Countertops & stonework in Moorestown, NJ
Countertops in Moorestown, NJ
Granite, quartz, marble and quartzite countertops for Moorestown's Main Street Victorians and the custom homes in Laurel Creek and Moorestown Hunt, from our Pleasantville showroom.
Or visit our Pleasantville showroom, open Monday to Saturday.
Moorestown, NJ
Stone for a Moorestown home, old or new
Moorestown countertops go into two very different houses. Main Street and the blocks off it, Chester Avenue, Camden Avenue and Church Street, are the Quaker town: Federal and Greek Revival houses from the 1700s and 1800s, Victorians from the railroad years, and 1920s colonials, all in a historic district where the kitchen is the one room an owner gets to remake. Then there is everything the township added after 1950, when it doubled: the ranches and splits of Lenola and the streets off Lenola Road, the 1960s and 1970s colonials around Westfield Road, and the 1990s and 2000s custom subdivisions, Laurel Creek, Moorestown Hunt and Stanwick Glen, with two story foyers and kitchens built around a big island. Money magazine named Moorestown the best place to live in America in 2005, and the houses have been kept up to match. The common project on Main Street is a period kitchen opened up with care; in Laurel Creek it is replacing the builder's granite with something chosen.
We help Moorestown homeowners and the architects, designers and contractors working here choose stone for both. A Main Street Victorian takes a honed marble or a soft veined quartzite; a Moorestown Hunt kitchen has the room for a waterfall island and a full height slab backsplash. The steps between choosing a slab and the finished counter are on our countertop fabrication and installation page.
Granite, quartz, marble and quartzite
Which stone for a Moorestown kitchen
Granite countertops in Moorestown
Granite is a step up from the builder granite most Laurel Creek and Moorestown Hunt kitchens came with. A full thickness slab in a quiet grey, a warm brown or a honed black, chosen for its own pattern rather than from a builder's three options, changes the room. It is quarried stone, very hard, and takes the daily use of a big family kitchen without a mark. A sealer renewed about once a year, when water stops beading, is all the upkeep this porous stone asks. For a big island we map the pieces on the slab so a seam, if there is one, reads as part of the pattern.
Quartz countertops in Moorestown
Quartz suits a Moorestown kitchen that is going white and never wants to be sealed. Engineered stone is non-porous, so wine and tomato sauce wipe up clean and the color is uniform across a long perimeter run and the island. The long slabs matter in a custom home, where an island can run ten feet and quartz often covers it in one piece. The soft whites and greys suit the painted shaker cabinets most Moorestown remodels choose. A trivet lives by the range.
Marble countertops in Moorestown
Marble belongs on Main Street, because the houses were built with it: the fireplace surrounds, the washstands and the vestibule floors of the 1800s were marble, and a honed Carrara counter in a Chester Avenue Victorian looks like it was always there. Softer than granite, it etches under lemon or vinegar, which makes it a stone for careful cooks and people who like a 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 Moorestown.
Quartzite countertops in Moorestown
Quartzite is the Moorestown island stone for a custom home where the owners want Calacatta on a counter that gets 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 long island without a seam. Like granite, it gets sealed. A waterfall edge on the island end is a common request in Laurel Creek and Moorestown Hunt, and we lay the top and the leg out on the same slab so the veining turns the corner.
What we do
Our services in Moorestown
Beyond the kitchen, Moorestown homes come to us for statement fireplace surrounds, full height slab backsplashes, marble or quartzite vanity tops, shower seats and thresholds for a primary bath, and bar tops for a finished basement, so a large custom home or a period house reads as one coordinated design.
Moorestown
A waterfall island, laid out right
The signature Moorestown project in the newer neighborhoods is a big island with a waterfall edge, and that is a layout job before it is a fabrication job. A waterfall edge is a mitered corner, so the vein pattern on the top turns the corner and runs down the side, and we lay the top and the leg out on the same slab so the veining matches across the miter. Any seam along the top goes where it is least visible. You see the layout before anything is cut, and the perimeter and the bath stone get chosen at the same visit so the house reads as one design.
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The showroom trip
From Moorestown to our Pleasantville showroom
From Moorestown, head south on Lenola Road or Chester Avenue to the Marlton Pike and pick up the Atlantic City Expressway, which runs east the whole way to Pleasantville. Get off at the Pleasantville exit, head for the Black Horse Pike, and look for the Cabinets Direct building a few minutes from the ramp. Moorestown owners often come down on a Saturday morning and leave with the stone chosen before lunch.
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 Moorestown homeowners choose our showroom
Moorestown homeowners and designers use our showroom because we have done the waterfall island, the matched bath stone and the period kitchen many times, and because granite, quartz, marble and quartzite are all here to compare side by side under one light. You can hold edge samples against your cabinet door, and the estimate is free.
Good to know
Moorestown questions
Where will the seam fall on a waterfall island in a Moorestown kitchen?
A waterfall edge is a mitered corner, so the vein pattern on the top turns the corner and runs down the side. We lay the top and the leg out on the same slab so the veining matches across the miter, and any seam along the top goes where it is least visible. You see the layout before anything is cut.
What should I bring to the showroom for a Moorestown remodel?
Your cabinet drawing or a sketch with rough measurements, a photo of the kitchen as it is, and a door sample or paint chip for the cabinets. If you have a picture of a kitchen you like, bring that too. We match stone to it and talk through edges and layout.
Can you replace the builder granite in a Laurel Creek kitchen and keep the cabinets?
Yes, if the cabinets are sound. We template the new top to the cabinets you have, and the old top leaves the day the new stone arrives. A slab chosen for its own pattern changes the kitchen more than any other single move.
What stone suits a Main Street Victorian in Moorestown?
A honed marble or a soft veined quartzite with a simple eased or ogee edge looks right in rooms from the 1800s. Honed Carrara is the bath classic. Bring your cabinet door; the samples are here.
Can you template an older Moorestown kitchen with walls that are not square?
Yes. The template is taken after the cabinets are set, so the top follows the real walls, with the back edge scribed to old plaster where needed. That is how the counter stays tight to the wall with no wide caulk line.
Will you work with our designer or builder?
Yes. We coordinate directly 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 Main Street to Laurel Creek, Moorestown kitchens start with a run down the Expressway to our showroom. Mount Laurel, Cherry Hill and Medford take the same road.
All towns: South Jersey service areas