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Bigger is Better: Neolith Large Format Tiles Offer Expanded Opportunities For Design

Jul 31, 2018

The old adage “bigger is better” certainly holds true when it comes to your surfaces, as demonstrated by Neolith’s large format tiles. Rather than being limited by the size of a natural stone slab, these oversized tiles open up new possibilities for flooring, wall cladding, and ...

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Best Natural Stone Surfaces for Bars and Restaurants

Jul 10, 2018

Bars and restaurants are made beautiful with unique natural stone designs. The right stone can create ambience and style, all while withstanding the traffic that these establishments experience.

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Natural Stone Fact Sheet for Designers

Jun 12, 2018

Natural stone is a great way to incorporate the beauty and durability of Mother Nature’s creations into a home or business space. With such a wealth of options, however, it can be difficult to distinguish between different stone types to find your perfect fit.

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5 Office Design Trends Using Natural Stone

Apr 5, 2018

The modern office is a dynamic, inviting space that welcomes clients and employees with open design. As designers take the time to make the workplace a stylish and creative environment, the office aesthetic is quickly becoming a sample of company culture and values, conveying the best of a ...

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Cambria at Casa Del Barco Short Pump Town Center

Feb 25, 2018

The recent opening of Casa Del Barco, at Short Pump Town Center, has the greater Richmond area buzzing with excitement.

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The Best Stone Options For Fireplace Surrounds

Feb 13, 2018

Natural stone fireplace surrounds are appealing to commercial developers and homeowners alike for a crisp, modern statement. MARVA is the Mid-Atlantic’s expert in helping fabricators uncover timeless, elegant stone to be installed into various fireplace surrounds, including frames, mantle ...

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How to Choose the Right Natural Stone for Your Design Style

Dec 29, 2017

Choosing a design style for a space may seem like the hard part, but in truth, the options are just beginning! Stone distributors like MARVA have an enormous selection of stone designs from which to choose, so a guideline like “white stone countertops” may not narrow your choices as ...

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Natural Stone Refinishing: What are my options?

Dec 5, 2017

Every slab is unique, and with hundreds of individual designs and patterns, there’s a style to suit any aesthetic.

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Why Neolith is the Perfect Surface for Bars and Restaurants

Oct 4, 2017

Restaurants are full of items that can damage vulnerable surfaces. Tabletops and bartops alike are exposed to knives, heat, moisture, stain-prone liquids and more, for hours on end every mealtime. A wayward knife or a spilled glass of wine, and your table could be permanently damaged or stained.

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Why Architects Choose Cambria for Hotel Designs

Aug 22, 2017

Hotels are all about making guests feel welcome and pampered. Visitors are looking for a relaxing experience bringing an escape from day-to-day life and a simplification of their usual grind.

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Neolith: The Best Surface for Commercial Facades and Cladding

Jul 11, 2017

Neolith Sintered Compact Surfaces make great countertops, tabletops, and desktops. But this revolutionary surface can be used vertically as well as horizontally – indoor and outdoor.

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Why Environmentally-Friendly Architects Love Natural Stone

Jun 13, 2017

Architects are uniquely situated to address concerns about energy consumption and CO2 emissions. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Building Sector consumes nearly half (47.6%) of all energy produced in the United States. The same sector is responsible for nearly ...

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Rock Royalty: Antolini, the #1 Stone Brand in the World

Jun 6, 2017

When we say Antolini is our rockstar, we might not mean what you’d assume. Antolini Luigi & C is the top producer of quality natural stone, leading the way in technology, quality, and customer service.

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Introducing a State-Of-The-Art New Quartz Finish: Cambria Matte™

May 23, 2017

As if it weren’t exciting enough to see all of Cambria’s eight new designs, the world-renowned quartz producer has also unveiled its latest option for customizing the finish of Cambria quartz surfaces, with the revolutionary Cambria Matte™ finish. 

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Vermella Lyndhurst Luxury Apartments Project, featuring Cambria's Darlington™

May 17, 2017

Creating luxury apartments can be a balancing act: because apartments tend to be a smaller space to work with, each opportunity to add a luxurious touch and dress to impress is important. So when Russo Development, a family-owned real estate development company, was looking for a way to make its ...

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Announcing Eight Breathtaking New Cambria Designs

May 2, 2017

Cambria Quartz is an ideal natural stone for countertops and vanities. Its durability and reliability of designs marry the beauty of natural stone with the demands of modern life. And now, with Cambria’s eight new designs, there are even more options for customizing your kitchen, bathroom, or ...

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Neolith’s Calacatta Gold Stars in Italo Bassi’s New Restaurant

Apr 27, 2017

Restaurants are the perfect showcase for latest design trends, as friends and family gather for fine food, tasty drinks, and warm conversation. With this in mind, renowned Italian chef Italo Bassi chose Neolith Sintered Compact Surfaces to make a statement, utilizing the design for the wall ...

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Which Natural Stone Should I Use for This Project?

Mar 30, 2017

The variety of natural stone options can be perplexing, especially as each one has its ideal application but also overlaps suitable applications with other stones.

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How Architects Can Cut Costs, Not Luxury

Mar 16, 2017

So your client has champagne taste on a beer budget? It happens. Whether it’s a homeowner who binge-watches HGTV or a business executive who wants to convey success and value via their corporate office; sometimes an architect’s job is to make the space feel more luxurious than the owner’s ...

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Services a Stone Supplier Offers

Mar 14, 2017

If you’ve been following our blog, you already know that MARVA provides exceptional options for natural stone countertops. Our vast showroom includes hundreds of stone designs, including marble, granite, quartzite, and others, as well as different options for edges and slab finishing.

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The Four D's of Natural Stone

Mar 2, 2017

Natural stone countertops continue to be the industry gold standard, standing the test of passing times and trends. The beauty of a material straight from the Earth is difficult to beat.

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Cambria Quartz: The Ideal Natural Stone

Feb 21, 2017

There’s a reason that natural stone is the standard for quality countertops. The beauty and uniqueness of stone adds a slice of nature’s most striking elements to your living spaces.

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Cambria Goes Corporate: Why Quartz is Perfect for Your Next Office Project

Feb 16, 2017

When designing an office building, certain themes are paramount: stability, modern thinking, and refined tastes. Communicating the integrity of a company starts from the moment a visitor sets foot on the property.

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Why Cambria Quartz is an Excellent Choice for Restaurants

Feb 2, 2017

When plating an entrée, presentation matters just as much as flavor. So when the owners of Crave restaurant were planning the look of their new space, they knew that it was important to set the mood for their menu, with a fresh, vibrant and uniquely-American atmosphere.

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Cambria Quartz Designs to Pair With Pantone’s Color of the Year, “Greenery"

Feb 1, 2017

We love The Pantone Color Institute’s pick for 2017. “Greenery” is bright and inspiring, the color of new growth, in the spring.

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