Styles can be difficult to define, one person’s traditional is another’s modern, and a third’s archaic. Fireplace surrounds come in a wide variety of styles and sizes. The basic shape of the inner firebox is one way we group our fireplace designs. These are Square Top and Gothic Arch Top These […]
We have hundreds of different fireplace surround designs we do, straight from our catalog. Smooth, rounded, square classical, modern, nearly any style is covered, and each design has size option and additional choices. One of our most popular designs is the Provence, and it has quite a set of options you can choose from, without […]
Building with Blocks Cast Stone Blocks used as wall veneer The cast stone marks the lower level, the blocks set off by an almost basement-like window and a wide chimney. Blocks can become a full home veneer. Cast Stone blocks as a complete wall veneer, with surrounds Cast Stone Blocks as complete wall […]
Cast Stone used inside the home. We do many fireplaces, we have a separate catalog just for fireplaces. However, there is quite a bit you can with stone on the interior of a home besides a fireplace mantel, or in addition to a fireplace mantel. […]
Louisiana Cast Stone Signage – Some time ago we posted a couple of signs we did for the Louisiana Department of Transportation (see here) These and other designs were approved and are now in production, and we’ve been photographing them in the lot, drying a bit and waiting for shipment. Below is the […]
Cast Stone Facades The Facade is the front facing section of a home. Any home may have more decorative and architectural than others or less, but one section faces the street and shows off what attractiveness the home has to offer. We pull images from many places, as samples and inspiration for all to view […]
Church Window Restoration – Some time ago we were tasked with reproducing the stone for a very elaborate stained glass window, Each piece of cast stone was drawn, reproducing the original design, creating repeatable sections of the window parts.
Georgian Home Restoration – Some time ago the Dallas Morning News ran an article on a classic historical home in one of the better residential neighborhoods of Dallas. This three-level Georgian style home was designed by a prominent architect of the day, Anton Korn, and was built in 1922. The cast stone was replaced with […]
Custom Cast Stone JJust about anything you can imagine a structure to look like can be made from cast stone. Much of our products are of a similar sort, shaped parts for surrounds, horizontal banding, Standard columns of the classic Greek and Roman orders, balustrade shaped like lathed wood, or other classic styles. We do […]
Cast Stone Submittals – The Next Stage of Production Once the production of a project is approved by everyone involved, We begin the final design stages, showing exactly what you will get, each part and each complete unit, and every linear foot of stone needed to build the project as you want it. We draw it […]