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Black Marble Stone - All You Need to Know

  Juliana was debating with her mom on how to do the decor of her bedroom. The discussion was on the kind of marbles to be used for their home décor.  Everyone in the Brown family has an individual bedroom in a luxurious large home surrounded by a beautiful garden and a wonderful driveway.  The rest of the family prefers the use of green marbles, but Juliana persists on using black marbles.  As an architect, my duty is to respect the client’s choices and preferences first in all aspects, so I had left the choice to them. Juliana’s mother was seemingly biased with black color. She believes that black color visually narrows spaces. Black is depressing and too masculine color to use everywhere, except on countertops. However, I kept the threads of discussion in my hand by addressing both. I told them that black is the color, which absorbs all brightness in the spectrum. In the absence of reflection of any hue or shade or color, we exceedingly perce...

12 Tips to Create Beautiful Garden in This Spring

We are in the midst of April. It means in most regions of our planet, spring has already begun. Now gardeners are ready to get their spring garden off to a colorful start with design ideas that they incubated for the entire winter almost brooding in a confinement. World of Stones USA welcomes the first warm breezes of spring that can refresh both gardeners and gardens. Our way of welcoming the spring is not empty words, but something solid to arouse your senses of look, tough, and fix forever. Yes, I am not playing puzzles here, but talking about the latest additions in our vast pool of natural stone pavers, tiles, and accessories to shape your garden up for long-lasting endurance & beauty. Let me give some time and your ears to narrate, as a natural stone consultant, how natural rocks are devoted to beautifying your garden in the current, and perhaps, in the coming springs. Tip 1 – Buy natural stone containers to plant early spring foliage for perfect landscape design in ...

Natural Stone Pillars - Increase Your House Look & Value

The history of building architecture has passed through significantly five orders. Do you know there is only one architectural feature that is capable of determining a building’s style of construction? Yes, it is the posts or pillars/columns.  What Is a Pillar? By definition, pillars are vertical elements, which may take part in supporting the building structure or simply remain as decorative elements in a design. Pillar mostly attached with other building elements or remains standalone. If you compare a pillar with the human figure, It has a head/cap known as capital, It has the foot colloquially called the base, It has a vertical body/shaft midst of head/capital and foot/base. I hope these are sufficient terms to introduce the anatomy of a pillar or column in a general sense. How to Determine Five Orders of Architecture Based on Columns? Let’s come back to our original topic. How pillars or columns help us to determine those five orders or styles of archi...

6 Best Durable Alternative of Travertine Stone

Like other homeowners, I am also a fan of travertine stone, being a famous outdoor paving solution. In the North American region, Travertine remains a luxury, particularly for swimming pools and patio paving. I prefer travertine for outdoor paving because it stays cool to touch even in the hottest weather and lets you walk on bare feet. The next attraction for travertine is its sober and tempting colors, shades, and tones. Besides these, naturally porous surfaces of travertine let me walk on wet surfaces like pool decks during swimming or patios on rainy days without any fear of falling accidentally. Recently, I encountered a smart and young architect. I found her enthusiasm for new design and material trends. She softly described why she is suggesting the best and durable alternatives of travertine stones for exterior or interior natural stone pavers. She informed me about the high costs of rare colors and textures that I was seeking for my outdoor renovation plans. The last thin...