Carmel Limestone

Carmel Limestone is a light, creamy limestone veneer with warm, sun-baked markings that keep it from reading stark. From a distance the wall is soft off-white to pale beige; up close you find golden and rust-colored patches scattered through the pieces like dried brush strokes. The face is split rather than sawn, with a rough, slightly uneven texture that holds shadow along the edges and gives the wall depth. The stones are irregular in shape and size and fit together like a loose mosaic.

This is new stone we selected from a European workshop, sold by the square foot. It comes free form, in pieces from 3/4 inch to 1 1/2 inches thick, and is laid as a natural stone veneer over a prepared wall inside or out. There is no grid and no repeat, so the installer sets the rhythm.

Carmel suits an entry hall, a stair wall, a fireplace surround, a kitchen feature wall, or the walls of a courtyard or covered patio, where daylight keeps the lighter stones airy and the warmer patches glow toward evening. See a panel of the limestone veneer in Marina Del Rey, or send your square footage for a delivered quote.