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Why You Should Use Stack Stone Veneer for Your Outdoor Kitchen

Whether you’re considering building an outdoor kitchen in your backyard, or you already have one that you want to upgrade, stack stone veneer will help you create a fabulous feature...

Skills Required for a DIY Stone Veneer Project

The skills required for any DIY stone veneer project will depend on the materials and methods used for the job. For instance, if you opt to use natural stone cut...

Simplify Your DIY Brickwork Project With Go-Brick

Most of us live in timber-frame houses with internal dry walls that can be painted, tiled, or finished with wallpaper. The decorative options are huge, but many of us yearn...

How to Avoid Weather Damage to Manufactured Stone Veneer

Good quality manufactured stone veneer looks great, lasts a lifetime, and is incredibly easy to maintain. But it must be installed correctly to ensure moisture doesn’t affect it adversely....

How to Build a Brick Wall With No Bricklaying Skills

Bricklaying is hard work that takes muscle, learned skills, and practice. It is also messy because you’re working with bricks and mortar, which has to be mixed from cement, sand,...

Increasing Your Home’s Curb Appeal With Manufactured Stone

It’s long been acknowledged that curb appeal can increase the value of a home and decrease the time it takes to sell. Curb appeal is simply the art of making...

How to Repair Cracks in Manufactured Stone

Manufactured stone has become the go-to material for any homeowner that wants to add a little extra pop to their home. It looks exactly like natural stone but it is...

How Fake is Faux Stone?

By definition, faux stone is fake or false, or more kindly, it isn’t natural made stone. However, because it is deliberately made in imitation of real stone, it doesn’t have...

Can I Build a Stone Wall Without a Concrete Base for Support?

Stone is a heavy, labor-intensive material that was commonly used for building centuries ago because it was so cheap. That was in the days before anyone ever dreamed of the...

Go DIY with Go-Stone Manufactured Stone for Interior Walls

Looking for a really exciting DIY project that will transform your living room walls? Well, here’s a challenge you won’t be able to resist: Go-Stone manufactured stone for walls. An...

Build Your Own Outdoor Kitchen with Manufactured Stone

In the summer months, there is nothing better for outdoor entertaining than an outdoor kitchen. The best type will include a place to cook, a place to clean, and storage...

Architects Value Native Custom Stone Lunch & Learn Sessions

Native Custom Stone (NCS) has been holding lunch and learn sessions for customers for more than a decade and architects love them!...