This natural slate tile backsplash is shown with Uba Tuba granite countertops. Designed by Tom Munro and installed by Supreme Surface, Inc.

One of the things I like most about designing a granite countertop with slate tile backsplash, is the timeless beauty offered by incorporating such a diversified group of colors within the slate backsplash. I also love the way it reflects off the highly polished surface of the granite tops. Be careful, because some combinations of colors and textures require good lighting to make things pop.

Uba Tuba Granite With a Multi-Colored Slate Tile Backsplash

Multi-colored natural slate in a large body frames pattern over granite countertops and under cabinet lighting. Designed and installed by Tom Munro and Supreme Surface, Inc.

Uba Tuba granite countertops with a multi-color slate tile backsplash is considered one of our most popular combinations. One of the good things about Uba Tuba is that it’s part of our base level selection of colors. This means that Uba Tuba is one of the most inexpensive colors of granite that you can choose from. Unlike some other inexpensive granite colors, it’s very popular and easy to work with.  Uba Tuba offers a mix of brown, gold, black and sometimes a hint of dark green can be seen too. Because Uba Tuba is one of the more consistent granite colors, it tends to work really well with all the colors that a multi-colored slate backsplash has to offer. Although it’s common to find natural slate available in 12″ x 12″ and 16″ x 16″ sizes, they can also be cut into just about any size to accommodate tile backsplash ideas.

This beautiful kitchen backsplash shows Black Antrodite granite countertops with a multi colored slate tiled backsplash.

Adding a tile backsplash is a great way to upgrade the look of your kitchen counters and cabinets. At Supreme Surface, kitchen backsplashes are not an afterthought. Our design experts and designing kitchens with new granite countertops and a tile backsplash in mind. In fact, better than 90 percent of customers purchasing new granite counters, also upgrade the look of their kitchen by adding tile for the backsplash.

Discover the difference when upgrading your kitchen with a tiled backsplash by looking at some inspiring kitchen backsplash pictures. So if your looking for the best options, let our experienced design staff help you weigh your options based on your style and budget.

This kitchen backsplash shows off Black Pearl granite countertops with Botticino Fiorito marble tile backsplash and glass tile accents.

When remodeling your kitchen, adding glass tile accents or perhaps some remnant granite clips to a marble tile backsplash makes a tremendous difference to the over all look and style of your kitchen.

Keep in mind that a kitchen backsplash can be designed to be subtle, bold or colorful. Depending on your style and budget, you can find tile backsplash ideas to fit every home or decor.

Choosing the right natural stone for your new luxury shower is a big decision. If you’re looking for a truly unique material with a long history of opulent beauty, then stone showers featuring travertine may be ideal for you. This natural stone has been used since ancient times for building. In fact, the Roman Coliseum features travertine! Bringing a bit of ancient luxury into your very own home has never been easier, since travertine is now very affordable and accessible.

Color Range

Travertine is available in a wide range of colors. These colors are all in the family known as neutrals. Think ivory, beige, brown…all the way down to deep reds and gold. While these colors are stunning and they complement a wide range of bathroom décor, they aren’t for everybody. If you have your heart set on an ultra-modern, sleek black shower, then travertine is not going to fit the bill. However, if you like the relaxing appearance of earth tones, travertine showers can transform your bathroom into a natural spa-like oasis!

Texture Choices

Depending on the finish, a travertine tile can vary greatly in appearance. There are three main types of finish for this stone. Brushed or tumbled travertine tiles highlight the stone’s natural texture, leaving some depressions and a matte finish. Be sure you can commit to keeping these depressions clean and dry before purchasing brushed travertine for your shower. Honed tiles have been finished a bit more than brushed tiles, removing many depressions but leaving a matte finish. Due to the amount of moisture involved, honed travertine tiles are the most popular choice for stone showers. Finally, polished travertine is just what the name implies…a beautiful high shine. In this state, travertine closely resembles marble.

Versatility

One of the best aspects of travertine for bathroom applications is the ease of cutting this beautiful stone. Unlike some other natural stone materials, travertine cuts easily. This makes it great for creating a customized shower, since accent pieces can be cut with minimal effort.

If you enjoy the appearance of warm earth tones and are seeking to create a truly customized luxury bath that the ancient Romans would have envied, then stone showers using travertine are for you. This natural stone is durable, versatile and extraordinarily beautiful. Keep you travertine shower looking like new. Use proper methods for cleaning stone showers.

Adding granite countertops with a tile backsplash is a simple and affordable way to update your kitchen.

Simple updates such as new granite countertops and a tile backsplash are amongst the simplest ways to update your kitchen and add value to your home.

It really wasn’t that long ago when people would say that they didn’t want to update their home because they were planning to put it on the market. If your one of these people, you may want to see how other people are aggressively getting homes ready to put on the market or just keeping it up to date. The truth is, nobody has a magic wand and it’s always a risk. Updating your kitchen with granite countertops and a tile backsplash can be a calculated risk because potential buyers are growing to expect granite in the kitchen. For those that are going to stay for a while will have years of enjoyment while keeping the kitchen up to date and at the same time adding value. Here is a testimonial sent to me on September 3rd.

Subject: Outstanding Job Updating Our Kitchen

We would like to express our total satisfaction with the work you performed on our kitchen. As you are aware we had our house on the market for 2 and 1/2 years with no interest. We needed a “WOW” factor as expressed by our Realtor. You offered a solution in providing granite countertops and an unbelievable tile backsplash. After completion of your work our Realtor hosted a south-side Realtor open house and the comments were outstanding. We sold the house at our asking price one month from your installation and the overwhelming factor was the kitchen. You could not ask for a better endorsement than that. Your workers were very professional and the workmanship was beyond accolades that I could express.

We look forward to working with you on the new project in our new condo. Thank you Tom for everything.

Regards,

Mike and Kathy Boling

Kitchen Remodeling, Greenwood, Indiana

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Step out of your outdated bathroom and into another modern bathroom design by Tom Munro. This bathroom renovation offers natural stone flooring, suspended vanity cabinets, Cesar Stone quartz countertops, white vessel sinks with contemporary looking faucets. The lighting fixtures add a great compliment to the stone walls & tile shower. Custom tempered glass separates the beautiful tile shower from the suspended vanity area. More custom glass work is used to partition off the toilet area from the rest of the room. Recessed lighting is used inside the walk-in shower and over the ledge stone wall.

Project: Bathroom Remodeling

Location: Carmel, Indiana

Designer: Tom Munro

Remodeling Company: Supreme Surface, Inc., Indianapolis & Greenwood, Indiana       317-865-0000.

Supreme Surface is different than most bathroom remodeling companies around Indianapolis. If your thinking about updating your bathroom, contact Tom Munro from Supreme Surface, Inc. Decide on a budget that your comfortable with and we’ll design a modern bathroom that works in your space. It’s that easy!

Related: Greenwood Bathroom Remodeling

This Greenwood remodeling project took a plain, simple bathroom and transformed it into an exotic dream bathroom.  Designing a bathroom into a natural stone wonder is enticing, unique and a one stop shop with Supreme Surface.  The bathroom remodeling and design process takes time and diligence.  Expressing your thoughts for your bathroom  renovation with a Supreme Surface design associate can sequentially transform your bathroom into a natural stone spa that is far from the norm.

Before this home improvement project started, the bathroom layout was constricted with little room for a designer to add space.  So, by changing the layout and configuration we were able to create an open concept with a natural appeal.  Combining fashion with functionality, the bathroom photos truly depict the detail that is involved.  From the layout to the design, each part serves its own purpose.

The natural stone tile flooring consists of honed Durango travertine tile, combined with Tuscan Wave wall tile and installed with a Pavio pattern.  The dark essence of the Emerald Pearl granite countertops harmonizes well with the cherry cabinetry, and the vessel sink bowls proclaim its merging popularity in home remodeling.  The recessed canned lighting system accents the natural stone by illuminating its depth and movement.  The Pebble Stone shower bed is layered with an ever so popular river rock.  The shower windows consists of tempered or toughened glass that leaves a frameless, custom appearance.

Taking care of natural stone is easy. Weather your looking to maintain travertine flooring, granite countertops or a stone shower, always be sure that your stone surface is sealed and use pH balanced cleaners. Here is a recommended product to care and maintain your natural stone surface that is easy to use and specifically designed for cleaning stone.

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This beautiful bathroom was designed and installed by Supreme Surface, Inc.

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Step out of the box and let Supreme Surface design and remodel your bathroom with a special focus on using natural stone and custom glass. See how we can turn your bathroom into a spa for less money than most people think possible. Visit our Greenwood Design Studio and check out some of the latest design and remodeling trends.

Bathroom designs are limited to a few things: space, imagination and the budget. Today, countless materials are on the market to design with. This Greenwood, Indiana bathroom remodel was designed by Tom Munro and installed by the in-house technicians at Supreme Surface, Inc. and features:

• Glass Countertops With LED Lighting and Pebble Stone
• Stone Shower with Pebble Stone Floor
• Glass Shower Door and Frosted Glass Partition
• Mica Slate Natural Stone on The Walls and Floor
• Sapwood Walnut Cabinets That Are Suspended Off The Floor
• Under Cabinet Lighting, Recessed Lighting and Modern Fixtures
• Custom Mirrors

Almost every stone shower we design has a rain head, three spray jets and a hand wand on a slider bar. People love the way you can control the water functions with a six way diverter and temperature control valve.

Make your next shower an experience you want to tell a friend about! If your thinking about updating your space, call today 317-865-0000 or visit our bathroom remodeling Design Studio, located at 1506 W. Smith Valley Road Greenwood, Indiana 46142. We’re located just a quarter mile east of State Road 135 on the north side of the road. Look for the granite slabs outside!

River Gold granite is a beautiful natural stone that comes from Brazil. This kitchen remodeling project is located in Greenwood, Indiana in the Highland Park subdivision.  This is what the customer had to say once the kitchen remodel project was complete.

Tom, I wanted to thank you for working with me on such short notice and appreciate your efforts in getting our install done in spite of the breaking.  I can assure you that anyone who asks where we got our granite I will tell them about Supreme Surface and what a great experience we had working with you.

Thank you so much, we couldn’t be happier with our kitchen and the granite really made everything come together beautifully.

LeAnn and Chris Ferry, Greenwood, IN 46143

Note: Always remember that the key to keeping your kitchen counters looking great is proper care and maintenance for cleaning stone. Use the Supreme Surface granite cleaner on your kitchen worktops. The Supreme Surface granite cleaner is a pH balanced cleaner and conditioner that will not only clean but help granite stains.

Supreme Surface offers kitchen and bath remodeling with locations in Greenwood and Indianapolis, Indiana.  Contact us today

Granite countertops are made up from two of the hardest minerals found on earth “quartz & feldspar”.  Because of these two minerals, granite countertops offer outstanding durability. The resistance to scratching is largely dependent upon the hardness of the minerals that actually make up the stone. In most granite rocks, the primary minerals quartz and feldspar, account for about 90 % of the granite rock itself. Both quartz and feldspar rate between a 6 and 7 on the Moh’s scale. Unlike any man made material, polished granite offers depth, clarity and movement. Hundreds of granite colors are available in thousands of variations. Many popular granite colors are consistent, but not all. In fact, close to 50% of the granite slabs sold are stones that are considered “exotic granites”. These granite colors tend to offer the most variation and movement within the slab. Countertops made from granite are resistant to heat, scratching, staining and chips. In the unlikely event that your granite gets a scratch, stain or chip, it can be repaired by a local stone fabricator. Granite can be used for both indoor and outdoor use.

Quartz countertops are also known as “Engineered Stone” countertops. These countertops are also made from one of the hardest minerals on earth “quartz”. With quartz representing approximately 96% of the engineered stone, these countertops are also very durable and can be similar in nature to granite. Quartz countertops have a wide selection of colors available including the look of marble, limestone and concrete, but much more durable. Quartz countertops also offer colors that mother nature does not offer on a consistent bases within a slab. One of the key benefits of engineered stone countertops is the level of variation a customer could expect. The samples you see are pretty much what you should expect upon delivery. Quartz countertops offer resistance against scratching, staining and chipping. Quartz countertops can be used in most indoor applications but cannot be used exterior.
Unfortunately, the marketing departments of some of the engineered stone choices or “quartz countertop” manufacturers, seem to use some very questionable tactics to promote their products. As a supplier, fabricator and installer of both quartz countertops and granite countertops, I feel that depending on your application requirements, one product will have a slight advantage, possibly even more appropriate. I do not want to imply that any one surface is better than the other. The fact is, both quartz and granite surfaces are very durable and offer more than most consumers will ever need. Learn to care and maintain for your quartz and granite surfaces. The best granite cleaner and conditioner will keep the polish looking bright, smooth and shiny. visit www.supremesurfacecleaner.com.