Designing: What you see, is not always what you get

Over the years we have learned what colors, patterns and textures work best with natural stone tile. We want the stone to enhance the look of the design, not fight it. We intensely dislike (hate) when the design or pattern looks like it is sitting on top of the stone as if it were a decal pasted on. To get the blended look that we want, we sometimes have to erase or lighten parts of the design, so that more of the natural stone shows through. In other cases, we can adjust the saturation of color in the design so it blends into the stone better. And often we have to change the color entirely.

Gold tones? Much better.

Ideally, the inherent variations in color and texture of the stone will be one of the elements that adds to the beauty of the finished product. If you want flat, uniform, boring tile – buy ceramic. Natural stone tile has much more character and life to it – and that is why we like it.