KITCHEN BACKSPLASH IDEAS SANTA CECILIA GRANITE
today we're at syverson tile and stone. we'll learn about granite and their large selection of tilein the showroom. that's coming up. hi dave, hi trish, we are at syverson tile and stonein your slab yard. before we look around, tell me about your business.well, we're a wholesale to the trades, family owned company.we've been in business for over 80 years, and we've got the best people in the business, so high quality products, and we work through the local building trades to get your project completed. we're in the slab yard, this is
really a great starting point for people. tell me about what you will find here. well, out in our slab yard, we have a lot of stock of materialthat we bring in from all over the world. we import our productdirectly from processors in italy or brazil or other parts of theworld where they have a lot of granite. and part of the advantageof that is we have stones that you are not going to see everywhere.but we also buy from some of the best processors in the world, so very high quality product. we're standing in front of threedifferent examples of granite. run
me though what some of the differences are. these are three stones that we import directly. the first one is called antique brown, it's a color that comes out of the ground in angola but it's processed in italy. the second stone we have out here is one called oxford white, whichcomes out of the ground in india. whites have been extremely populardesigns these days. these particular whites have have some really nicemovement to it, but it also is one of the less expensive whites.the last stone we have here is called golden ray. that's the stone from brazil. it's very
exotic in the movement, lots ofwaves, some gold tones, some rust tones, just pretty much a workof art, wherever you put it. why would you say granite isso popular? well, it's kind of like jewelryfor the home. each slab is unique when you're using naturalstone. the colors, the patterns the textures that you get outof mother nature is second to none.what are some examples of other stones that you have here?well we also work with marbles travertines, limestones, we alsodo some engineered quartz products
like caesarstone or hanstone, same type of quality that you get with any of our fabrication. we have the best fabricators in the business. now right next to theslab yard is your showroom. tell me what you find in there.well, we're always changing it always updating it. we like toshow samples, and products that are available now, we bringin a lot of tile that we also import we have a lot of stock so you cansee all of those products. it's just a great place to get ideas, designs. if you're bringing in clippings or pictures, we canusually find out what that is,
and make sure you get that product in your house. what are some of the new productsthat you're carrying? there's a lot of stuff. glass hasbeen very popular. metal titles are really popular right now, especially if you're going to play off the appliance colors. we've been doing a lot with wood plank looking tile, that lookslike a natural wood floor but has none of the maintenance. itsextremely durable. your staff is here to really help with any questions. yes, absolutely. we're very proudof our staff, i feel like we've
got the best people in the businesswhether it's the stone fabricators or the sales person, or the tileinstaller. we do lot of training, we make sure we stay up on thelatest trends, and technologies and we really want it to be a funexperience for you when you're here picking out the materials. dave you said your company is wholesale to the trade. what does that mean? well simply trisha, it means we don't sell retail to the end user. we work through dealerscabinet shops, contractors, designers, to help fulfill the project. if you have one of those
people working with you alreadythat's great, otherwise if you come into our showroomwe can certainly refer you. well we've seen some great exampleshere, why don't we take a look at a project. sound like a plan. let's do it. hi brandyhi trisha. we're here in a home that syversontile and stone recently worked on many different rooms were part ofof the project, but first of all, let's talk about the kitchen. this is a gorgeous kitchen. we put persian granite island in,we used a wonderful quartz
surfacing called hanstone on thepermitter, and we also did a beautiful backsplash with copperaccents. and it all ties together really well.you also worked on the master bath. tell me what happened there.this master bath has a wonderful walk in shower, with 12x24 tile used in there. we also used a beautiful slab of santa ceciliacountertops in there. along with our tile quart. as the floor. and downstairs you worked on the bar area. how did you selectthe materials there? the bar area has a natural stonecountertop that's made out of
travertine. travertine is a wonderful natural element and no two pieces are a like. so your going to have a unique centerpiece for your bar if you choose something like that. syverson tile and stone really worksin any price range. is that right? absolutely, from a small bathroomremodel to a full kitchen, or an entire home. our staff is availableto help you in the showroom, to do selections on just tilejust backsplash, your countertops and you backsplash to match.so if someone is ready to get started, what would you sayis the best step they can take?
i usually just recommend people just come in, if they have some ideas of blueprints, or the projectsize that they are looking at if they just want to come in andbrowse, that's perfectly fine but we have very knowledgable staffthat can help them to create the look that they're after. if someone is ready to start on their own project, why shouldthey work with syverson tile and stone? syverson tile has some of the most knowledgable experts in thebusiness, our selections in the showroom are the largest in thearea. we just have very friendly
staff that's welcoming and alwayswilling to help. excellent, thanks for joining usbrandy. thanks for having me trisha. for more about about syversontile and stone, visit them online or at their showroom.