04 · Book-matched
Feature walls & fireplaces
A book-matched wall uses consecutive slabs mirrored along the seam.
What it is
- Book-matched panels, mirror-matched across the seam
- Fireplace surrounds and hearths
- Cutouts machined before delivery
- Full-height cladding with the vein carried across the seam
A book-matched wall uses consecutive slabs mirrored along the seam, like the two pages of an open book, so the veining reads as one continuous image. It only works when the slabs are chosen together and the seam is placed deliberately.
We cut around fireplaces, screens and outlets in the shop before the panel leaves the building, and templating is done to the built condition, so large panels meet floors and ceilings cleanly.
See it built
A stone wall cut around a fireplace and a screen
A full-height stone wall with a linear fireplace and a mounted screen, cut in the shop before the panels left the building.
Walls that carry the vein
A fireplace surround where the horizontal banding runs across the whole face.
Fireplace surrounds in stone
A black-and-white stone surround and a grey one, each cut and fitted around the firebox.
A niche clad in dark stone
A recess framed in wood and lined with dark, swirling stone, with a stone bench top.
Questions
Feature walls & fireplaces: what to ask.
What does book-matched mean?
Two consecutive slabs are opened like a book so the veining mirrors across the seam and reads as a single large image.
Do you cut the openings on site?
No. Openings for fireplaces, screens and outlets are machined in the shop and verified on the bench before the panels ship.
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Send us the next set of plans.
We will walk the scope, identify the slabs and come back with a written quote, from the same people who will fabricate and install it.