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Ways to Use Brick and Stone

to Enhance Your Home

Choosing the right materials is an essential step in planning a you choose.
home remodel or renovation. Options like brick and stone can
add style, comfort and beauty to homes. Kitchens: From flooring to island accents, backsplashes and
beyond, the options are plentiful for introducing brick or stone
With a diverse array of colors, textures and sizes to choose into kitchen design. Whether you’re going for a modern look or
from, there are options to suit practically any design aesthetic, something more traditional, quality is a top priority in high-use
whether it’s traditional, contemporary or somewhere in be- areas like the kitchen. Choose materials from a reliable source
tween. Because brick and stone materials provide strength, like Glen-Gery, which offers more than 600 brick and stone
permanence, sustainability and beauty, it’s possible to balance products in a vast variety of sizes, textures and colors.
function with appearance.
Bar Surrounds: This fea-
Before choosing your ture tends to be a focal point
brick or stone material, in its own right but adding
it’s a good idea to ex- brick or stone can make your
plore the vast color op- bar area a real showstopper
tions, varying textures while capturing the color
and sizes. You might tones of the rest of the room.
even consider combin-
ing different materials Archways: Defining the
to create accents that transition from one space to
add interest and sup- the next adds an architectur-
port the design of your al design element that can ei-
home. ther carry your design theme
from one room of the house
If you like the idea of to the next or signal a transi-
incorporating brick or tion toward a new motif, de-
stone into your design pending on the material you
but are not sure where choose.
it fits, consider these
popular choices: Find more ideas for a home
upgrade using brick or stone
Accent Walls: If at glengery.com.
you’re concerned about
overpowering a room, Unbeatable Benefits of
an accent wall is a Brick
simple way to add the
appealing look of brick Resilience: Brick is incredi-
or stone in moderation. bly resilient. It’s weather and
The wall can add char- storm proof. As a result, it’s
acter and dimension better able to withstand the
that either stands out or diverse weather conditions
blends into the overall across North America from
design, depending on natural disasters to extreme
the colors and textures heat in fire prone regions.

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