Blackstone International

It went great! Kate was so helpful in the process of this project. Not only did she help us find the most beautiful statuary marble for our countertops, but her vast knowledge of kitchen remodels was invaluable during this renovation. She even went over our architectural plan choices and helped us arrive at the best layout. Kate and Greg are true artisans - they hand cut the stone and created a layout that best displayed the veining in the marble. We have a pretty big kitchen with a lot of counter space and there is only one seam in the entire thing - behind the sink faucet. Beautiful work and true professionals.

There were two things that happened which bothered me the most- 1. I was looking for marble for the vanity tops in the bathroom, Jamie took me back to the warehouse but nothing was displayed in a way that you could actually see the stone- I could only see the edges of the stacked material and it was too heavy to move to see what the surface looked like- sort of a waste of time. 2. The more disturbing thing was that Kate- one of the owners- insinuated that the floor tile I picked out at another shop was worth $2.00 a sf and that it wasn't porcelain. She wanted to cut a piece of it off to see if the color ran throughout. The tile was several times the $2 /sf price and WAS porcelain so it made me doubt her knowledge. I felt it was unprofessional and I don't want to be treated like that when spending my money.

Overall it was great.

I had a couple of seam breaks from the weight settlement one in the first year that they promptly came back and fixed at no charge (he had to wedge the counter from underneath and relieve the stress points and re-epoxy), the other was a break in the seam of the long island that we had to have done last year. He spent a good hour and a half fixing the seam and had only a minimum charge to repair it (well under $100.00). They go above and beyond to make sure you are happy with your counters.