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Stone Age Designs, created by Thierry François is now part of the parent company François & Co. The Company's new Metal Collection - featuring fireplace designs in copper and pewter - is stunning. Each new custom stone fireplace combines the elegance of a historically-inspired design with the modern sophistication of a metallic patina.

Traditionally, a custom stone fireplace mantle created in a fine metal finish was extremely rare, prohibitively expensive, and highly prized by connoisseurs. Reviving a rare, almost forgotten art, François & Co., parent company of Stone Age Designs has refined the original process and created a superb line of Scagliola Stone™ fireplace mantels, cast in copper or pewter and these one-of-a-kind metal patinas are achieved by actually adding fragments of metal into the Scagliola blend.

The new Scagliola Stone™ custom stone fireplace mantels provide an elegant alternative to fireplace designs like those in precast stone. The entire collection of stone fireplace mantles cast in Copper or Pewter have the same rich detail and pleasing proportions as all the Stone Age Designs and François & Co. stone products. Superb craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail is the trademark that brings people to our Showcase, and the reason more and more discriminating homeowners are selecting our designs over a cast stone mantel, and concrete products.

François & Co., the parent company of Stone Age Designs, began offering Scagliola Stone™ products in the U.S. in the late 1990s. The texture of each of our fireplace designs is as rich as the history of Scagliola. Scagliola is a technique developed in the 17th century, and our "secret Scagliola Stone™ process" is the art of mixing together chips of marble, limestone and travertine, and layering the mixture by hand to achieve a natural stone texture of amazing clarity and depth. In little more than a decade, the hand-crafted Scagliola Stone™ products of Stone Age Designs and François & Co. have become market leaders and are well-known among homeowners, as well as the design, architectural and builder communities.

A fireplace mantel from Stone Age Designs may also be a customized design to fit any project you are able to imagine. "We have a team of craftsmen," says Thierry François, "that are so skilled; they are able to create the fireplace mantel that you see in your mind."

The pieces are all handmade and unique. We insist that the design of each Scagliola Stone™ piece we create, like the Marie Antoinette, has to be just right - every detail crafted to perfection. And today, we use the designs found in castles and estates throughout France as our points of reference.

Discriminating homeowners seek out Stone Age Designs' original Hand-Crafted Scagliola Stone™ and hand-carved limestone from Francois & Co., http://www.francoisandco.com/index.php?section=home, for their fine homes. "You will also find custom stone fireplace mantels, stone kitchen hoods, and architectural accents from Stone Age Designs in the homes, and offices of successful businesses and of those who know quality, craftsmanship, and want the best," says Thierry François.

The residents of Atlanta, Charlotte, Orlando and Los Angeles represent only a small portion of discriminating homeowners from across the United States who seek out Stone Age Designs online -- on the Internet -- for their custom mantles and kitchen hoods, as well as for architectural accents and even bath tubs.

Call Stone Age Designs today at 1-866-385-9486 or visit our Showrooms across the country, or simply visit us on the Internet http://www.stoneagedesigns.net/ where you can see the Collection online and, learn more about the grandeur of Old World Scagliola.
Recreating European Masterpieces

"We use the designs found in estates throughout France as our points of reference."
- Thierry François

About Stone Age Designs and François & Co.
Founded in 1997, Stone Age Designs and parent company, Francois & Co. are premiere sources for Hand-Carved Limestone fireplace mantels, and fine hand-crafted Scagliola Stone™ kitchen hoods, bathtubs, fireplace designs, and architectural accents. In addition to its 9,000-square-foot showroom and headquarters in Atlanta, François and Co. has showrooms in Winter Park (Florida), Charlotte (North Carolina) and West Hollywood (California). You may contact François & Co. at 1-866-385-9486 or visit them online at http://www.stoneagedesigns.net/ or http://www.francosandco.com/

Contact:
Bruno Francois
Stone Age Designs
1990 Defoors Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30318
Toll Free 1.866.385.9486
404.350.3333 - Extension 4
F. 404.355.4570
http://www.stoneagedesigns.net/

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