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  A beautiful, natural stone, marble has been used to make buildings and art works for thousands of years. You’ll see marble floors in the Pantheon, Buckingham Palace and the Taj Mahal. But where is marble found?

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 […]

Stand out from the crowd by creating an unusual design feature that makes the most of your home. From period stained glass to an ultra-modern living wall, there are loads of brilliant ideas to help you stamp your personality on a property that, from the outside, might look like every other house on the street. As a premier stoneworking company as well as a marble and granite supplier to trade and commercial buyers, we’re a little biased – we think that the ideal inspirational feature is made of stone. Here […]