Countertops & stonework in Avalon, NJ
Countertops in Avalon, NJ
Granite, quartz, marble and quartzite countertops for Avalon's new cedar shake homes and the cottages that are staying, from our showroom up the Parkway in Pleasantville.
Or visit our Pleasantville showroom, open Monday to Saturday.
Avalon, NJ
Stone that suits an Avalon home
Avalon countertops almost always go into a house that replaced another house. The island filled in during the decades after the Garden State Parkway opened, mostly with mid-century cottages, and the running story ever since has been those cottages coming down for something bigger: cedar shake homes with rooftop decks, a pool and a kitchen built for an extended family. The High Dunes stretch from about 6th Street to 30th Street is the estate end. The interior blocks in the 20s and 30s near Dune Drive still hold classic shore cottages and mid-century homes, and those are the ones being rebuilt or opened up. The Fingers on the bay side, Princeton Harbor, Yale Harbor and Heron Drive, are canal homes with the boat out back, and the south end toward Stone Harbor mixes small original cottages with new builds. Even a house from twenty years ago can be a teardown here.
We work with Avalon homeowners and with the builders, architects and designers doing the new construction and the renovations here. A new build means choosing the kitchen, bar and bath stone together so the house reads as one design; a cottage that is staying means getting a real kitchen into a footprint the original never planned for. We schedule around the summer and around an owner who lives elsewhere most of the year, and our countertop fabrication and installation page shows how a job runs from first template to finished top.
Granite, quartz, marble and quartzite
Which stone for a Avalon kitchen
Granite countertops in Avalon
Granite in Avalon goes on the kitchens built for a full house in July. It is quarried stone, very hard, and the island that hosts twelve people for dinner every night of a rental week needs that. The quieter granites, a soft grey or a honed black, suit the coastal palette of the cedar shake houses, and a lighter speckled granite brightens a cottage kitchen with one window. It is porous, so a sealer gets refreshed when water stops beading on it, about once a season in a summer house. On a big island we lay the pieces out on the slab so the seam reads as part of the pattern.
Quartz countertops in Avalon
Quartz suits the Avalon house that rents for part of the summer or that has to look new for the family in August. Engineered stone is non-porous and never sealed, so sunscreen, wine and juice wipe up clean, and the color is uniform across a long perimeter run and the bar on the deck. The long slabs mean a fifteen foot run often comes in one piece, which matters in an open kitchen.
Marble countertops in Avalon
Marble in Avalon is the bath stone, and often the island stone in a house the family keeps for itself. A honed white marble island with the veining laid out along its length, and the same marble on the primary bath vanity and shower threshold, is the look a lot of High Dunes houses are built around. Marble is softer than granite and etches where lemon or wine sits, so it suits an owner who cooks carefully or likes the patina. For a rental kitchen we suggest quartzite, which gives the same veining on a far harder stone.
Quartzite countertops in Avalon
Quartzite is the Avalon island stone for owners who want the look of Calacatta on a counter that will actually get used. It is natural stone, harder than granite, so it resists the scratches and etching marble shows, and the slabs run large enough for a twelve foot island without a seam. Like granite, it gets sealed. White and grey quartzites suit the cedar shake new builds, and a waterfall edge on the island end is a common request, laid out so the veining turns the corner.
What we do
Our services in Avalon
Beyond countertops, we fabricate stone fireplace surrounds for Avalon living rooms, full slab backsplashes that flow from the counter, bar tops for a rooftop deck or a pool house, and vanity tops, shower seats and thresholds for the primary and guest baths a shore house needs, all planned together in the same granite, quartz, marble or quartzite.
Avalon
Built for shore living
An Avalon kitchen is built for a full house in July and a quiet one the rest of the year, and the right surface depends on who is using it. Quartz suits a rental or a busy multigenerational house, granite holds its own on a big island, quartzite gives the marble look with real hardness, and marble brings a classic look to an island or a bath with a little more care. We help you choose for how the house is used, and we finish edges and seams so a large open kitchen reads as one piece.
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The showroom trip
From Avalon to our Pleasantville showroom
From Avalon, take Avalon Boulevard off the island, across the marsh to the Garden State Parkway, and head north. Stay on the Parkway to the Black Horse Pike exit at Pleasantville; the ramp puts you on the Pike a minute from the showroom, which is on the left in the building we share with Cabinets Direct. Almost the entire trip is one road, and there is parking at the door.
7034 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, NJ 08232Mon to Fri 10am to 5pm, Sat 10am to 2pm, Sun closed. Call (215) 626-1165.
Why Rye Marble & Granite
Why Avalon homeowners choose our showroom
Avalon owners, builders and designers use our showroom because we have done the big island, the matched bath stone and the off season template with a key holder many times, and because granite, quartz, marble and quartzite are all here to compare side by side under one light. Edge profiles are here to hold against a cabinet door, and estimates are free.
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Avalon questions
Can you template an Avalon house while we are off the island?
Yes. Once the cabinets are set, we template with your builder or a key holder letting us in, and we go over the layout and the stone choice with you by phone or email so you can approve it from home. Most Avalon owners we work with live elsewhere for much of the year.
What edge works best on a big Avalon island?
On a large island a built-up edge gives the look of a thick slab without the weight, and a waterfall edge runs the stone down the end of the island to the floor, which suits the open kitchens in the newer homes. In a classic cottage kitchen an eased or bullnose edge keeps the focus on the stone.
Do you work on new construction in Avalon?
Yes. We work with builders and general contractors on new Avalon homes and handle the countertops, backsplashes, fireplaces and bath stone as part of the build. Reach out while the cabinets are being ordered and the stone will not hold up the schedule.
Which countertop holds up best in an Avalon shore house?
For a busy summer house or a rental, quartz is non-porous and low maintenance. If you want natural stone, granite is very durable, quartzite gives the marble look with the hardness of granite, and marble brings a classic feel with a little more care.
Can you work around the summer season in Avalon?
Yes. Many owners prefer the work done off season or between rentals, so we plan the template and the day the stone goes in around your calendar and the house is ready when you need it.
Will you work with our architect or designer?
Yes, all the time. We coordinate directly with your architect, designer or builder on selections, measurements and scheduling so the stonework fits the larger project, and the owner can see the final choices at the showroom.
Nearby
Stonework in nearby South Jersey towns
From the High Dunes to the Fingers, Avalon kitchens start with a run up the Parkway to our showroom. Stone Harbor, Sea Isle City and Cape May are the same easy trip.
All towns: South Jersey service areas