by Lisa Van Liefde | Sep 24, 2021 | Santa Barbara Sandstone, Green-Sustainable
Santa Barbara Sandstone is a beautiful locally sourced option! Santa Barbara Sandstone, locally sourced from Southern California, is an excellent building and landscape stone. Santa Barbara sandstone is not ‘quarried’, but rather ‘harvested’ as boulders. The stone is...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Nov 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara Sandstone, Client Project
Santa Barbara Sandstone veneer is the highlight for the exterior of this commercial building. We supplied two truckloads of 2″ and 4” wide veneer and corners, with chopped front and back face, sawn at 7-1/2” high, with random lengths for this commercial building...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Oct 10, 2019 | Green-Sustainable, Santa Barbara Sandstone
Sustainable Gardens Use Local and Reusable Materials If you’re investing in new building and hardscape materials for a landscape project, try to choose long-lasting ones that have been sustainably obtained and locally sourced. Locally sourced materials will have had...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Jul 9, 2019 | Santa Barbara Sandstone, Client Project, Landscape Stone
Santa Barbara Sandstone benches are a welcome addition to this landscape! We recently worked with a major landscape development company in Southern California who selected Santa Barbara Sandstone for natural stone benches.The setting is a corporate office landscape in...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Sep 20, 2018 | Santa Barbara Sandstone, Social Media
September Newsletter Santa Barbara Sandstone is featured in our September newsletter, in a contemporary mid-century Ashlar pattern. Click on the newsletter link below or visit our website page for Santa Barbara Sandstone. Read more here:...
by Lisa Van Liefde | May 10, 2018 | Santa Barbara Sandstone, Client Project, Natural Stone
Santa Barbara Sandstone and French Limestone Create an Inviting Fire Pit Entertainment Area For over a century, Santa Barbara Sandstone has been popular on many prominent public buildings and residences in Southern California. Santa Barbara Sandstone is unique and...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Nov 10, 2017 | Santa Barbara Sandstone, Natural Stone
In a world filled with asphalt and concrete, Santa Barbara Sandstone is a visual and tactile reminder of earlier days, when we were more closely connected to the earth. Santa Barbara sandstone, is a natural stone material with an illustrious past—it was used to build...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Sep 6, 2017 | Cobblestone, Santa Barbara Sandstone
Reclaimed European cobblestone and local Santa Barbara Sandstone bring history to homes (In an interview conducted by the Use Natural Stone website author Teresa Meeks, we discuss reclaimed European cobblestone and local Santa Barbara Sandstone.) European cobblestones...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Mar 16, 2017 | Santa Barbara Sandstone, Architectural Stone, Client Project
High school campus building chooses Santa Barabara Sandstone veneer Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, CA, has a beautiful performing arts center on campus; The Ruth Chapman Performing Arts Center. The Center hosts numerous school and community activities and is the...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Oct 25, 2016 | Natural Stone, Client Project, Santa Barbara Sandstone
Santa Barbara Sandstone adds beauty to this historic property. We were pleased to have the opportunity to supply local, natural Santa Barbara Sandstone to this beautiful historic property in Pasadena, California, once home to the famous geophysicist Charles Richter....
