Our very own Mike Pavilon, president of Sungloss Marble, made a recent visit to the Coldspring headquarters in Minnesota to catch up on the latest trends in the stone industry. More to come!
Continue readingWhat is a “punch list“? The people you may want to punch ?? Well, not really. A Punch List is the listing of issues, things to get done in a construction process at a site – residential or commercial – BEFORE the contract is considered complete and BEFORE the final payments are made to the […]
Continue readingWhen most people think of natural stone, such as Marble or Granite, they imagine their kitchen countertops, bathroom floor, or somewhere else in their house. However, having stone surrounding your house can make a dramatic difference for your property and the neighborhood. That is being acknowledged in recent years, even by certain Presidents. The Clinton […]
Continue readingAn Art Deco Building., now the Aurora-St. Charles Senior Living Center, amazing reviews! OUR BLOG TO YOU, our associates, friends, customers… Sungloss’ work restoring the Terrazzo flooring and baseboards – previously laden with LOTS of various residue over 80 years – was highlighted in the Open House Program 1/31/17, celebrating the wonderful, efficient and on-time completion of […]
Continue readingI had an opportunity to visit some of our beautiful museums and landmarks that are not always open to the public last weekend. These museums and landmarks are filled with natural stone and other historical structures from the exterior to the interior. I visited 2 buildings run by not-for-profit organizations. A museum on Lake Shore […]
Continue readingArt has conscripted our geological beginnings – with a sleek, multi-colored and attractive to say the least…. arrangement of ” earth colors” made from , what else – earth colors. It was, is unique among the hundreds of oils, pastels, prints and serigraphs at the Expo. I liked it. One of my favorites, but then […]
Continue readingAs long as I’ve been in the industry of restoring, renewing and refinishing Granite, Marble, Terrazzo, Limestone, Slate or other natural stone, it never ceases to amaze me where one will find a historical connection to natural stone. A 2 1/2 hour drive from Jefferson Park in Chicago and we found the Redgranite Quarry in […]
Continue readingYou are invited to dinner at a neighbors house. Upon entering the residence, you are shown downstairs where the other guests have gathered. They all are sitting at a beautiful black marble bar area. You think to yourself that the simple elegance of the stone is incredible, and for a second imagine how it would […]
Continue readingOur President and owner returned from an excursion to Havana, La Terrazza and Trinidad, Cuba recently among other fascinating spots in this beautiful but complicated country of friendly peoples. We actually beat the POTUS and Mick Jagger to Cuba! The POTUS arrived yesterday, 3-20-16 -and Mick soon. Cuba is filled with long time, 50+ years old Marble structures and […]
Continue readingWhen walking into a grand lobby, the first thing that catches your eye is the floor. Lobby floors may be a beautiful marble, glittery granite, or a glossy terrazzo. Tennessee Pink Marble, a historic, beautiful – but tough – marble, or a Verde Green Marble are great examples of eye-popping, natural stone floors. To walk […]
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