Giallo Ornamental Kitchen...Before and After

Here is a really great Before and After of a kitchen we did about a year ago. 
It's a beautiful home.  Beautiful cabinets and beautiful floors but it definitely needed some beautiful granite!

Here is the BEFORE.

BEFORE

Aaaaand....here's the AFTER!

Big change right?  It just looks so much warmer.
The countertops are Giallo Ornamental granite with a 2 1/4" Mitered edge detail. 
The backsplash is travertine and if you look closely you can see we did the granite on the windowsill as well.  I really like the added detail of putting granite on windowsills.

All images from MGS by Design.

Nougat CaesarStone Kitchen

We just finished this beautiful kitchen. 

Image from MGS by Design.

The countertops are 3 cm Nougat Caesartone (below) with a 1 1/4" Square Polished edge detail.

Slab Sunday: Vitoria Regia granite

Vitoria Regia is an amazing green granite that comes from a boulder quarry in Espirito Santo, Brazil.

The unique structure in this granite was formed while the minerals were in a liquid state. Slowly being cooled and with intense pressure, the minerals formed the circular lily pad design visible in the slabs. Due to its qualities, the slabs are book-matched, in which slab one and slab two will be cut and polished to create a mirror image of each other. These are then kept in sequence, which allows for a consistent flow in pattern.

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Vitoria Regia is available in 2 cm and 3 cm slabs.

FAQ Friday: Can I put a slab on my tub deck?

This question comes from Kristy in California.  She was wondering if she could put a slab of marble on her tub deck instead of tile.
Of course you can!
It's such a beautiful look, and the best part?  No grout lines!

I love the shape of this tub deck and the edge is gorgeous.  The edge detail is really the highlight of a tub deck, you notice it more because there is so much of it.  The marble is Celeste Blue.

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You don't necessarily need to match the stone of the tub deck to the stone on the vanities.  This bathroom below coordinates the two different stones beautifully.  

 I think the marble on the tub deck is Emperador Dark.

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Below is Crema Marfil marble with an Ogee edge detail.

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I love the design on this tub deck. 

I love how they mixed the wood with the marble and I love the detail of that tall splash.  The edge is beautiful, the trim pieces are beautiful and of course, the Carrara marble is beautiful!

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Proud Sponsor of the PINK Half Marathon

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. In 2010, over 200,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be found in women. Tragically, it will claim the lives of nearly 40,000 women, leaving behind grieving families and young children.

We, at MGS by Design, are really excited about the PINK Half Marathon that we are sponsoring this Saturday, October 16th.

This is Utah’s first ladies only half marathon.  The event sold out at 400 participants, with many other women on the waiting list to register.  The beneficiary of the event is UCREW, the Utah Cancer Resource and Education for Women network. 

You can also find more information on their Facebook page.

Some Walker Zanger love...

One of the things I really like about Facebook is following great interior designers, tile & stone distributors, people in the stone industry, etc. 

One of my favorites to follow is Walker Zanger, they keep their Facebook page updated with great photos of their products.  Today I was looking at some of their pictures and thought I'd post some of them here.

I LOVE pretty much everything about Walker Zanger.  I really wish we had one here in Salt Lake City.  As it is, we order from their Sun Valley, California location every once in awhile.

I'd kill for this bathroom....the wall tile, the marble floor and THAT SINK!  It's perfect.

The next two photos are of one of my favorite kitchens that I've seen in awhile. 

The floor tile is Xilo and the glass backsplash tile is from their Roku Collection. 

 The detail on this bench is incredible. 

Love this set up. 

I believe (though I could very well be wrong) that the floor tile and the vanity are Siena Silver Travertine.

 Beautiful wall of glass tile and I love that vanity.

 Last is this gorgeous backsplash from their Contessa Collection.

•  All images are from Walker Zanger. 
• Check out our most recent project using Walker Zanger tile here.
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Spectrus granite Kitchen

Here are some pictures of a kitchen we did awhile ago.

The granite is Spectrus. They actually did concrete countertops on the island. I like the mixture of concrete countertops with stone.  I also really love all the brick in this kitchen.

The edge detail is a Bevel Eclipse. 

All images from MGS by Design.