DESIGN & DECOR
Natural Stone:
The Original Building Material THE MOST POPULAR NEW BUILDING MATERIAL MAKES THE MOST SENSE
Building material suppliers and manufacturers of the last 100 years have introduced countless innovations in wood, concrete, block, plastic, metal, aggregate and many other building products and materials for use in indoor and outdoor building solutions. It seems almost yearly there is some new amazing material that outlasts and outperforms and is the newest craze. Most of these products are expensive, contribute greatly to our environmental footprint and in the long run require replacement or repair over time. There is only one building material that outperforms, outlasts and is the most permanent solution in building and construction and that quite simply is the oldest, Stone!
Natural Stone Stone is immensely popular, partly because it has countless applications.
It Ages Beautifully
Low Environmental Impact
Arguably, stone looks better
Stone has many “green� char-
A Low Maintenance Material Stone needs very little
From commercial construction like
with age. Stone retains its natural
acteristics that few materials can
maintenance or upkeep once
buildings and bridges to backyard
beauty and has an extremely long
match. No energy is needed to man-
it is used in building. Even
DIY projects like garden walls and
lifespan and stone can look as stun-
ufacture stone, only for quarrying
decades-old stone can be
pathways, stone has earned its place
ning after a hundred years as the
and processing. Stone contains no
polished and restored with
as a time-tested resource.
day it was installed.
pollutants, releases no chemicals.
minimal cost.
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