Natural Stone: Where Our Collections Originate

We often share inside views of the natural stone veneer manufacturing process from our facility in Brookfield, Connecticut, but the stone has a long history before it gets into the hands of our production team. One of the most appealing characteristics is that no two pieces of stone are the same, making every project unique even when using the same collection to build the same feature. When you add natural stone, you are also enhancing the space with different forces of nature and the stories of the landscapes it originated from! Here you can learn more about where most of our natural stone collections begin, and the qualities they bring to finished spaces. 

Fieldstone Dark Mosaic fireplace with stone supplied by Landscape Depot.

Fieldstone is known for its rustic look and irregular shapes. It is found in surface areas just beneath soil, and the appearance and texture are defined by the landcape it is found in. It is typically formed from glaciers during the last Ice Age and can be found in destinations around the world, but our Fieldstone collections are harvested locally.  Fieldstone Dark is from fields in the Mid-Atlantic area, in New York and Pennsylvania while Split Fieldstone and Old New England Wall and Old New England Rounds are from Connecticut. All are used in a variety of projects to add warm, earthy tones and texture to different spaces and landscapes, like the interior fireplace in the project above crafted by Wilson Masonry. 

This water treatment facility features Black Ash Ledgestone Granite supplied by Rose Brick. 

Granite is a popular material known for its elegance, and used for many different home improvement projects in a variety of applications, including countertops and flooring. It is the product of the transformation of rocks by extreme heat and pressure, deep below the surface of the earth over centuries. The combination of this process, and the exposure to these elements over time, creates the granite products we know in a wide range of colors and textures. In the project featured above, one of our granite collections, Black Ash, is used as Thinstone Veneer exterior siding, applied with the talents of the team at DLZ Architecutre in a collaboration with Thieneman Construction. This example showcases different colors and textures that add to the appeal of granite as a preferred building material. Other Thinstone Veneer collections composed of granite include Fitzwilliam, Greenwich Blue, Liberty Hill, American Mist, Dusty Rose, Harbor Mist, Montauk Blend, and Nutmeg Ridge. 

Colonial Tan Roughly Squares & Rectangles archway, with stone supplied by Outdoor Escapes. 

Quartzite originates from sandstone in areas with a high level of tectonic activity. When subject to high temperatures and pressure deep below the earth's surface, grains of sand recrystallize and bond together over millions of years. The result is a hard, durable rock composed primarily of quartz, with a unique look you can see in collections including Colonial Tan, Spruce Mountain, and Sterling Tan. The photo above shows a natural stone archway built with Sterling Tan Thinstone Veneer in the Roughly Squares & Rectangles pattern by Divison One Landscaping. This is one example, with its own variations, of many different possibilities achieved by utilizing quartzite stone. 

Newport River Rounds supplied by New Hampshire Thinstone add a charming look to this exterior design.  

River Rocks are shaped and smoothed by different bodies of water. These rocks are found in riverbeds, streams, and on ocean shorelines, where rough stones of various sizes are gradually rounded by constant exposure to the flow of water. From pebbles to boulders, Rounds, as we call them, are found around the world in a variety of colors and patterns. They are used for landscaping and decorative designs, and also in our case, as Thinstone Veneer in the Cedar Creek River Rounds and Newport River Rounds. The photo above features a project by Rourke Fine Homebuilding and Wayne Gray Masonry, which incorporates Newport River Rounds and waterside charm into the foundation and accent walls. 

Our Thinstone Veneer process begins when stone is delivered to be split, shaped, and palletized for masons and contractors to transform into finished spaces. Passion for our products begins with wonder and appreciation for the role that nature plays in creating the raw materials that we get to manufacture and distribute. To explore different ways to incorporate natural stone into your next home improvement project, download our Residential Design Guide!