Kelly Huibregtse is a full-time NICU physician in need of a serene oasis at her SF home. She and her husband, Pat, also love to cook and entertain, so they decided to take their underwhelming backyard space and create a sanctuary and place to have friends visit. Careful planning included which appliances, surfaces, and suppliers could help complete their vision both on time and on budget. Following a detailed and tight schedule and working only with those suppliers who believe in a true collaboration helped to shape their new haven.
Before…
Kelly and husband Pat first compiled their wish list including the look, feel, style and function of their outdoor space. They then worked with the city to acquire the correct building permits and coordinated with online patio designer, Yardzen.
With Kelly’s and Pat’s input, Yardzen provided custom renderings which included layout and material suggestions. They selected Hestan outdoor appliances with green paneling, a spa from local dealer Creative Energy, chose landscaping and plants, and worked with IRG to select stunning quartzite slabs for the countertops. Professional stone fabricator, Joel Ayala from Special Marble & Granite, laid the final pieces perfectly into place. The project was completed by Mejia Landscaping.
…And After!
IRG: How much input from others do you generally ask for before beginning a design project?
Kelly Huibregtse: Usually, I start by myself or by discussing our needs with my husband. I look to Instagram, Pinterest, and AD online to start imaging the look and feel for the finished project. It’s funny because in this outdoor makeover, I originally wanted a sort of Old-World feel—more European—with lots of natural stone and a traditional timeless feel.
As the project developed and we discussed how we use our new backyard, we mixed in a few select modern conveniences. Our green Hestan outdoor appliances are good examples. The large quartzite counters were also a practical and stylish decision. This kept things feeling timeless not trendy.
IRG: What are the next steps you took after thinking of your “wants” of the project?
Kelly Huibregtse: This is the first project I’ve done where I used a design service to help bring my vision to life. Yardzen took our ideas and concepts and gave me a finished design that I could provide for our landscapers and for city permitting. Everything going forward followed their design quite closely.
Kelly Huibregtse: Patrick had the idea to use Taj Mahal Quartzite. He loves the look, and it was perfect for this project. We knew we wanted a surface that could withstand the elements and we felt quartzite was more durable than marble for our use. We walked the aisles at IRG’s Brisbane location and found the perfect slab!
Taj Mahal is a neutral stone whose veining captures interest and shows its beauty. It’s also terrific at hiding stains on our cooking surface. IRG had so much in stock, which I knew they would. They introduced us to a wonderful fabricator Joel Ayala from Special Marble & Granite during our kitchen remodel and we used him again for this project. He was able to cut the stone to our exact specifications and carefully lift and install the pieces into place.
IRG: How was your experience working with IRG?
Kelly Huibregtse: I had worked with IRG before and this might sound odd, but one of my favorite things to do is go to their warehouse and just walk the aisles. It is so awe-inspiring. Even if you don’t have a project at the time, their vast selection gives you inspiration. There are quite a few stone suppliers, but I really think IRG is the best. I knew they would have what I wanted so I didn’t go and look anywhere else. Also, their customer service is just terrific. They make me feel right at home and comfortable. There’s no “attitude” just a friendly willingness to help you make a decision.
IRG: How long did the project take?
Kelly Huibregtse: I started design ideas and pulling permits in March and then worked virtually until we broke ground approximately May 1st. By mid-August the job was done, and I was in my hot tub!
IRG: How do you feel about the result? What’s next?
Kelly Huibregtse I’m super pleased and I don’t think I would change a thing. We’re taking a break for a few months but then I’m pretty sure we’ll be ready to take on a bathroom remodel. I’m already thinking full-on slab shower…stay tuned to IRG and A Side of Sweet!
Note: If you are a designer or a client who would like to have a recent project featured in IRG’s Design Talks Series, please contact: Jogreet Chadha at IRG (jogreet@marblecompany.com).
Finding the perfect balance between uniqueness, affordability, and functionality is key when it comes to remodeling your home or designing a new space. Interior designers or homeowners looking for remarkable stones to elevate their kitchen countertops or other surfaces, look no further than IRG’s Lilac Marble. This exquisite stone boasts unique violet colorations with an affordable price point —making it an ideal choice for those who desire color in their space while still achieving an upscale, white marble look.
Let Nature’s Brushstrokes Become Your Canvas
Prepare to be captivated by the enchanting hues of IRG’s Lilac Marble. Like soft pastel brushstrokes across a canvas, this stone’s delicate lilac tones gently dance with whispers of gray and white veining, as if nature herself painted a masterpiece. The subtle variations in color give each slab a distinct personality, ensuring that no two installations are ever quite alike.
Use affordable Lilac Marble in unusual places.
A Tapestry of Tranquility & Versatility
These calming lilac tones — reminiscent of a serene lavender field at dusk — can envelope any room in your home in a sense of tranquility. Commonly used on kitchen counters and waterfall islands, imagine the haven of relaxation in a bathroom engulfed in Lilac Marble; even a fireplace surround, backsplash, or shower wall brings a statement piece of sophistication and serenity to a spot where you can find solace in any busy day.
Make your fireplace fantastic with IRG’s Lilac Marble Slabs.
Be it a sleek, modern kitchen or a traditional primary bathroom; whether your cabinetry choices are rich wood tones or clean crisp whites, Lilac Marble emerges as the pièce de résistance that ties together any aesthetic with grace and charm.
Contrast this marble’s lilac hues with bold vibrant accents for a striking visual impact or embrace a more monochromatic palette to create a soothing and harmonious ambiance. Like an artist with a palette of colors, IRG’s Lilac Marble empowers you to create a space that reflects your style, taste, and artistic vision.
IRG’s Lilac Marble adds a sweet touch to baking.
Add Affordable Elegance
IRG’s Lilac Marble’s lower cost point doesn’t compromise the opulence and luxuriousness it brings to your home. Unlike more expensive white marble choices like Calacatta Viola and Calacatta Monet, with Lilac Marble you can achieve a high-end look in an economical fashion. In addition to slab form, Lilac Marble is also available in field tiles and various mosaics, enabling you to create a coordinated design throughout your space or to use sparingly for just a touch of color.
Incorporating tiles along with slabs allows you to play with depth, texture, and pattern. Whether mosaics, backsplashes, classic subway tiles, or smaller, more intricate formats not limited to large installations, tiles allow you to add visual interest and inspiration and to create a stunning focal point that elevates the entire space.
AKDO Pose Fino Lilac Subway Tiles
Coordinate a bathroom vanity with a gorgeous mosaic on the shower pan and niche to tie in the design and hues. Or use lilac field tiles on the bathroom floor, then add a coordinating mosaic backsplash to add a maximum pop of color.
Jeffrey Court Masquerade Ball Field Tile 10×20 in Polished Lilac Marble
Let IRG Be Your Guide
The knowledgeable and friendly stone specialists at IRG can show you beautiful, high-quality Lilac Marble slabs and tiles that truly showcase the unique colorations and elegance of this remarkable stone.
Call for an appointment or simply come in to the IRG showroom nearest you (Brisbane, Dublin, or Sacramento), and get ready to add a touch of sophistication and refined beauty to your home.
Just as the kitchen is the heart of the home, countertops are the centerpiece of the kitchen. The decision as to which material to use to create these centrally located, highly-used areas is an important one whether you’re a homeowner, designer, or architect. When choosing the best and most appropriate material for the surface, it’s important to understand the functionality, durability, maintainability, longevity, costs, and appearance of each one.
No two pieces of natural stone are the same, nor are they perfect. In fact, it is the variation in each slab that gives the material its innate beauty. Because it can be overwhelming when shopping for and comparing one material to another, we have compiled this guide to help you through the decision-making process.
The question of whether to choose marble, other natural stone, or an engineered material for your kitchen or bathroom, comes down to this: How does marble stack up?
Calacatta Medici used by homeowner and designer Mia Conway
From the Lincoln Memorial to the Taj Mahal, marble has been the material of choice for the world’s most famous works of art and iconic structures for centuries. Elegant, dramatic, and lustrous, marble is a natural and unique material, a precious gift from the earth with colors and patterns that are completely singular, unpredictable, and non-repetitive.
Durable, beautiful, and incomparable are just some of the adjectives that describe this stately stone, so we believe it’s important to understand a little bit about its origins to fully appreciate its value.
The Origin of Marble
For marble to be created, many processes must align, and separate forces must occur. It is only at the end of a long process that marble can be harvested from the earth and enjoyed for its glorious texture, innate strength, and unparalleled beauty.
Classified as metamorphic stone, marble originates as limestone, a rock composed of calcite along with the remnants of shells, coral, fossils, and other sea debris. As these pieces settle and erode, they form layers of sediment that deepen after many years.
Limestone at this stage is a sedimentary rock that is frequently mined for construction uses of its own. If left untouched and subjected to the earth’s immense heat and pressure, over millions of years, the minerals within limestone will recrystallize and begin to form the structure of marble.
Monte Corchia quarry located in the Apuan Alps of Carrara, Italy
Composition
Marble is composed of approximately 99.5% pure calcium carbonate and a mix of other minerals. The combination and composition of these minerals during metamorphism give each marble its distinct veining and variations in color. It is during this formation process that the marble’s inherent physical properties such as hardness and durability are also determined.
Qualities
Marble is a naturally porous stone, which is one of the most common concerns when considering marble over other materials for kitchen countertops. When properly maintained, however, marble not only gets more beautiful with age, but is strong, durable, and resilient enough to last for generations.
This timeless maturation is one reason why there has been a resurgence of traditional Italian marbles, like Calacatta Viola and Calacatta Monet. Their brecciated movement—indicative of vivid pebble-like, circular veining—gives a classic touch to modern spaces.
Known for having a crisp backdrop, marbles are the most desired and in demand the whiter they are. Movement and veining are also hallmarks of marble that increase a slab’s value. As one of the most reputable of marbles, Calacatta is known for gray veining with gold tinges and a bright white background. More distinct veining indicative of a traditional Calacatta will have a higher price point compared to varieties with more clouded movement. Alternatively, Carrara marbles lean more gray but are still sought after as they’re considered to be an affordable variety within the white marble family.
Calacatta Monet used by RV Builders | Photography: Bess Friday
How Marble Compares
Granite
Whereas the movement within marble can resemble swirling veins, Granite contains color variations that appear as flecking throughout the stone. For decades it has acted as a durable and reliable natural stone for kitchen countertops.
Granite has a hardness score of 6 to 7 on the Mohs scale, making it highly resistant to scratches and damage from heat. An ideal material for kitchen counters both inside and outside the home, granite countertops will not easily scuff or discolor from everyday household activities.
Quartz
Not to be confused with Quartzite, Quartz is a man-made stone that has gained popularity in recent years as a versatile and low-maintenance alternative to natural stone countertops.
Because quartz is manufactured in a factory, the slabs are more consistent and durable than marble or other natural stone slabs. Quartz is non-porous, making it stain resistant without the need to seal the surface. However, due to its resin content, quartz can be susceptible to heat damage at high temperatures and discoloration from the sun. If quartz is used on a table or kitchen countertop, protection from heated elements such as hot plates, pots, or bakeware is required. It is not recommended as a backsplash surface behind the stovetop or range.
Quartzite
Another all-natural stone, quartzite is a metamorphic rock formed from sandstone that has been subjected to high temperatures and pressure beneath the earth’s surface. Reaching a 7 to 8 on the Mohs Hardness Scale, quartzite is today’s go-to natural stone choice for kitchen countertops and other high-traffic spaces due to its durability over marble in addition to its soft, veined look.
Quartzite countertops are also resistant to scratches, acids, etching, heat, and sunlight, making them an excellent option for both indoor and outdoor surfaces. Though quartzites rarely rival the bright background of white marble, light quartzites featuring neutral tones of beige, tan, and gray are often used as marble alternatives. Although quartzite requires upkeep through sealing to ensure its longevity, well-maintained quartzite countertops will resist wear and tear and last for years, if not decades.
Porcelain
Made of the clay mineral kaolinite, porcelain is known for its delicate aesthetic and resistance to elements like acid, heat, water, and fire. Compared to other engineered materials like quartz, porcelain has a higher heat resistance and touts a particularly realistic replication of marble veining.
Unlike marble, however, the veining and patterns of porcelain are only surface-level, which is why chips, cuts, and abrasions must be professionally repaired to restore the surface’s original appearance. Porcelain is more difficult to cut and shape on a fabrication level, making edge details less customizable than marble, which holds its natural beauty.
Types of Finishes
To prolong the beauty of marble, it’s important to parse through finish options that best serve the needs of a space or installation. Polished marbles are ideal for enhancing a slab’s natural colors, vibrancy, and veining. Honed finishes give marble surfaces an organic feel with a matte appearance that adds depth, dimension, and texture. They’re also the most forgiving finishes as honed marbles will not show etch marks as noticeably when in contact with acidic ingredients.
Calacatta Viola used by Birch + Tailor | Photography: Thomas Kuoh
Care
Etching happens when acid stains or eats the material on marble surfaces. Although prone to etching, sealing marble can help prevent surface stains. Diligently sealing your marble countertops every year (or 5-10 years, depending on the type of sealer) will also help to maintain their luxurious qualities and condition. In addition to sealing marble slabs, you’ll also want to protect your surface by adhering to the following tips:
Blot up spills immediately.
Do not use acidic cleaners with lemon or vinegar.
Do not use acidic bathroom cleaners or oven cleaners.
Do not use abrasive cleaners or sponges.
Clean with a soft cloth or sponge, warm water, and non-abrasive or mild soap daily or as needed.
Use a pH-balanced cleaner specifically for marble and stone or a mild, phosphate-free, biodegradable dishwashing detergent such as Dawn mixed with water for regular cleaning.
Thoroughly rinse and dry marble surfaces with clean, clear water after washing dishes.
Keep acids like vinegar, tomato sauce, lemon juice, and harsh cleaners from coming into contact with the surface.
Place trivets, coasters, and other heat absorbents under hot or scratch-prone items
Sealing your selection can help protect and prolong its lifespan. There are various sealers available on the market.
Topical Sealers are coatings designed to protect the surface of the stone against water, oil, and other contaminants. They are formulated from natural wax, acrylic, and other plastic compounds.
Impregnators are water or solvent-based solutions that penetrate below the surface and become repellents. They are either hydrophobic (water-repelling) or oleophobic (oil-repelling). Impregnators keep contaminants out but do not stop the interior moisture from escaping. Considered “breathable, Impregnators have vapor transmission.
Making the decision about which natural material to use for your countertops is an important one, as you will likely be living with this choice for years—if not decades—to come. The largest in-stock provider of natural stone slabs in the Bay Area, carrying product lines that are unsurpassed in the industry, IRG is passionate about educating our customers. Contact or visit one of our showrooms to speak with a stone expert about your choices.
Carrying the largest selection of superior-grade, elegant, beautiful, and long-lasting natural stone available in the world today, including marble, granite, quartzite, and onyx, as well as an array of engineered surfaces, including quartz and porcelain slab, we welcome the opportunity to assist you throughout your decision-making process and design journey.
Dedicated to helping you create the kitchen of your dreams; we invite you to visit our showroom and allow our experts and creative consultants to help you choose the perfect surface for your home. As unique as the individual, we treat every project with the utmost care, paying special attention to each client’s specific needs, budget, lifestyle, and style preferences. Call IRG at (415) 657-0280 or visit us at a showroom convenient to you in Brisbane, Dublin, or Sacramento.
Synonymous with the serenity of nature, blue natural stones are a great way to invite more peace and stillness into your home design. If you’re thinking of adding the calming color of blue into your space, you’re not alone. Designers have turned to blue textiles and accents for their many qualities, but blue is finding its way to center stage in cabinetry and surfaces, too. It can be hard to parse through stunning blue surface options to find the right one that’ll elevate your decor scheme, but let’s dive into the case for incorporating blue stone into your space.
Azul Do Mar Quartzite mirrors the calming, wave-like patterns of the ocean in this waterfront kitchen.
1. Blue Stone Brings Nature’s Serenity Indoors
For those typically averse to color, the color blue is historically associated with the waters of the oceans, evoking a soothing calm that comes naturally with its use in home decor. It can provide a pleasant sensation of freshness, cleanliness, and relaxation, so it has been a perfect choice for coastal bedrooms or powder bathrooms for decades. But today’s on-trend designers are installing blue surfaces in any room of the house.
Azul Do Mar is a peacefully-hued quartzite with wave patterns that bring quiet serenity indoors. Quarried in Brazil, this exclusive stone is a brilliant choice for those who love uniqueness, sophistication, and the sea. It’s not just the blue colorations and creamy white waves that make Azul Do Mar a designer’s choice. Homeowners will appreciate the benefits of choosing quartzite: beautiful, durable, stain-resistant, and low maintenance.
2. The Uniqueness of Blue Stone Elevates Traditional Spaces
Not normally used as a backdrop for food, blue stone countertops, islands, and back-and-counter splashes have now taken their well-deserved place in the kitchen. As eating areas have evolved into living-working-entertaining spaces as well as traditional cooking spaces, homeowners are enjoying the comforts of designing a kitchen that incorporates lifelike elements like paintings, books, and lamps. Likewise, color choices have evolved to bring a sense of “home” into all areas of the house.
Ijen Blue is an affordable blue quartzite that best serves as a reliable and stain-forgiving countertop option for spill-proof, high-use areas. With warm tones woven throughout the stone’s rare mix of white and purple-hued angular veins, Ijen Blue can be used to infuse that sense of eclectic tranquility into a home, especially when featured as the main focal point on kitchen islands and in primary bathrooms.
Beverly Blue Quartzite used by Jennifer Robin Interiors | Photography: Paul Dyer
3. Soft Blues Can Balance Out Bold Designs
Hybrid design styles are proving just how popular balancing out striking architecture, cabinetry, and flooring with gentle surfaces and accessories can be. The soft and soothing nature of earth’s highly sought-after blue tones can balance out decor and design schemes featuring prominent lines, gritty textures, and masculine hardware. For example, light blues are often recommended for those who want to experiment with color but want something that’s easy on the eyes and as consoling as ocean waves. And so it goes: sometimes all it takes is a touch of blue to bring balance and harmony into your home.
IRG’s Macauba Fantasy is a stunning gray-blue quartzite with hints of deep tiffany blue veining. Mimicking the whispy and relaxed movement of the earth’s skies, this stone can help ground gold, black, rust, and navy accents with its cloud-like, airy qualities. Macauba Fantasy and Beverly Blue Quartzite are just a couple of family-friendly stone options for those wanting to take the edge off of opulent entertainment spaces, or those wanting to identify their own version of organic luxury with blue-laced peninsulas and spa-like bathtubs.
Azul Bahia Granite adds playfulness and movement to break up the otherwise clean lines of this modern kitchen.
4. A Pop of Blue Can Anchor a Space
Just like blue stone surfaces can nurture a space, they can also be used to anchor forward designs. Beautiful blue stones are a luxurious choice with cherry woods or dark walnuts. Clean white walls and cabinets matched with blue granite surfaces make for a happy, welcoming, youthful space. Yellow and blue combinations can evoke everything from country cheery to elegant traditional designs. One thing is for sure: rich-toned blue surfaces can elevate bold designs when paired nicely with other colors—whether contrasting, complimentary, or within the same family.
Azul Bahia Granite is a vibrant blue stone that adds playfulness and movement to any design it’s privy to. Along with the exotic blue quartzite Azul Macauba, Azul Bahia Granite lends a feeling of opulence and exclusivity with its lake-like landscape and nature-driven silhouette that’s reminiscent of mountainous aesthetics.
“SEA” WHAT WE MEAN
Nothing takes the place of seeing, touching, and choosing the surface of stone in person. That’s why we invite you to browse the immense selection of IRG slabs online and then contact us to visit one of our showrooms: Brisbane, Dublin, and Sacramento. Our staff has the experience, training—and in-stock inventory– to give you all the guidance you need to make a blue-tiful decision!
The Medici Family hailed from Florence, Italy in the first half of the 15th century. Their sponsorships in art and architecture during the Renaissance helped to create many of the world’s finest paintings, sculpture, and architecture. IRG’s Calacatta Medici Marble derives its name from the Medici family. As the name implies, it is an Italian beauty embodying the look and feel of traditional luxury. Even today, the classic Italian white marble enjoys vast popularity for its elegant, understated design in all forms.
2. Where can Calacatta Medici marble be used?
Desire for white marble bathrooms and kitchen countertops made of Calacatta has endured for centuries, yet Calacatta Medici is by no means an ordinary choice. Its crisp, elegant look complements a variety of interior styles and applications. More contemporary kitchen designs, for example, might pair this Calacatta with complimentary elements like black or brass fixtures.
Marble slabs require sealing. And because marble is sensitive to acids, you’ll need to use a cutting board religiously and wipe away tomato sauce and lemon juice quickly. But over the years, marble develops a patina—which is part of its charm and beauty. Despite requiring some attention, maintaining and sealing your marble is a DIY project that doesn’t take much time.
No one has a better selection of in-stock marble slabs that IRG. Visit an IRG showroom near you (in Brisbane, Dublin, and Sacramento) to see this spectacular stone in person. Then let the IRG staff help you create your own Italian masterpiece as you set the stage for the personal masterpiece you call home.
Today, we see cabinets in every imaginable color from bright yellow or white, warm browns, and cool blues, to dark black. Whatever you choose for your cabinet color, the right material and color of countertop can result in highlighting the best features of both. Don’t panic, it doesn’t have to be difficult to decide on the perfect combo. Here’s how to start:
Start with Your Home Itself.
The style of your home and your great room areas are factors playing a major role in your kitchen decisions. Is your style sleek and modern? Then a neutral palette inspired by nature with a splash of color might be appropriate. Casual, comfy country might call for blues and yellows or greens. Fun, fantastic bohemian space more your style? Then the sky’s the limit for your color palette choices
Go to your local bookstore, look through, and then buy, home design magazines with styles that appeal to you. Pay attention to the colors in the photos and see if they fit with your home style.
Pick a Palette and Go in Style.
We’ve written about choosing colors for areas in your home based on the feel and effect you’re wanting to achieve; calming, exciting, motivating, etc. Your kitchen is no exception.
The kitchen is often the central meeting place to socialize while prepping and enjoying meals or entertaining. The easiest color starting point is to choose two main colors, based on the mood you want to set, and then add touches of a third to set your own design tone. For example, start with a main palette of black and white, then add in touches of light birch, highlights of gold and a splash of silver.
But don’t stop your investigation here.
Consider Color: The Best Match.
If you’re still daunted by color, you might look at a color wheel. A color wheel can help you develop a palette to choose from. You can pick and adjust colors based on color harmony rules. Here’s three to start with.
Complimentary Colors. These colors sit across from each other on the color wheel. As the name suggests, they complement each other, bringing out the best in each other.
Analogous Colors. These sit next to each other on the color wheel. They can share the same space just as comfortably in your kitchen. The result is a less contrasty more calming setting.
Neutral colors. These colors include, black, greys, whites, beiges, and brown tones. Neutrals are extremely popular in interior design right now. While not vibrant choices, these hues often form a safe background and starting point for entry into color decisions because you can change out you color scheme more easily with stronger color choices in accents and accessories.
Mix, match, compare, and contrast color. There’s plenty of online tools to help you visualize color choices. Here’s one of our favorites.
Cabinet or Counter: Which comes first?
We have good news on this choice: It doesn’t matter.
If you fall in love with a cabinet color or a countertop, just match it with the other. Understand, however, that not all cabinets go with all counter surfaces. For example, a white countertop with white cabinets might be too much of a good thing. The result can be, well, white. Instead of accenting the room, it can be one bland, monotonous room that doesn’t feel comfortable to live in.
Instead, you might select a cabinet color that you love, and look for a counter surface that has an accent of that color in its veining. For example, maybe you fell in love with white cabinets. Instead of white marble, which might look too sterile, maybe choose Black Moon Polished Marble, whose rich black will complement the cabinets and tie them together with the white veining.
There are many countertop choices, the most popular being natural stone, including marble, granite, quartzite, and soapstone. Engineered stone such as pental quartz or porcelain slabs are also choices many homeowners feel fit their needs. Occasionally consumers choose butcher block, stainless steel, or concrete for their countertop surfaces.
The most-used cabinet material is wood, with many styles to choose from, including open shelving.
If you’ve found a countertop surface that brings hearts to your eyes, hold a photo of that cabinet style (or better yet, get a sample door panel) against it to consider the effect of the combo. Likewise, an existing set of cabinets may be your starting point, consider that many can be successfully painted, modified, or totally changed out.
Color Counterpoints.
Sometimes, seeing is believing, so here are some well-chosen examples:
Warm-toned wood cabinets get extra oomph from a frosty white quartz or quartzite.Beautiful blue marbles are a luxurious choice with cherry woods or dark walnuts.Obviously wood grained cupboards pair well with blues and greens in granite, marble, or quartzite.Reddish oak shelving makes richly veined marble stand out even more stronglyDeep charcoal or very dark brown countertops can be enhanced with creamy colored cabinets.
And then there’s the New Countersplash!
Thanks to the new and soaring interest in natural stone slabs, a technique has emerged using the same slab material on the backsplash area as the counter itself. This flowing look has given birth to a new term in the design world: Countersplash. When well matched, the look is a modern, seamless take on traditional backsplash treatments—very in and very worth a look.
When You’re Ready.
When you’ve thought it through and you’re ready, let IRG help you choose the right surface for the cabinets that you want. IRG’s experienced staff can give you the personal attention you need to make that choice from an unsurpassed in-stock selection of natural and engineered stone.
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