In a word, yes. We see it all the time. Someone buys an older home or a classic office building that comes with old, often rough looking marble tile, floors, counters or fireplace surrounds and a decision presents itself. Rip it out and replace, or restore it. At...
Who doesn’t love a good fireplace?! Curling up by the fire with a cup of tea, or something stronger, makes for a quintessential winter evening in New England. Now, imagine having that fireplace in your bedroom! One lucky Charlestown, MA customer has the privilege of...
Real Estate pros weigh in on the idea of restoring natural stone before selling your massachusetts home. We recently spoke to 3 successful real estate professionals in Massachusetts to learn a little more about how natural stone (marble, granite, slate, etc.) impacts...
If you love to enjoy a crackling fire in the fall & winter months, there is no doubt that summer is the best time to take care of cleaning the fireplace surrounds, mantel or mantelpiece and chimneypieces. Stone fireplaces made from granite, marble, limestone, and...
Back in July we connected with the guys from Flipping Boston to help with a Victorian triplex renovation project that had a pair of marble fireplaces in some pretty rough shape. See more here or check out the article in Boston Magazine.
There are two basic types of fireplace surrounds, brick and natural stone. Within that there are two types of surfaces, smooth and rough. Most brick surrounds are rough and most natural stone is smooth. Boston Stone Restoration works only on smooth natural stone...
