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The finishing detail.
Interior finish and specialty tile for coastal Maine homes
Fireplace surrounds, feature walls, and the tilework that finishes a room.
Interior Finish & Specialty Tile
Set by hand.
This is the tilework that finishes a room: a marble fireplace surround, a stone feature wall, lit niches, and the specialty details other installers hand off. We draw each one before the first cut and set it by hand, because at this scale every seam is on display.
Outside corners are mitered and eased by hand rather than capped with trim, and reveals are held to one consistent shadow line, checked with a fingertip as much as a straightedge. At this scale, a millimeter reads from across the room.
A marble fireplace surround whose veining runs unbroken from hearth to mantel.
How we work
Templated, mitered, set.
01
Templated first
We template the fireplace or wall itself, not just the plan of it, and draw every seam and miter before the first cut.
02
Trued first
Substrates are shimmed and ground true, because a mitered edge only closes over a flat wall.
03
Set and checked
One pair of hands sets the last piece, and no miter is called closed until it reads as a single line.
What to expect
Exacting by design.
Set precisely
Large-format stone is templated and cut so the veining flows across the surround as one continuous figure, not a collision of patterns.
Details drawn first
Niches, reveals, and edges are drawn to scale before cutting, so nothing is improvised on the wall.
Set by hand
Specialty work is set by the same crew start to finish, so the exacting pieces stay exacting.
Capability studies
Detail studies.
Deep teal glazed subway · running bond, tight lines
Carrara shower · built-in niche and corner shelf
Hex mosaic floor · inlaid compass medallion
Common questions
Often asked.
What counts as specialty work?
Fireplace surrounds, stone feature walls, lit niches, and the exacting details other installers tend to hand off.
Is it the same crew throughout?
Yes. One crew templates, cuts, and sets the work, so a decision made at the template is still remembered at the final miter.
Can you set a tile or stone fireplace surround?
Yes. Surrounds are one of our favorite details. We honor the required clearances and set the stone so the veining runs unbroken from hearth to mantel.
Do you install lit niches and feature walls?
Yes. We frame, waterproof where needed, and set niches and feature walls with integrated lighting so the material, not the hardware, is what you notice.
