Carrara Venato 12×24″ Honed

For this picture we started out with a box of 12×24″ Venato Honed and then added a few other items

Great match with the baseboard, 1×3″ stacked brick and pencil trim

In this picture: Carrara Venato 12×24″ Honed • Carrara Venato Pencil Honed • Carrara Venato 1×3″ Honed Brick • Carrara Venato Honed Baseboard

Incredible veining

Finally on Monday April 13th the Carrara Venato 12×24″ is back in stock.  However with this level of quality and veining it will not be in stock for long.  This is pretty much perfect Venato, the idea of the collection is a whiter base than traditional Carrara with some veining.  Not veining all over just occasional dribbles.  The overall look especially with the larger format tiles is a cleaner less busy appearance.  It looks a lot closer in appearance to a statuary.

We are often asked “if you know you are going to run out, why not buy more?”  A great question.  The problem is getting this level of quality.  We can easily order more Carrara, there is plenty of Carrara but not plenty that fits the standards for the Venato collection.  If we are willing to accept a grayer base, let’s call it “B” Grade then you can have all the Carrara you want.  But we are not.  For Venato we insist on a very high grade of Carrara (a premium white base) and I am afraid that limits the amount of marble we can get.

We are limited in supply by what the ground provides and the high standards we have set for a whiter base.

Italian Marble production and pictures from the Quarry to Factory

To get an idea of the size of this quarry (one of an estimated 300) in Italy look at the machinery/vehicle in the bottom left corner.

Approximately 500,000 metric tons are exported every month from Carrara Italy.

Carrara Bianco 8×16″ Marble Tile during production in Italy

Crates showing Italian Carrara 12×24″ Marble Tile Honed.  Premium quality.  White base and clear veining.

Another picture Carrara Bianco 12×24″.  While not the greatest pic the marble makes up for it with this incredible veining and white base (the ETA of this particular lot will be June 1st 2013).

Taken from the quarries in Carrara Italy, the blocks are carefully selected.  At thebuilderdepot.com we want the premium grade, whitest possible base with clear veining.  This is what we want for our Carrara Bianco collection.  It is not easy to get the best and not always possible, as it is a natural stone and we are subject to what is coming from the mountain at any particular time.  However on this occasion/lot that is arriving June 1st 2013 it looks like we have achieved just that.  The very best.

Carrara Bianco 5″ Hexagon Marble Mosaic (Polished)

Carrara Bianco 5×5″ Hexagon Mosaic Tile

Premium Italian 5″ Hexagon Polished Mosaic Tile

While our snaps with a cell phone are not the best, the Italians more than make up for it with their superb Carrara 5″ Hexagon mosaic tile.  This pallet arrived on our April 22nd container.  It is a really nice lot of 5″ hexagon polished.

If you have any interest in this particular lot, (we always recommend a sample) email the sales department sales@thebuilderdepot.com and asking for the 22nd April delivery of 5″ Bianco Hex polished (to see if there is any left).

Rectangles and Squares Metal Mosaic Tiles

Stainless Steel Rectangles and Squares Mosaic Tiles $14.95SF from thebuilderdepot.com

New Container Arrived!

Carrara Bianco 5″ Hexagon Honed & Polished ($13.95SF)

Carrara Bianco 2×4″ Honed ($8.50SF)

Carrara Bianco 6×12″ Subway Tile Polished ($8.00SF)

Carrara Bianco 3×8″ Subway Tile ($7.95SF)

A new eagerly awaited container arrived Monday 22nd.  We instantly opened several crates and took pictures (with a cell phone – nothing technical).  The pics are posted above.   We are always a little nervous when receiving new product (regardless of how much work goes into QC and selecting blocks with our guys overseas), but there was no need to be worried.  As soon as we starting opening crates we knew instantly this was a fantastic shipment.

The Bianco is whiter based than normal and the veining quality is excellent.  This is now in stock and ready to ship.  Any questions please let us know sales@thebuilderdepot.com.

(Please note the above picture of 3×8″ polished was just too good.  It has already sold out!  We have more inventory of 3×8″ Carrara Bianco polished arriving on the next container May 10th – it did look really, really nice!)

Carrara Bianco 5″ Hexagon Mosaic (New inventory arrives April 15th)

Carrara Bianco 5″ Hexagon Mosaic Tile (Honed and Polished) $13.95 a sheet

Happy Easter Everyone!