Quartzite,
for Santa Monica.
Taj Mahal, Cristallo and the light Brazilian quartzites for Santa Monica kitchens, baths and ocean-facing residences. Marble aesthetics, granite durability — and the salt-air and citrus resilience that coastal kitchens demand.
On Santa Monica
Santa Monica kitchens get used. Lemons, vinegar, red wine, kids — every coastal kitchen on the Westside runs the same gauntlet, and the marble that survives the photo shoot does not always survive the year.
Quartzite is the answer the Santa Monica brief usually arrives at — North of Montana, Sunset Park, Ocean Park and the streets between Wilshire and the beach. The look is white-marble; the behavior is granite-class. We carry Taj Mahal as the warm-white default, Cristallo for the translucent backlit installations, and Super White and Crystal White Supreme for the cooler-toned coastal kitchens. The yard is ten minutes east of Santa Monica on Sepulveda — full slabs are walked in natural light before the fabricator sees them.
In Practice
How the work
tends to go.
- Why coastal kitchens choose quartzite
- Quartzite reads as a quiet warm or cool white marble in a finished space, but its hardness sits well above marble on the Mohs scale — closer to granite. It resists the etching that comes with lemon, vinegar and wine in a working kitchen, and the salt air a few blocks from the ocean does not pit or fog the surface the way it can with softer stones. For Santa Monica kitchens that want the marble aesthetic without the maintenance schedule, this is the specification.
- Taj Mahal vs. Cristallo, briefly
- Taj Mahal is the warm-white quartzite — ivory field with soft taupe veining, the gentle option for a kitchen that wants to recede. Cristallo is the showpiece — translucent, crystalline, often backlit. Most Santa Monica kitchens specify Taj Mahal as the working counter and Cristallo as the backlit island or bar front. Both are stocked, and both can be walked side by side at the yard.
- For oceanfront and near-oceanfront projects
- Properties west of Ocean Avenue, along PCH north toward Pacific Palisades, and in the lower streets near the pier face direct salt air. Quartzite handles this. So does Italian porcelain — which we also stock at 63″ × 126″ — for outdoor kitchens, terraces and exposed surfaces where natural stone would weather faster than the architect intends.
- For the trade — fabrication pickups
- Santa Monica fabricators pick up at the yard on Sepulveda, ten minutes east of Lincoln. Slabs are flagged, photographed and held for the project; pickups are by appointment so the rigging crew is set when the truck arrives. Smaller cuts and remnant pieces are available; the fabricator confirms the cut list against the held slab before the saw is set.
For Santa Monica
Quartzites and complementary materials specified for Westside coastal kitchens, baths and outdoor surfaces.
- Taj Mahal Quartzite
The warm-white quartzite. The most-specified Santa Monica kitchen counter — marble aesthetic, granite-class durability, honed or polished.
- Cristallo Quartzite
Translucent crystalline quartzite for backlit islands, bar fronts and showpiece walls. Cristallo Vitrum, Brut Champagne and Cobalt selections.
- Costa Smeralda
The Sardinian-blue quartzite — for coastal residences that want the ocean inside the kitchen.
- Porcelain — Large Format
63″ × 126″ Italian porcelain for outdoor kitchens, terraces and ocean-facing surfaces. UV-stable, salt-air tolerant, effectively stain-proof.
Logistics
From West LA to Santa Monica
The yard sits on South Sepulveda in West Los Angeles, roughly ten minutes east of Santa Monica via Olympic or Wilshire. Fabricator pickups are by appointment with the rigging crew on the ground. Project deliveries to the GC are coordinated with site supervision present — particularly for Strand and Ocean Avenue addresses where street access is tight. Designer and homeowner visits to the yard are Monday through Friday by appointment.
2303 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles · ~10 min from Santa Monica