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Is a marble bathroom better than granite? Is quartz better than limestone? A question like this always courts controversy. As expert stoneworkers, every member of our team has their own opinion on which stone is best for which use – and some are very sure that their favourite is best for any situation! To offer a more balanced view, in this article we’ll walk you through various scenarios and explain which stone is best for the bathroom renovation in question. This will help you figure out which stone is best […]

Created to be the perfect material for kitchen and bathroom worktops, Silestone is waterproof, heat resistant, cold resistant, easy to clean and hard to stain, chip, scratch or damage. Over the 25 years that Consentino have been manufacturing Silestone, they have worked to improve both the product and the range of options available which means that today’s customers have an excellent choice of colours and textures in a stone that never compromises on quality. What is Silestone? An engineered stone produced by Consentino, Silestone is made from 90% pure natural […]

One of my personal favorites and somewhere I have personally visited is Petra in Jordan. Petra, meaning ‘stone’ in Greek, was founded around the 6th century BC partly due to it’s position as being  along a trade route and easily defensible. Many parts of the site, which is vast, are hewn directly from the mountains themselves. Due to time limitations, our visit had to be at night. We were treated to Bedouin singing and mint tea followed by a description of the site. The walk to Petra from the visitor […]