Monday, June 8, 2015

Advantages of Stone Around the Home

As a homeowner, there are numerous benefits to installing stone around the home as decor and as an exterior finish. At Cloudstone, we believe that having elements of stone in and around your home can enhance your area of living in many ways.Read on to consider a few of the advantages of stone around the home!

Aesthetic Enhancement
The most obvious benefit of using stone around the home is that it provides a new aesthetic to your home. Not only will it be refreshing when installed, but it’s an impressive sight to see on any home.

Variety in Colors and Texture
In addition to an aesthetic enhancement, stone used for construction and decor can come in a wide variety of colors and textures. This gives you the flexibility to select a color that goes well with the theme of your home and the texture that’s as smooth or rough as you prefer - while getting all of the other advantages of stone!

Highly Durable & Protective
Because of stone’s natural attributes, it is an incredibly durable resource to use around your home. You can rest assured that the stones you use on or around your home is going to survive through the strongest storms, fastest winds and other situations out of our control. Stone can also be used to help reinforce your home. When used with other home projects, stone can act as anchor in your yard, porch or patio when heavy storms pass by and you can rest assured that your stone additions won’t be going anywhere.

Low Maintenance & Easy to Clean
Stone exteriors and decor are both relatively easy to clean and will require little maintenance. The cleaning strategies that you will need will vary from stone to stone, so make sure you know what kind of stone you’re using and how to clean it.

Budget Friendly
Because of the above advantages of stone, stone structures, exteriors and decor is known for lasting longer while providing numerous benefits to you and your home. This means that your money stretches further over the long term!


If you’re looking to install a stone exterior to your home, install a stone wall or structure around your home, or simply use stone as decor, there are many advantages to having stone around your home. Give us a call or contact us today at Cloudstone and we can help you bring your ideas to life!

Monday, June 1, 2015

Cloudstone Pinterest & Houzz

Social media has been growing in popularity over the years for a variety of communities, individuals and businesses alike. The benefits to both the content creators and the consumers are far and wide: businesses and creative individuals get to provide their content to the masses while consumers get to see what the world has to offer.


Cloudstone on Pinterest

The Cloudstone Pinterest account is an easy way of getting a visual representation of all of the projects we have taken on for our clients.

What is Pinterest?
Pinterest is a free, online website where users (individuals, groups, businesses, etc.) can upload, save, manage and organize images (which are known as ‘pins’ on the website) as well as other social media (such as videos). These images and other creative content is uploaded onto organized collections known as ‘pinboards.’

Where can I find Cloudstone on Pinterest?
You can find Cloudstone’s Pinterest account here, where you can see the home improvement projects we’ve worked on for our satisfied clients.

Cloudstone on Houzz

The Cloudstone Houzz account is a great way of keeping up with us, all of our projects (Ideabooks) and the activity within the online Houzz community.

What is Houzz?
Houzz is the central hub for the online community centered around architecture, interior design and decorating, landscaping design and home improvement.
Houzz is the central hub for the online community around home improvement, landscaping, interior design and decorating and architecture.

What kind of projects are on Cloudstone’s Houzz?
On our Houzz account, you’ll see all of the projects that we’ve completed for our happy clients. If you’re ever interested in any project that you see, let us know and we’ll be able to help recreate the project or can help you make an idea unique and truly one-of-a-kind for your own home.

Where can I find Cloudstone on Houzz?
You can find Cloudstone’s Houzz account here, where you can learn more about us, our projects and Ideabooks and keep up with our activity in the Houzz community.


We want to help take your stone projects from idea to existence. All you need to do is give us a call or contact us today and we’ll help bring your dream to life, from start to finish. Bring us your questions and your idea and we’ll tell you how we’re going to make it a reality. Don’t wait, contact us today!