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I recently stumbled across an amazing artist who works solely in slate! The nature of the shape of slate creates stunning visual effects in terms of shadow and light. The image shows Alan Turing, who “did more than any other to make possible the breaking of the German Enigma codes at the secret Station X at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire.”. On his website http://www.stephenkettle.co.uk, Stephen explains that the process takes a great deal of time, an average of 60 hours per week! He goes on to say that this process […]

A typical kitchen in today’s household has – since at least the early twentieth century – comprised a continuous kitchen worktop surface punctuated with elements such as sinks and perhaps spaces for appliances. Beneath the kitchen worktop you will usually find base structures that comprise cabinets, shelves and drawers. You may also have other features and elements, such as an “island” in the middle of the kitchen, similarly comprising a kitchen worktop with cabinetry beneath it, or a breakfast bar – also comprised of a similar surface to the standard […]

The mundane clutter of everyday life is not very attractive. Unfortunately, neither are many of the storage options designed to contain it. From boring baskets to ugly plastic boxes, often the items we use to coral and contain the things we use every day are less appealing than even the things themselves. Working with beautiful stone on a daily basis, at Surrey Marble and Granite we’ve come to believe that storage should be both useful and beautiful, and that it’s entirely possible to create effective storage spaces that are a […]