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Outdoor Kitchens Built With Custom Stone – What to Know Before You Start
Creating an outdoor kitchen with custom stone is one of the most rewarding upgrades you can make to your outdoor space. A custom stone outdoor kitchen pairs functionality with natural beauty, increases property value, and transforms your backyard into a truly inviting...
Spring Refresh – How to Spruce up your Home with Custom Stone in 2026
With the early days of spring underway, there’s no better time to breathe new life into your home. This season is all about blending natural beauty with modern design, and custom stone is leading the way with current trends. Whether you're planning a full renovation...
The Art of Seam Placement: What Homeowners Should Know About Engineered & Natural Stone Countertops
When choosing a custom stone countertop, most homeowners focus on color, pattern, and price. However, seam placement is an additional detail that plays a significant role in the final look of your kitchen or bathroom. Whether you select an engineered quartz like...
Avoid These Common Countertop Mistakes — Choose Custom Stone Like The Pros Do
Choosing the right surface type for your custom stone countertops is one of the most important decisions in any renovation. Homeowners can easily run into issues by selecting materials or fabricators without expert guidance. Here are the most common custom stone...
Inspiring Custom Stone Countertop & Backsplash Pairings Featuring Silestone by Cosentino
When designing a kitchen or bathroom, custom stone countertops and backsplashes are key design elements that work together to create a cohesive and visually striking space. Silestone by Cosentino is a leading choice for homeowners and designers alike, and is known...
How to Select the Perfect Stone Finish: Polished, Honed, or Leathered
When selecting your custom stone, in addition to choosing the perfect colour, you will also want to choose the right finish. The finish you choose can greatly enhance how your custom stone looks, feels and can even determine how much maintenance your surface will need...
Choosing The Perfect Stone: How to Match Your Custom Stone with the Rest of Your Home
When you choose custom stone, you are investing in a timeless material that brings unapparelled resiliency, beauty, and value to your home. However, in a world with a vast array of design choices available, how do you make sure your custom stone selections will...
Creating Unique Placement Ideas For Custom Stone
When thinking about the design options for custom stone, initial projects that most likely come to mind may include kitchen countertops and bathroom vanities, flooring and backsplashes. While these applications are wonderful choices for custom stone, less commonly...
Deep, Bold & Beautiful Colours are on the Horizon for Fall 2025
Dramatic, bold, and vibrant with an inspired by nature aesthetic is trending this fall 2025 in custom stone. Here at Dauter Stone we have you covered with an expansive selection of trending custom stone types ready to be fabricated to suit your needs. Bohemian flair...
Quartz or Quartzite? How To Choose The Right Option For Your Project
When it comes to choosing quartz or quartzite in a design, it is highly beneficial to understand the qualities of both surface types. Although their names may sound similar, these two custom stone options are entirely different in terms of composition, appearance and...
Do’s and Don’ts For Custom Stone
When choosing the perfect custom stone for your next design, it’s a great idea to be fully informed on all aspects in order to make a well-rounded decision. Following key custom stone care and maintenance guidelines will ensure your stone surface looks beautiful for a...
Spring 2025 Custom Stone Trends
Warmer trends are on the horizon for custom stone in 2025. Earthy, bold and beautiful hues from golden beige to amber are getting attention and a vast array of these stunning stone types are currently available in our showroom for viewing. Silestone, Caesarstone and...
Family-Friendly Custom Stone Options
When designing a new aspect of your home, prioritizing the needs of your family is top of mind with resiliency, durability and functionality commonly set as primary goals. Custom stone meets all of these requirements and can easily be incorporated throughout any...
Marble, Quartz or Porcelain – The Perfect Custom Stone Choice for Showers
There’s nothing that beats the spa-like experience of a custom stone shower. With unparalleled elegance and the ability for unlimited design choice, stone showers are packed with a vast array of benefits. But which stone type is ideal for this specific design...
Exploring the Options of Natural & Engineered Stone
When debating between the choice of natural or engineered stone for your custom stone project, the decision can include a multitude of factors. With clear benefits surrounding both surface types, it can sometimes be difficult to decide which route to go. So how does...
Top Ways To Incorporate Stone Into Your Next Project
Custom stone provides an elevated look, timeless durability and unmatched luxury to any design. Keeping creativity top of mind, we explore the top five design trends for custom stone applications as well as popular colour options: Fireplace SurroundsA custom stone...
2025 – A New Year Offers New Possibilities With Custom Stone
With 2025 fast approaching, it’s a great time to revisit plans to update, enhance and beautify your home. With longevity, resiliency and unparalleled elegance top of mind, custom stone offers a multitude of options for placements throughout any type of residence....
Soulful Design with a Thoughtful Approach – Meet Amanda Hamilton of Amanda Hamilton Design
With an internationally diverse portfolio encompassing a vast array of projects, Amanda Hamilton and her team are inspiring industry leaders within the realm of build + design. Founder and Creative Director Amanda Hamilton spends time with us to share details on her...
Custom Stone Options That Resist The Heat & Tips For Surface Protection
It’s almost impossible to avoid applying heat to your countertop surface when working in a kitchen setting. While it's beneficial to protect any surface including stone from heat, some custom stone options naturally offer heat-tolerant resilience. Granite is a natural...
Get Inspired by the Many Collections and Colours of Dekton
Dekton by Cosentino is an ultracompact surface, inspired by nature. A mixture of more than 20 minerals, Dekton uses TSP technology which can sinter mineral particles allowing them to bond seamlessly. Comprised of over 8 collections and more than 40 colours, Dekton by...
Why Stone Is The Superior Shower Design Choice
When it comes to shower walls, surrounds, and details nothing beats the unparalleled quality of custom stone. Choosing stone ensures a durable, long-lasting surface with an elegant touch. One of our top recommended choices includes marble which can provide subtle...
Custom Stone Options Trending for Spring 2024
With a departure from the light, airy hues that have been prominent over the past several years, darker bold colours are taking the forefront for custom stone trends in Spring 2024. Unique elements including natural leathered or honed finishes with warmer undertones...
Tips & Tricks to Keep Your Stone Surfaces In Excellent Condition
Congratulations! You’ve chosen the perfect custom stone surface and are loving the new look and feel of your recent renovation. Interested in finding out how can you keep your surface looking beautiful for a lifetime? Let us provide you with some helpful tips and...
How to Enhance Your Home’s Resale Value With Stone
Choosing stone creates impactful and stunning design choices within your home. Stone can also provide intrinsically long-lasting value by boosting the modernization of your home with elevated results. Ideal examples to enhance your home’s value with stone indoors...
Customize Your Home Office With Stone
With more of us continuing to work from home, it has become integral to create a welcoming, modern and functional office space to work within. Custom stone has increasingly become a popular choice for working professionals as it provides a clean, beautiful, and...
Make an Impact – Stone Countertops for Kitchen Islands
Kitchen islands provide a practical, functional, and impactful element within any design. These free-standing units also allow for ample space to entertain while including lots of handy storage that the whole family can use. Choosing a resilient stone countertop for...
Get Cozy This Fall With A Custom Stone Fireplace Façade By Dauter Stone
With the fall season at our doorstep, it’s the perfect time to think about all things cozy. Fireplaces create a warm and inviting space within the home while also providing a central design focal point to amplify any space. Fireplace designs can fit any budget and...
Natural Vs. Manufactured Stone, The Decision Is Yours!
Natural Stone Created millions of years ago, natural stone is a timeless and luxurious option for any space. Natural stone is also resilient, durable, low-maintenance and it can take the heat! This surface type can handle warmer elements such as bowls or plates...
Design Trends In Stone To Amplify Your Outdoor Space This Summer
With summer in full swing, we are revisiting our favorite choices in custom stone for use in outdoor settings. A few of our top stone projects for outdoor applications include exterior kitchens, patios, table tops and more - the options are truly endless! There’s...
At Dauter Stone, We Are Passionate About Our Process
With a client-centred approach, our skilled tradesmen use cutting edge practices to create perfectly fabricated stone products and have been doing so for over 40 years. Our helpful sales team will start the process with an overview of our extensive product line which...