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Home » Authors » Sara Garafalo

Sara Garafalo

Sara Garafalo was part of the editorial team at TILE, Contemporary Stone & Tile Design and Stone World from May 2013 — April 2017. Prior to that she spent four years at the New York Post. In her role as Editorial Associate, she focused on writing features as well as product round-ups and news announcements.

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A suburban Los Angeles home receives two long-overdue bathroom overhauls

Sara Garafalo
June 27, 2016

In early 2015, after 19 years of living in their Glendale, CA, residence, the homeowners decided it was time to update their 1960’s tract house.


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Caterpillar 323

Granitos S/A of Brazil expands its market share with new quartzite quarry

Sara Garafalo
May 2, 2016
Granitos S/A of Caucaia, in the state of Ceara, Brazil, is headquartered in the northeast region of the country and was established in 1988.
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San Clemente, CA

A master bathroom is transformed, using plenty of natural light and a combination of tile, river rock and quartz surfacing

Sara Garafalo
April 6, 2016

In early 2015, interior designer Susan Thiel’s clients in San Clemente, CA, requested her assistance on a redesign of their master bathroom.


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Fabricator Sims-Lohman has grown to be an extensive fabrication business

Sara Garafalo
April 6, 2016
Cincinnati, OH-based fabricator Sims-Lohman has been in business since the company was locally founded in 1971 under a different name.
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Cache Valley Bank

A restoration of the interior of Cache Valley Bank in Logan, UT relied on a palette of granite

Sara Garafalo
April 4, 2016
Cache Valley Bank in Logan, UT, has occupied the same location since 1984, and in January 2014, the decision was made to extensively remodel the entire interior of the building.
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Madera Courthouse

With the completion of an elegant stone courthouse, a new public gathering space is established in California

Sara Garafalo
April 4, 2016
In December 2009, design began on a brand new structure that would become the Madera Courthouse, in Madera, CA. Los Angeles, CA-based architectural firm AC Martin was commissioned to design the 105,000-square-foot, four-story building, which had been positioned to connect with the existing historic courthouse and courthouse park, creating a new town square.
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Broadway Bank

An extensive stone restoration for a San Antonio, TX, bank brings back the building's original splendor

Sara Garafalo
February 1, 2016

In October 2013, Broadway Bank of San Antonio, TX, embarked on a major project to preserve and update the company’s iconic building, located on Loop 410.


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Bringing Tuscany home

Bringing Tuscany home

Using Native Hill Country limestone, combined with Italian white marble and lava stone, a suburban Texas home expertly replicates the Italian countryside
Sara Garafalo
January 6, 2016

Jack and Veronica Kelly of Boerne, TX, lived and worked in Italy for several years before settling in Cordillera Ranch, an 8,700-acre master-planned, gated residential community located north of San Antonio, TX. 


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Quartz surfacing provided an update to a Hollywood, CA, residence, while maintaining the home's original charm

Sara Garafalo
December 1, 2015

In July 2013, Mark Hermogeno, principal of Hermogeno Designs — an award-winning interior design firm in Los Angeles, CA — was commissioned to renovate a longtime friend’s 3,000-square-foot craftsman home in Hollywood, CA.


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Onslow Stoneworks upholds a long-standing tradition of stonework

Sara Garafalo
November 2, 2015

The Schott family has a long history of stone working. In the late 1800s, brothers Nicola and Emidio Scioli emigrated to and settled in the town of Cliffside Park, NJ, where the family’s granite quarry was operated on the Palisades Cliffs.


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