Outdoor Kitchen · Negresco Granite · St. Charles, IL

Leathered Negresco granite outdoor kitchen in St. Charles, Illinois.

Negresco granite in a leathered finish on an outdoor kitchen, cut to fit the pizza oven and the surrounding stone column structure.

A leathered finish brushes the stone to a soft, textured matte that hides fingerprints and water spots and gives a sure grip outdoors. Granite is one of the few natural stones that belongs outside through a Chicago-area winter: it is dense, holds up to freeze and thaw, and does not fade in the sun. A St. Charles outdoor kitchen, in the Fox Valley.

Negresco is a black stone from Brazil with fine white and light gray veins. Suppliers disagree on whether to call it granite or quartzite, but either way it is dense, and it is usually sold leathered, a matte finish that hides fingerprints and water spots.

Scope

Outdoor kitchen counter · cut around the pizza oven and stone columns

Details

LocationSt. Charles, Illinois

RoomOutdoor Kitchen

MaterialNegresco Granite

FinishLeathered

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Negresco granite: what to know

Granite earned its place as the working kitchen stone. It is dense, heat-resistant and hard to scratch, kitchen acids do not etch it, and once sealed it resists stains well. It is one of the few surfaces that also belongs outdoors, since sun and weather do not fade it. Polished, honed and leathered finishes change its character completely.

Outdoors, granite is one of the best choices we know: heat, weather and sun do not fade it.

Common questions

Granite or quartz?

Both are durable. Granite takes heat and sun and is sealed like any natural stone. Quartz never needs sealing but should be kept away from hot pans and direct sun.

Will granite etch like marble?

No. Lemon, wine and vinegar do not etch granite, and once sealed it resists stains well.

Leathered Negresco granite outdoor kitchen in St. Charles, Illinois.

Negresco granite: what to know

Choose your slab before anything is cut.