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To furnish new homes in modern interior design style is not an easy task, with the variety of materials and items for each room available in shops and advertised on the basis of their functionality, sleek design, and comfort. There are certainly predominant patterns in the furnishing of new homes or renovation of other ones. The approach is with a view to providing novelties in the ambience to obtain a feeling of changes eagerly awaited by all householders. Furthermore, the second consideration is the strife for all the comfort that […]

The versatility of granite has enabled it to soar as an invariable component of modern design, most of all a preferred material for home renovation projects. Synonymous with luxury finishes to rooms, bathrooms, and increasingly present as the most demanded material for granite worktops in kitchens, granite offers sleek surfaces for flooring, splashbacks, water pools, etc.

Whilst looking for a subject to write about this week I stumbled across an image of inca stonework which you can see here. I was immediately struck by the amazing precision of their work. After further reading, it became apparent that the Incas generally worked in stone shaped into trapeziums and would use stone of many types, from limestone to granite. Imagine what an Incan Granite worktop may look like!! How the incas managed to cut their stone is still a mystery, as there were no iron tools at this time. It is most […]