Semi-Precious Stones are the primes of modern luxury interiors
We all have seen and used wooden furniture in homes, offices, restaurants, and all over our surroundings. The latest trend in furniture isn’t any category of wood but Natural Stones luxury furniture. While granite, quartz, and marble are the most commonly used natural stones, interior designers have been experimenting with stone varieties like limestone, and soapstone for years. Stone is abundantly available in nature and is often used in green building projects as it is environmentally sustainable and gives a luxurious look too.
One more category in this line is Semi-Precious Stones. Semi-precious stones in our bespoke furniture mean that each piece is both an artwork and of functional use. Semi-precious gemstones have long been used in creating furniture. Traditionally, stones like lapis, tiger eye, or quartz are added as glittering ornaments, lending their precious, art-like aura to the object they adorn.
The most popular semi-precious stones are agate, amethyst, quartz, malachite, and tiger eye. Agate is known for balancing energy. Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. It is a healing gemstone that cures self-destructive and addictive tendencies. Quartz is said to amplify energy, and aid concentration, and memory. It helps balance your energetic system. Malachite is a unique gemstone that shares its traits with turquoise and tourmaline and is associated with fertility, death, afterlife, and resurrection. Tiger’s Eye is a lower-order astrological substitute for Ruby. It is also a healing gemstone that has an optical reflectance effect. So all these qualities make these natural stones must be used for more than just jewelry. So let’s discuss further what are the various possible applications of these stones.
Tables Tops
Tabletops are a very popular application for Semi-precious stones. From a modern, sleek dining room table, to coffee tables or outdoor furniture. The luxury furniture perfect for your house or other projects might also include the side tables, bartops, office tables, reception tables, inlay tables, and whatnot. You can easily have a customized table made with your chosen stone by a stone fabricator. This would allow you to customize your dimensions, base, material, pattern, finish, color, and edge.
A few key features make this look unique and one of a kind:
Customized base from traditional legs, pedestal base, or decorative base utilizing other materials such as wood or metal.
The opportunity to bring additional materials into the design such as a decorative pedestal base made of natural stone combined with a glass tabletop.
Seating options for chairs or benches in a complimentary design or color to convey your desired design style
Wash Basins and bathroom accessories
Semi-Precious stone basins, countertops, and bathroom accessories are strong and durable. They are not susceptible to dent or rust. Stone sinks are admired for their beautiful specks, swirls, and veining. Hence, homeowners who love exclusivity and classic styles will be very much attracted to natural stone sinks and basins for their uniqueness and elegance. You can create an aesthetically stylish contrast in material between the countertop and basin and pair it with the bathroom accessories of your wish. The raw beauty of the natural stone makes a perfect conversation starter. The beautiful rose quartz is very popular in this category and so are Smoky Quartz, Malachite, Amethyst, and Gold Tiger Eye. Just take note of some of these features-
Relatively high resistance to heat.
Versatile in terms of design & colors
Strong and durable.
Not susceptible to dent or rust.
Not ideal for heavy usage
Kitchen and Home accessories
Semi-precious stones are equally popular for kitchen and home accessories as it is for furniture. One must definitely try Trays, Tea Coasters, Watches, Bottle Openers, Platters, Boxes, Mirrors, Tissue Boxes, and other products as per customer requirements. These really add to the look you want to create for your luxury interior. The widely used Semi-Precious Stone in this category is quartz and agate. You will be amazed to know the colors we have available in agate,
Black Agate
Blue Agate
Green Agate
Red Agate
Pink Agate
Cal Agate
Yellow Agate
Golden Agate
White Agate
Blue Lace Agate
In the course of several furniture and art fairs across the globe, there is an exciting new movement in which designers, rather than just decorate pieces with ‘pretty’ stones, set the focus on the raw and unique character of semi-precious stones. Challenging the classic supporting role of stones, capturing the raw beauty of the semi-precious gems is a new driving force for designers.
Hope this article has left you thinking about how amazing these stones can make your interiors. The product categories offered by Vihaan Stone are huge so you will definitely find your color of the stone. Read more about Vihaan Stone, and check out other natural stones offered by Vihaan Stone like marble, granite, sandstone, limestone, and more
