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The assets of natural stone are gaining greater and greater prominence in innovative home design. Stones such as granite are becoming prominent features in modern homes, lending a charming shine and glossiness to modern bathrooms, and granite worktops for kitchens are not only beautiful but also sturdy and stain and scratch resistant. Granite tiles for bathrooms and floors are becoming a beloved choice in home renovations.

This week I have been mostly looking at Roman Aqueducts. The first, the Aqua Appia was built in 312 BC to provide the populace of Rome up to 75,537 cubic meters of water per day. The amazing thing about this structure is that the majority of it’s length was subterranean and dropped only 10m throughout it’s entirety. Aqueducts move water through gravity alone and the Aqua Appia, built from stone, brick and the special volcanic element pozzuolona also afforded itself protection by it’s underground construction. During the Samnite wars, the […]

    We’re well into 2017, and some of the kitchen worktop trends that started the year are already fading away. Here are 5 trends with staying power.   1. Solid coloured stone Natural stone has natural variation, so it’s rare to find a slab of granite or marble that looks entirely uniform. In fact, the variation and patterning is what makes those stones so sought after, so it’s perhaps a little ironic that solid colours are a hot trend in stone worktops. Whatever the reason, manufacturers like Consentino are […]