by Stonhaus Design | 11/08/2026 | Design & Selection
A two-tone kitchen works a lot like a good duet: one voice carries the melody, the other supports it, and the trouble starts when both try to lead. Two tone kitchen countertops pair two different stones or colors in one kitchen, most often a statement stone on the...
by Stonhaus Design | 14/07/2026 | Design & Selection
Coastal kitchen countertops are chosen for two things at once: a light palette that echoes sand, water and sky, and a house that lives with humidity, salt air and strong sun. Around Charleston, the second part decides as much as the first. Dense natural stones such as...
by Stonhaus Design | 10/06/2026 | Design & Selection
Unlike a countertop or a vanity, a fireplace surround is stone that has to answer to a building code. So the right stone fireplace surround is chosen in a set order: first the type of firebox, then the hearth and mantel clearances it requires, then how the face is...
by Stonhaus Design | 04/06/2026 | Design & Selection
The most common way to get a quartzite island wrong is to choose it from a sample. A chip the size of your hand cannot show how a vein travels across an island that may be the largest single piece of stone in the house. To choose a quartzite island slab well, start...
by Stonhaus Design | 31/05/2026 | Design & Selection
Luxury bathroom stone is natural stone used at the scale of architecture: whole slabs instead of tiles, veins matched across the seams, and a finish chosen for the way light lands on it. The stone’s name matters, yet in a high-end bath the layout, the finish and...
by Stonhaus Design | 21/04/2026 | Design & Selection
A countertop sample rarely looks confusing on its own. The confusion starts when you hold it next to cabinet paint, flooring, backsplash tile, and the light in your kitchen at 8 a.m. versus 6 p.m. That is why kitchen countertop color trends matter less as isolated...
