Teresina Soapstone is proud to have the opportunity to be a donor for the 2011 RugbyFest in Loomis, CA. All proceeds go to the Sierra Foothills Rugby club. We have a special affinity for rugby here at Teresina Soapstone. We wish the club success throughout their season.

Keep the annual “Ruckin ‘n’ Shuckin” Rugbyfest on your list for next year. Its quite an event!

We just got these pictures from one of our Installations of Soapstone Countertops. We hope you like them!

Thank you Stan and Estella for allowing us to Photograph your beautiful kitchen during our most recent follow-up visit! This past weekend, we went to Coloma to add Soapstone to a windowsill in the kitchen. With the whole family in attendance, we were able to get before and after pictures. The kids loved feeding the goats and Llama, traipsing around the property, seeing Dad in action, and “helping” install Soapstone. There are a few photos on this blog post, but for all the pictures of Soapstone, click here.

Porto Alegre Soapstone is in many ways similar to the other varieties of Soapstone we offer. Porto Alegre sometimes shows large dramatic white veins and sometimes more subtle white veins. Its distinguishing characteristic is the rust veining. Most of the slabs just have one or two areas with rust veins, so it isn’t overpowering. There are also hints of green in some of the Porto Alegre. To give you an idea how much rust you will see, this larger than average kitchen only has 2 areas where the rust veining is prominent. Close-ups of those areas are shown below.

The island in this kitchen has a laminated chiseled edge. Twice as thick as the standard 3cm Soapstone edge, the laminated edge gives this island a beefy look. The chiseled edge lends a rugged, home on the range feel to this antique-ey old west style home. The Soapstone chiseled edge removes any doubt as to whether or not the stone is “real”.

Thanks for sharing the Soapstone pictures on your site with us Kristi! Its nice to get some photos of the unoiled Soapstone after its been installed. The character and veining of the Soapstone really shows through and nicely compliments the white cabinets.
This website shows a whole bunch of pictures before, during and after the kitchen remodel. Its still a work in progress, but about 90% finished! Congratulations of almost finishing. We can’t wait to see the final Soapstone photos with lighting and the last details. It already looks great.

Thank you to all of our customers for making 2010 a successful year for us. We appreciate you and thank you for your business and referrals. For the week of December 27, we will not hold regular business hours. However we will make ourselves available to you by appointment if you want to view Soapstone in our warehouse. We have a few Soapstone Slab deliveries and Soapstone Countertop installations going on during the holiday break. As always, do not hesitate to contact us if you have any urgent matter related to your Soapstone purchase. We look forward to serving you in 2011 in our new location. Stay tuned for updates on the new location for our Soapstone Showroom. **updated March 2011… we are now in our new location in Roseville.

Complete with DIY instructions on finishing your edges, take a look at this video featuring our Business Affiliates oustide of California:

If you want to buy Black Minas Soapstone anytime soon, come and check out our most recent shipment of Black Minas Soapstone slabs. Although all of the Black Minas Soapstone has similar character, this shipment seems to have 3 distinct levels of veining. One has thicker white veins, one is mostly dark with thinner veins and the other one just has to be seen in person. Call us if you would like to see more pictures of this Soapstone.

Black Minas Soapstone Slab