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When I was doing my search, I spoke with Bramati, in Frederick. I had been to Marva and mentioned them to Christian Bramati. He told me that Bramati, NSI, out by BWI, and Marva, pretty much buy their stones from the same, and best supplier. The Marva store I went to was in MD; LOVED the stones but didn't like the salesman - could have been me though. Anyway, after having visited all of them a billion times, I found that those three actually had the better looking stones. Each had various selections though. I ended up going with ArcStone in Capital Heights, MD. My Fabricator - GranTops in Frederick was great. They have stones too but charged me extra to buy the stone at Arc. I went with it because I was just plain ole tired of this nonense. I worked very close to Arc and had been there probably 20 times (if not more). They knew me by my name. That day, I just got up from my desk and headed there. The stone I picked out just stood there looking at me. Arc has nice stones but every once in a while they have GREAT stones. Guess I was lucky that day - I love it, especially since it's installed. I've been to most of the places mentioneed here and I don't think you'll go wrong with either of them. The stone that you pick out will stand up and salute you - trust me. Everyone here told me that, and sure 'nuf, after 6 months of looking, mine did. Good Luck!!

After a lot of visits and comparisons at several granite companies, I gave my busines to Fairfax Marble in Merrifield, VA...they have several locations in MD AND VA as well. They have great prices, service,selection and best of all they measure, fabricate and install their product. Hope this helps...

Hope you feel okay to join us on Sunday pcjs! If others are bringing spouses, I will "drag" mine along as well. He would be very happy to talk to someone else NOT about kitchens :). I am going to do a new post to try to get a bit more attention to see if we can get any more confirmations. I posted a new thread- Here is a link that might be useful: Help from Marylanders thread