We Americans like to keep things clean, especially in the bathroom. With tile and grout, or marble, limestone or travertine, there can be rust stains in the grout lines at the base of the toilet. Even with repeated scrubbing, these rust stains persist. Don’t let it...
How do I fix my Marble Shower? Nothing stays beautiful without help. Just ask Kim Kardashian. Marble makes a beautiful material for a shower enclosure, but it also requires maintenance. Marble, unlike ceramic tile, absorbs water and needs to be cleaned and sealed...
Travertine is a beautiful flooring material. I’ve been in a thousand homes and seen travertine in some of the finest homes in California. Tumbled travertine is a rustic version of the same material, but elicits an “Old World” feel, and because of its rustic look—(it...
Put the words “stainless” and “steel” together, and you have two very powerful words that evoke a certain reaction from most people. Kitchens that are high quality are often described as having “granite and stainless steel”, two of...
Recently, we worked at a very nice home in Discovery Bay on the California Delta. The owner had a problem. He has a beautiful backyard with pillow-cut limestone (stones that are rounded on the edges) surrounding his infinity pool and hot tub, over-looking his...
