TUREKS BLOG

Milan Design Week is always a serious moment for the interior design and fashion industry in general. Although we didn't attend this year 2018 was clearly no exception. We would like to talk for a minute about a couple of things of note.  There is an interior design firm from the United [...]

Here are five reasons to choose natural stone for any design plan that you may be contemplating.It is totally authentic: In a world of faux this and faux that, natural stone is as simple as can be. In the most basic terms, it is “dug up” out of the Good Earth, then cut and formed into [...]

Tureks is proud to once again exhibit at The International Natural Stone and Technologies Fair 2018 in Turkey. This event is a "have to be there" type of  exhibition for the movers and shakers of the stone industry worldwide. The typical roster of visitor types is below:Distributors and [...]

Tureks has a unique ability to deliver Geometric Stone Patterns to the professional design community and their fashion-forward homeowner clients.  Why is that you may ask? Very simply put, we are a vertically integrated organization. Natural stone blocks are quarried from our own quarries then [...]

We recently had the wonderful opportunity to interview Mr. John Matthews of Tile Showcase in the Greater Boston, Massachusetts, area. The topic was a natural stone project that he had been deeply involved in and that Tureks through Marble Systems as one of his key vendors, had helped him bring [...]

The French Stone Pattern takes its identity from the French, Palace Versailles. The residence was converted from a mere lodge by Louis XIV  in the late 17th-century to a structure of such opulence that the exorbitant cost is still a subject of much historical debate and conjecture. The Palace [...]

Is Travertine or Limestone the better choice? The topic seldom fails to foster sometimes-lively debate! Whether the discussion is among interior design professionals, architects, builders, or homeowners, the results are typically less than conclusive. Perhaps this is as it should be, given the [...]

Now that the calendar begins its cycle of renewal, our thoughts turn to a few stone and tile trends that we believe will continue to be as relevant in 2018 as they were in 2017. There is no question that long stone tile shapes is one of them. The typical 4″ x 8″ paver shape and its cousin the [...]