Italian marble,
for Malibu.
Calacatta and Statuario for indoor focal points; quartzite and large-format porcelain for everything the ocean touches. The right material for the right elevation — that is the Malibu specification, and that is what the yard is set up for.
On Malibu
Malibu is two material conversations at once: the marble the designer wants for the indoor primary bath, and the surface that will survive twenty years of salt air on the terrace above the ocean. The brief lives at both ends of the same elevation.
Carbon Beach, Broad Beach, Point Dume, the canyons rising off PCH — Malibu projects pull from the whole catalog. Italian marble for the indoor focal points: a single bookmatched Calacatta wall in the primary bath, a Viola entry, a Statuario kitchen island. Then quartzite for the working surfaces that need to hold up to lemons and wine, and large-format Italian porcelain for the outdoor kitchen, the terrace, the pool surround. We carry all three at the yard so the project is specified once, by one source, with the designer present.
In Practice
How the work
tends to go.
- For the indoor focal point
- The Malibu primary bath, the bookmatched feature wall, the kitchen island that holds the room — these are marble decisions. Calacatta Borghini and Statuario lead; Viola appears in entries and powder rooms where the room is meant to be remembered. The full slab is walked at the yard before any cut is committed.
- For the surfaces the ocean touches
- Salt air, UV exposure and direct sun on a south-facing terrace eat softer stones over time. Quartzite — Taj Mahal, Cristallo, Super White — holds up on indoor working counters near the ocean. Large-format Italian porcelain (63″ × 126″) is what we specify for outdoor kitchens, pool surrounds, terrace floors and façade cladding. Non-porous, UV-stable, freeze-thaw stable, effectively stain-proof.
- For Carbon Beach, Broad Beach and PCH addresses
- Properties directly on the sand or facing the water have logistics constraints that have to be handled before the slab is loaded. Driveway slope, gate width, neighbor coordination, site staging — we coordinate with the GC ahead of delivery for any address where a forklift is going to be moving full slabs on a private street. This is part of the conversation, not an afterthought.
- For Malibu canyons and Point Dume
- Hillside builds in the canyons and on Point Dume regularly take jumbo slabs — single piece kitchen islands, full-slab shower surrounds. Slab handling is the longest pole in those projects. We rig and coordinate with the site team so the slab clears the door, the stair, or the lift in one shot.
For Malibu
The interior-and-exterior material pairing Malibu projects tend to land on.
- Calacatta Marble
For indoor focal points — primary baths, kitchen islands, bookmatched feature walls. Borghini, Gold, Monet, Vagli.
- Viola Marble
For entries, bar walls and powder rooms where the room is meant to be the conversation.
- Quartzite
For working kitchens, primary baths and indoor surfaces near salt air — Taj Mahal, Cristallo, Super White.
- Porcelain — Large Format
63″ × 126″ Italian porcelain for outdoor kitchens, pool surrounds, terraces and ocean-facing façades. UV and salt tolerant.
Logistics
From West LA to Malibu
The yard at 2303 South Sepulveda is roughly thirty to forty-five minutes from Malibu via PCH, depending on the time of day and the stretch. Project deliveries to Carbon, Broad, Point Dume, La Costa and the canyons are coordinated with the GC and the rigging crew in advance — we stage the truck, confirm clearance and time the drop so the site is ready. Designer and homeowner visits to the yard are by appointment.
2303 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles · ~30–45 min from Malibu via PCH