Kitchen & Master Bath, Cary, N.C.
By K. Schipper
CARY, N.C. – There’s nothing like a satisfied customer. Just ask Kelly Musico.
Category: Articles
Rescuing That Lost Time
The role of the “granite guy” in the scheduling process of any residential job – new construction or remodel – has never been an easy one. Since countertops are one of the last things to be installed in a kitchen or bathroom, the installer is stuck with two difficulties.
Test Subjects
By Tom McNall
One of the most-important things a restoration professional can do is the test area – because you need to know what you’re getting into.
December 2009
MATERIALS
GRANITE
Marmi Bruno Zanet, Volargne de Dolce, Italy, introduces Giallo SF Real, a granite from Espirito Santo with a yellow background pigmentation for interior and exterior use, and the ability to retain yellow hues after flame-finishing. The company also offers Giallo Ornamentale, with a photographic-like combination of colors and effects.
Contact: Marmi Bruno Zanet, +39-45-6861706
Surfaces 2010: Preview
LAS VEGAS – At Surfaces 2010, it’s time to look at more than what’s underfoot – literally.
The Feb. 1-4 event steps up from its traditional floor-covering focus at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, taking on a variety of materials and installation/maintenance products and issues.
StatWatch: October 2009
Dimensional-stone imports show a few bright spots, and the worst seems to be over. Overall, though, don’t think it’s getting that much better.
Picturing Protection
Every month, I review a couple hundred photos for illustrating articles, columns and other items in Stone Business. And, without fail, I end up with a electronic reject pile of images I can’t use.
MultiStone USA Inc., Atlanta
By K. Schipper
ATLANTA – Companies content to do business with the same old products in the same old ways have had a tough go in this current economic downturn. Fortunately, that’s an approach MultiStone USA Inc. threw out the window a long time ago.
20 Units and a Sea of Mud
Just as I’ve never run into a residential install that was exactly like a previous one, each multi-family install I’ve done presented itself to me as an experience where lessons can always be learned. This “never seeing the same river twice” phenomenon is, in part, what keeps countertop installation interesting and not some factory-belt, Pink Floyd-style drudgery.
Imports Mid ’09: Less of the Same
When times get bad, someone wanting to inch towards the positive usually offers the old saw about seeing the glass half-full, not half-empty.
With U.S. dimensional-stone imports in 2009, maybe the best thing to say is that the glass is just, well, half.