Darin and I went to the granite yard to look for a couple of small pieces of granite to go in the new part of our house. We needed a piece to go in the niche above the fireplace, and also in the new bathroom. The scrap yard is a good place to find a bargain – all the cut pieces leftover from jobs go there, and since technically they’ve already been paid for, the granite supplier lets these leftovers go very cheaply.
While we were there, we found a very lovely piece that looks handpainted. It looks like an artist took a brush and made strokes with different paint colors. It’s amazing to me that something this beautiful was literally cut out of the side of a mountain. The piece is about 2.5′ x 3.5′ x almost 2″ thick. Darin says a piece of “rosso fuoco” like this one would easily go for $75 a square foot – but because it was a scrap, we got it for $5 a square foot. Now that’s a bargain!
After examining it, we decided it is too beautiful to cut, even though it is big enough to use for a bathroom vanity top. Instead, we’re going to find a place to hang it – a very sturdy place, since it is so heavy. Here’s a close up shot of the pattern.
rosso fuoco granite
