Countertops & stonework in Haddonfield, NJ
Countertops in Haddonfield, NJ
Granite, quartz and marble countertops for Haddonfield's Victorians, Federal houses and 1920s colonials, from our Pleasantville showroom.
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Haddonfield, NJ
Stone that respects a Haddonfield home
Haddonfield countertops go into a fully built out borough where most of what stands went up before 1940: Federal and Greek Revival houses along Kings Highway from the 1700s and early 1800s, the Victorians that filled the big lots off Haddon Avenue, Warwick Road and Washington Avenue after the railroad came, and the colonials that carried the town out to its edges by the 1920s. Haddonfield was the second town in New Jersey to set up a historic district, in 1971, and that review is about the outside of the house, so the kitchen is where an owner gets to make the house their own. Almost every project here starts the same way: a kitchen that is too small, a first floor of closed rooms, and a family that loves the street and wants to open the house up without losing its character. Tavistock Hills and the Gill Tract on the east side have the largest homes and room for a big island, the Elizabeth Haddon neighborhood on the west side is three and four bedroom colonials ready for an update, and the smaller colonials and capes out Chews Landing Road get the same treatment on a tighter footprint.
We help Haddonfield homeowners and the architects, designers and contractors working here choose stone that suits the age of the house. A Victorian kitchen with original woodwork takes a honed marble or a soft veined quartzite better than a high gloss, and a 1920s colonial with white cabinets reads well with a clean quartz. For templating, fabrication and the day the stone goes in, see our countertop fabrication and installation page.
Granite, quartz, marble and quartzite
Which stone for a Haddonfield kitchen
Granite countertops in Haddonfield
Granite suits a Haddonfield kitchen that cooks every night and has stained cabinets to match. A warm brown or a grey granite with some movement sits well with cherry and walnut, and a honed black granite updates a colonial kitchen without a full gut. It is quarried stone, very hard, and takes hot pans and a dropped jar without a mark. It is porous, so plan on resealing it about once a year, the day water stops beading on the surface. On an old kitchen's L run the single seam goes at the corner, laid out so the pattern carries across.
Quartz countertops in Haddonfield
Quartz is the pick for a Haddonfield colonial that is going white. Engineered stone is non-porous and never sealed, so wine and tomato sauce wipe up clean and the color is uniform across every piece. The soft whites and greys suit the painted shaker cabinets most Haddonfield remodels choose, and the long slabs mean a new island comes in a single piece. A trivet lives by the range. It is the counter for a family that would rather not think about the counter.
Marble countertops in Haddonfield
Marble belongs in a Haddonfield Victorian, because the houses were built with it: the fireplace surrounds, the washstands and the vestibule floors of the 1880s were marble, and a honed Carrara counter in the kitchen of a Warwick Road Victorian looks like it was always there. It is a softer stone than granite, and lemon or vinegar left on it leaves a dull spot, so it belongs with an owner who cooks carefully or likes the patina. In a bath it is the easy choice, and a marble vanity top with a matching threshold is one of the most common pieces we fabricate for this town.
Quartzite countertops in Haddonfield
Quartzite gives a Haddonfield kitchen the veined white look of marble on a natural stone harder than granite, which makes it the answer for a family that wants the period look on an island that gets real use. It resists scratches and etching far better than marble, the slabs are large enough for a Tavistock Hills island without a seam, and it takes a sealer the way granite does. A honed finish and a simple edge keep it quiet in a house from the 1800s.
What we do
Our services in Haddonfield
We do the whole home. In Haddonfield that means fireplace surrounds that suit an older living room, slab backsplashes for a period kitchen, marble vanity tops, and shower seats and thresholds for an updated bath, each chosen to fit the character of the house and fabricated in granite, quartz, marble or quartzite.
Haddonfield
Opening up an old house without losing it
The Haddonfield project is usually a kitchen built for the help in a house built for a different century, and the goal is a kitchen that works for a family now and still looks like it belongs. That means a honed finish and a simple eased or ogee edge, a slab backsplash that covers an old plaster wall in one piece, and an island sized for the room rather than the catalog. We template the room itself after the cabinets are set, so the top follows walls that are rarely square and the back edge is scribed to the plaster where it needs to be.
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The showroom trip
From Haddonfield to our Pleasantville showroom
From Haddonfield, Haddon Avenue or Kings Highway takes you to the North South Freeway, and from there the Atlantic City Expressway runs east the whole way to Pleasantville. At the Pleasantville exit, follow the signs for the Black Horse Pike and the showroom is a few minutes on, in the Cabinets Direct building. Many Haddonfield owners make the trip on a Saturday morning with a cabinet door in the back seat.
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 Haddonfield homeowners choose our showroom
Haddonfield homeowners and designers use our showroom because we understand what a Victorian or Federal kitchen needs, from a scribed back edge to a stone that sits next to original woodwork rather than fighting it, and because granite, quartz, marble and quartzite are all here to compare side by side under one light. There are edge samples to hold against a door from your kitchen, and estimates are free.
Good to know
Haddonfield questions
Can you template an older Haddonfield kitchen with walls that are not square?
Yes, and that is exactly why we template the room itself instead of working from a drawing. Old plaster walls are rarely straight, so the template captures the real shape of the space and the tops are fabricated to fit it, with the back edge scribed where it needs to be.
What edge profile suits a period Haddonfield kitchen?
A simple eased edge or a traditional ogee or bullnose tends to look right in a colonial or Victorian kitchen, and a built-up edge gives a thicker, more furniture like look without the weight. We have edge samples at the showroom, so you can hold them against your cabinet door.
Does the historic district review affect the kitchen?
No. The review covers the outside of the house, roofing, siding and windows. The kitchen is yours to update, and we pick a stone and an edge that suit the age of the rooms so the inside matches the street.
What stone matches the original marble in a Haddonfield Victorian?
Honed white Carrara or a similar grey veined marble is the closest match to the washstands and fireplace surrounds of that era. For a hard working kitchen, a white quartzite gives that look with far more hardness.
Can a Tavistock Hills kitchen take a big island?
Usually, yes. The east side houses have the room, and the island stone usually comes in one piece from a large slab. We lay out the slab with you so any seam falls where it hides and the veining carries across.
Do you do bathrooms as well as kitchens in Haddonfield?
Yes. Marble vanity tops, shower seats, thresholds and fireplace stone are a regular part of our Haddonfield work, often cut from the same stone as the kitchen so the whole house reads as one design.
Nearby
Stonework in nearby South Jersey towns
From Kings Highway to Tavistock Hills, Haddonfield kitchens start with a run down the Expressway to our showroom. Cherry Hill, Voorhees and the rest of Camden County take the same road.
All towns: South Jersey service areas