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High Quality Natural Stone Mason's in Ontario

Stoneview Masonry (Kingston, ON) contact@stoneviewmasonry.ca(613) 530-6600https://www.stoneviewmasonry.ca/   Bedrock Stone Masonry (GTA/Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington) Yarek Jarzebski Y...

Top Builders in Mineola East/West, Port Credit, ON, Canada

Monbeck Developments Inc.  1099 Edgeleigh Ave Mississauga, ON L5E 2G2 (877) 616-2673 https://www.montbeck.ca/ Woodcastle Homes Management Inc.155 Queen Street EastMississauga, ON L5G 4W2(905)...

Best Fire Pit Ideas – Heated Backyard Retreat Designs

Man along with his friends and family have gathered around the communal fire since time immemorial, and the tradition has not lost its appeal, even in our age of every conceivable convenience....

AMAZING FIRE PIT & OUTDOOR FIREPLACE IDEAS

If you’ve ever hosted or been to an outdoor event, you know that these types of occasions just seem more fun. Who doesn’t love being outdoors on a nice, cool evening for a party with friends and ...

A Timber Home in the Colorado Mountains

A California couple trades their suburban lifestyle for a timber home in the Colorado Mountains. A California couple trades their suburban lifestyle for a timber retreat in the mountains o...

Delightful Timber Frame Mountain Cabin Perched on a Colarado Hillside

  This stunning timber frame mountain cabin designed by M.T.N Design is located on a secluded hillside in Meadow Creek, Colorado. Built by PrecisionCraft Log & Timber Homes, jaw-droppin...

15 Stone Fire Pits to Spark Ideas for Your Outdoor Space

Designing a Stone Fire Pit Adding a fire feature to your outdoor space makes it a destination. Like moths to a flame, you and your guests will be drawn to a fire pit in the evening to rela...

Installation Tips for Natural Stone Thin Veneer

OUTDOOR INSTALLATION PROCESS  When installing Thin Stone Veneer, always make sure that whatever type of surface you are covering is clean and free of debris  If you are applying the veneer to a...

Tumbled Natural Stone Veneer

We get a lot questions about our tumbled stones, so below we'll show a few samples of tumbled vs. non tumbled. Tumbling achieves the look of aged weathered natural stone, with minimal additional co...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Importing Natural Stone from Canada into USA

WE SHIP ALL STONE FROM SW ONTARIO (CANADA) AND REGULARLY EXPORT TO US CUSTOMERS Import process is straightforward, we facilitate all cross-border transport (unless directed otherwise per client req...

Watch out for these 2019 stone design trends

Interior design industry is always abuzz with the newest fads and latest home design trends. With half of 2019 already over, interior design experts are now forecasting décor trends that will do...

Natural Stone Siding Cost vs. Stucco and Brick Veneer Siding 2020

House Siding Materials You Probably Never Heard of! The primary purpose of any siding material is to add a layer of protection and insulation to your home thereby protecting it from the outer ...

Top 2020 Architecture Trends

Sustainable design and building highlighted the architecture trends of 2019 and will continue to do so into the coming year. As architectural design moves toward smaller houses, look for more ...

New Fireplace using Old Durham Moss & Leiken Natural Stone Veeneer

We recently had a resident in a suburb of Kansas City, USA, contact us asking if we had a stone that looked like a pic they found online. Shown below is not our product, but could we match or offer...

Modern Stone Installation Tips

Tips for installing veneer stone from a real pro  [Note: while we specialize in real 100% authentic natural stone at NaturalBrickandStoneDepot, we're sharing this write-up given some very useful t...