Directors, Inc., a Manhattan-based company that handles sales and marketing for major, residential real-estate projects, said granite is prized "because it's a tangible finish that speaks to a very wide audience."
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In addition to the Adams Square project, The Marketing Directors oversee several large-scale projects locally, including Grove Pointe and the Trump development in Jersey City, the Vela Townhomes in Edgewater, and Mirabelle on the Hudson in North Bergen. Urgo, who cooks in her Manhattan home in a kitchen with white granite and a limestone floor, said natural stone appeals to people.
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"It still has the high perception value to the customer base and it looks beautiful. The non-consistency makes it so appealing ... it adds texture and variation of color. It adds a very rich feeling," Urgo said. "You touch it, it's rich, it's cold. It speaks to luxury."
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Revision as of 06:54, 28 September 2007

Bring a little luxury into your home – get floored (and more) by natural stone The value of natural stone Everyone knows about the wonderful monuments, sculptures and artifacts that creative architects, artists and artisans fashioned from natural stone for Kings and Noblemen over the last 5000 years. But the latest technological advances have not only brought the beauty, richness and grace of natural stone right to the doorstep of more people across a broad spectrum of society, but also brought them closer to newer, more innovative yet practical applications. The value of natural stone lies in its durability and strength, its ancient feel, timeless quality and aesthetic appeal. Additionally, it is eco-friendly, easy to maintain, and adaptable to any decor style. Usable throughout the interiors and exterior of any home, a combination of natural stones can create a unique statement and bring an aura of individuality to your home. Limestone and slate together, for example make an unusual garden path or exterior facade.

Beautiful flooring and elegant stairways Nearly all natural stones create beautiful flooring and elegant stairways, adding a distinctive style and providing a backdrop to the decor of your home. Depending on your preferences and tastes, granite or marble is ideal for most areas of home, even the kitchen and bathrooms where you could choose non-slip varieties of white Italian marble or granite. Natural stone like slate is also usable, if you prefer, in areas like the shower, or around the tub. Along with limestone, slate is also is also suitable for any kitchen floor.

Natural floor tiles come in variety of sizes and thicknesses in varying qualities. You can choose between many colors, grains, finishing styles, add borders, create designs –the possibilities are endless for any look you want. Marble and granite wall claddings Marble and granite wall claddings give you unique, easy to maintain interiors, where you can put your feet up and relax after a hard day’s work. You have to be careful about weight with stone exteriors, though, and use non-polish varieties to best protect the stone from weathering. Varying hues of slate on the outside walls can look stunning for a country feel, while limestone gives a more contemporary look. Granite or marble exteriors exude a quiet, yet sophisticated elegance. Slate roofing Slate roofing is very durable, lasting for years on end – many 1000 year-old buildings in India retain their original slate roofs and floors in remarkably good condition to this day. Hearths and fireplaces Granite and marble, once again, add a special touch to hearths and fireplaces with their rich texture and natural beauty shining through as they have done for millennia. Great as bar counters or vanity tops, they make your home elegant, especially when teamed with furniture like stools, coffee table tops, and shelves for decorative artifacts.

Due to its aesthetic appeal, hardness and easy maintenance and durability, granite is ideal for kitchen counters, but marble is a popular choice too. In the bathroom, granite and marble vanity tops, Jacuzzis, washbasins, tubs, and shower trays add a splash of luxury as you wash away the stresses and strains of your day. In the garden In the garden, you could use practically any natural stone. Granite pathways are popular, especially when complemented with granite lanterns or Japanese basins and sculptures. If you like marble, you could try dotting your garden with fountains, flowerboxes in marble, benches and sculptures for an elegant effect. Limestone pathways in softer earthy hues can add a touch of class, as does slate flagging. Garden walls in slate slabs for a different feel or decorating your patio in slate also adds uniqueness. You could even create an outdoor kitchen with a barbecue area using natural stone on the walls and floors as a backdrop.

Travertine and slate look very attractive outdoors, with slate around the pool area and the driveway. But nothing looks quite as imposing and distinguished as a nameplate in polished granite, particularly black granite. Natural stone is affordable today Newer innovations give rise to more varied applications everyday. The fact that natural stone is so affordable today makes it popular with homeowners and increasingly in commercial applications. Granite floors are in use at nearly every new airport, and in the facade and flooring of new buildings and commercial centers today. Most well known hotels also use granite, marble and other natural stones. Civic authorities, recognizing its aesthetic appeal, affordability and durability are beginning to use marble in public places like parks and as bases to streetlamps. Some sidewalks are now also constructed with natural stone.

Natural stone is here to stay. There are large deposits of it, and mining it does not deplete the environment or create hazardous waste. The fact that it offers so many benefits without major drawbacks coupled with its myriad applications encourage people to opt for it against other manmade alternatives, which pale in comparison to the malleability and timeless appeal of creation –natural stone.

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