America’s use of decorative stones has grown in parts because of innate human preference for what is natural and beauty. Over thirty years number of stones has grows over 900. The growth in choices confuses our customers who observe and say that there is too much to chose from.

There are many kinds of stones to consider when selecting stone for your project. Most importantly you personal tastes and styles, where the stone will be used for, appearance, and installation requirements for the stones type you choice.

Different people have different criteria for what is important for them, including color, and applications, quality, installation, price and aesthetics for the job. Seen a small simple or only what the brochure show can challenge most of our customers when they are selecting stone. Mostly, our customers’ decisions are based on only what the stone looks like. But color variations, structural integrity, instillation limitations and other characteristics inherent in a product selection.

Many of our customers will speak with several stone suppliers while researching their projects and we highly encourage our customers to visit our office, view the product in person, and ask questions like:

• What color and texture do you want?
• What color variation is common in the stone?
• Inquire about the integrity and physical consideration of the stone?
• Recommendations for installation methods and thickness for the application.

There are couples of more things to consider beyond the cost of the material including:

• Cost of the Stone
• Cost of Installation material such as mortar, stone dust, and other accessories
• Cost of installation labor
• Cost of the finishing touches or associated projects such as cabinets, land scaping, new paint.