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Silestone Eternal Statuario

5 years ago

I learned about this countertop in this forum so I wanted to let you all know about my rather crazy experience with it. First, I live in NYC so I was able to go see the slab on display at the Cosentino offices. It's really beautiful in person and looks so much like real marble. I found a great deal on it at Home Depot, that put the cost close to $62/sq ft and pulled the trigger. Home Depot outsourced to a stone yard in Rhode Island and on the day of the install they brought in slabs that looked NOTHING like what I had gone to see. There was brown veining everywhere and the veins themselves were pixelated looking if you got up close. I was shocked and watched them install them not sure what to do. But the kicker was that they were actually damaged. There were two divets (not sure what else to call them) in the stone that were brown and the stone didn't have a smooth top. The installer took pics and the stone yard called me the next day to say the slabs were defective and they were ordering new ones. This time I insisted on driving to RI to see the slabs before they installed and they agreed. The new slabs looked exactly like what I saw in NYC and now I love the stone once again. Given the counters are manmade, I'm shocked they would have shipped such a defective slab. Just wanted to give everyone the heads-up in case they choose slabs from this manufacturer.

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Fori

5 years ago

In spite of all the issues with this, it's actually great that HD's fabricator is being responsible. Hope they turn out as nice as expected!

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Amy Saivetz
Original Author
5 years ago
I know! I was pleasantly surprised.
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We’ve just had it installed and I keep going into the kitchen to keep looking at it. We got it in the suede finish and it’s so perfect. Honestly I looked for months, read so many threads on Houzz, and did so much research that I literally had to make myself stop and just choose. And I’m so glad I did . It’s perfect and so pretty. Subtle with enough veining ( for my taste) and just beautiful. Go for it!
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lucky998877
5 years ago
Pictures please!
Amy Saivetz
Original Author
5 years ago
Here is the good slab installed. Kitchen is still a work in progress. It's a beach house so I am doing it as cheap and as crisp as possible. Cabinets are basic ikea. Second photo shows a close up of the veining.
And then bottom photo is a pic of the bad slab (just to see how different it was!)
And here you can see how broken the veining looked close up
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5 years ago
Ring Cosentino and get one of their reps out
Kari Nielsen
3 years ago
Amy - How are you liking your Eternal Statuario? And how did the seams match up? I know it depends on the fabricator, but I'm worried because I have a U-shape kitchen and will have two seams, one in each corner....just wondering if you had any seams and how the veining worked out. Thanks!
Juli H
2 years ago
I live in RI and am getting new counters. Curious if you remember who the fabricator was, thanks!
HU-998414111
2 months ago
@Kari Nielsen what did you end up going with? can you share a picture? im having the same concerns regardinf a u shaped kitchen

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