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Jen Park
Seattle, WA · Sep 2026
Blue Pearl
The iridescence actually shows up in a dark kitchen
I thought Blue Pearl was going to look grey in our cloudy light. Under the island pendants the labradorite flash is real. Neighbors keep touching it which is weird but I’ll take it. Booked through the Houston desk, arrived in Tacoma without a mark.
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Hannah Brooks
Nashville, TN · Aug 2026
Afyon Sugar
Bright without being icy
Afyon Sugar on a hotel corridor and the vanity tops in the suites. It throws light down the hall which is what the architect wanted. Not that dead hospital white. Crates opened clean in Nashville. I’ll take that every time.
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Sofia Klein
Denver, CO · Aug 2026
Coastal Gray
Spa floor that doesn’t fight the architecture
Coastal Gray on spa floors and a wall wrap. The white web stays in the background so the room can do the talking. Honed, so you’re not staring at every grout joint the way you do with cheap grey. RFQ came back in one round. Rare.
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Priya Raman
Dallas, TX · Aug 2026
Dark Olive
Bathroom doesn’t look like a showroom clone
Honed 2cm, shower walls and the vanity top. Color holds in daylight AND under the downlights, which is the thing I was nervous about with a dark green. Grout doesn’t shout. Husband was sure we’d hate it in six months. He was wrong.
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Chris Patel
Charlotte, NC · Aug 2026
Crema Alexandra
Builder-grade budget, not builder-grade look
Spec’d Crema Alexandra across 14 production bathrooms. Consistent enough that we weren’t remixing every van. Punch list was normal, not stone-related. Purchasing liked the number. I liked that it didn’t look like beige laminate from 2009.
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Elena Voss
Houston, TX · Aug 2026
Astra White
Kitchen came out warmer than I expected
We used Astra White on a 22-foot island and the backsplash. I was worried it would feel sterile — in the house, with 2700K pendants, it actually reads soft. A couple of the slabs had more grey than the photo on the site, which I liked once they were in. Shop sent us the actual bundle photos before we signed off. That saved us.
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Elena — glad the 2700K read the way you wanted. We keep those bundle photos on file if you need another cut later.
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David Chen
Los Angeles, CA · Aug 2026
Nero Marquina
Fireplace surround finally looks finished
Nero on a fireplace and the powder threshold. White veins landed pretty close to the drawings, which I did not expect. Packed well — nothing chipped after the ocean. We’re quoting it again for a hotel corridor.
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Karim Haddad
Brooklyn, NY · Jul 2026
Absolute Black
Quiet black for a tight townhouse
Absolute Black on a narrow galley. No wild movement, which is what we wanted in 11 feet of kitchen. Polish is even. One slab had a faint pit we cut around. Fine. Delivery into Brooklyn was less painful than I braced for.
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Marcus Hale
Austin, TX · Jul 2026
Astra White
Cut clean. No drama on the miters.
Fabricator here. Polished 3cm, mitered reception and a long bar. Edges took a crisp arris, no spall. Vein lined up across eight slabs better than the last white we ran from another yard. I’ll spec this lot again.
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Lisa Moretti
Scottsdale, AZ · Jul 2026
Tundra Gray
Outdoor kitchen still looks like stone, not plastic
Tundra on an outdoor kitchen in full sun. I was sure it would go dead and chalky. Six months in, it still has that soft grey depth. We sealed it once. Clients keep asking what it is, which is the whole point.
