To me, this is where your true creativity and fun can enter into the whole home remodeling. The choices to be made can be intriquing, unique and exciting. Here again is the problem, if you are living in San Diego, where do you go to actually be able to see, touch, feel, all of the alternatives? If you lived in Northern California, there are so many cool building places to go visit and look at all the options available. After reading about the various types of eco friendly countertops, including one of my favorite sites, Green Home Guide, decided needed to look more into other options.
Here are your choices for Surfaces, mainly countertops in companies using recycled materials.
Lithistone: Icestone, Paperstone. Syndecrete, Enviroglas. Bamboo, Vitrastone, Shetkastone , Richlite, Vetrazzo, Eleek.
I didn’t list Silestone and Caesarstone, because anyone can get them at Home Depot and other big box stores
All of them look great, my favorite is the Enviroglas, but you would be paying about $100 a square foot including delivery and installation.
It would be absolutely fantastic if there was 1 place in San Diego or even southern California that carries all of the above.
You can find, Paperstone at the following locations: I would definitely call before you go.
Organo Natural: 2257 Montgomery Cardiff
Wahamaki Construction, 430 Cypress Ave, Imperial Beach, 619.623.3182
Counter Corrections, 1322 33rd St , San Diego 619.247.3134
Eurown Custom Cabinets 10108 Country Scenes Ct, Santee 619.440.2620
Richlite
California Countertop 7811 Alvardo, La Mesa 619.460.0205
Bamboo
Totally Bamboo 1810 Diamond, San Marcos, 760.471.6600
Vetrazzo
European Bath and Kitchen: 143 South Cedros, Solana Beach
Environglas: has no local showroom, they will send you information and you can order samples
IceStone: they have a Director of Southwest Sales, Kristen Sibilia, 619.300.2698, maybe she will be able to help find a location
Lithistone: you have to call them for a local distributor: 970.799.0181
Syndecrete: Closest distributor is in Santa Monica, Bourget Brothers, 310.450.6556
Vitrastone: Call them for local dealer, 970.385.4044
ShetkaStone: Call them as well, 507.357.4177
Eleek: Closest dealer is in Ojai, so call them at 503.232.5526
I feel your pain. I live in Florida and have few choices. Trucking in countertops from around the the country (Enviroglas is from Texas) really disqualifies them as being Green products once installed. But, they sure are gorgeous!