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Choosing natural stone surfaces provides an added challenge for designers especially when more than one type of stone is specified. Nature being what it is, no two stones are ever exactly the same, so color and texture matching are critical.

Cypress Design Center was contracted to help choose, supply and install all the natural stone and quartz countertops in the house, as well as a range of tiles, including ceramic, porcelain, glass, metal and natural stone.

Director Jeffrey Bennett says a cool color scheme was required, but not gray tones.

"We had to scour the earth to find cool colors that would complement each other, but did not have any shade of gray," he says. "We used marble with a polished and honed finish, granite, natural cleft slate, honed slate, quartz stone, glass, stainless steel, ceramic and porcelain."

Bennett says two of the more unusual products include rectified glass tiles, and ArtFlor tiles. These comprise 34% recycled material notably high-density concrete, glass and metal.

Contact Cypress Design Center, 590 Seneca Rd, Eugene, OR 97402, phone (541) 343 3039. Website: www.cypressdesigncenter.com.

Story by: Trendsideas