Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “antique brick”
At Stone Farm, we’re usually the ones telling the story of the vintage brick floor tile our customers purchase for new applications. Recently, we spoke with Zoe Zilian from Woodstock, VT, who purchased a building with quite a history of its own. And her plan to fulfill a long time dream meant our brick floor tile was going from one …
For more than 160 years, the fates of the Draper Mill and its hometown of Hopedale, Massachusetts were intertwined. It’s a familiar, American story–one that often ends with a demolition and fading memories of celebrated past. In 2021, Stone Farm was on hand at the Draper Mill’s demolition, hoping to preserve that past by salvaging as much of its vintage …
Everything old is new again. So the saying goes, and it’s true now more than ever when it comes to thin brick veneer. For homeowners and professionals alike, its ability to evoke a sense of heritage while embracing modern aesthetics makes it a timeless addition to all settings. THE BIRTH OF THIN BRICK VENEER As the once labor-intensive and time-consuming …
Building bricks are as old as man’s desire to stop moving! Of course, this makes perfect sense-after food, what mattered more than shelter? And from this basic instinct to survive, an eleven-thousand-year-old tradition was born. Basic Beginnings and Early Improvements Archaeologists can date back the earliest known bricks to about 9000 BC. These were hand-molded from basic mud and dried …
Known as “The Gallery”, this 50′ x 10′ long hallway is the grand passageway leading into the parlor. In a turn of the century sailing community on Cape Cod, sits a beautiful 1906 shingled cottage with an interesting history. It was once owned by the renowned Saltonstall family of Boston, who’s ancestors arrived in America in 1630, and include a …
In October 2014, Stone Farm’s reclaimed thin brick veneer was featured on an HGTV episode of House Hunters Renovation. The featured home was in need of a kitchen and mudroom renovation. Our good friend and Interior Designer, Elizabeth Benedict, brought these rooms back to life with a modern feel and a splash of color! Thanks to her keen eye, the …
We LOVE to hear back from our customers. Seeing photos of finished projects and finding out our material helped them realize their vision is amazing. So, when we learned that a simple brick bedroom wall was so impactful in achieving a new homeowner’s goals, we had to get the story… Shortly after moving into his condo in East Austin, …
An awesome remodeling project in a Manhattan penthouse used our beautiful reclaimed thin brick veneer as a vintage enhancement to what is already a beautiful, light-filled space.
