Thank you for your
question. The counter top is granite and is called super white granite. We
chose this because it looks like carrara marble, but is not as porous and
requires less maintenance. Super white has been listed as granite and marble on
the internet. Another Houzz user asked what material does our source list super
white as, and they list it as granite.
The backsplash is made up
of honed and leathered Carrara marble pieces. The honed finish is a smooth
finish without shine, almost a matte finish. The leathered finish helps close
up the pores making the granite more stain resistant, and helps the granite
retain its natural color which is sometimes lost after being honed. Best of all
a leathered finish helps hide water spots and fingerprints.
The border is a chair rail and inside that is a metal strip that
is made by Estate Metals by Sonoma Tile Makers. The one our client chose is the
1/2" by 8" Van Ness. You can find it on this link at the very bottom:
http://www.unitedtile.com/products/ACCENTS/ACCENTS-METAL-TILE/SONOMA%20-%20ESTATE%20METALS.aspx
After the metal border is a 1x1 mosaic tile followed by another
metal border. Inside the backsplash is a 1x2 herringbone patterned marble tile.
We hope this information was helpful. Our client made all their
selections at a local tile showroom called Hamilton Parker. We checked over the
order acknowledgement and it read that the tiles for this backsplash came from
the Rue Pierre collection. This is a collection from Walker Zanger. Here is a
link to that collection:
http://www.walkerzanger.com/collections/products.php?view=mat&mat=Stone%20Collections&coll=Rue%20Pierre
Please let us know if you have any other questions. We hope this information was helpful. Please let us
know if you have any more questions.
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