Tag: Landscaping

Basalt Cobbles

Have a look at some pictures. Look at the ever earthy basalt black surface.

These cobbles have machine-cut edges.

A solid gray concrete block with a dark top surface, placed on a tiled floor.
A top view of a dark, textured stone block on a light-colored surface.

Now check rectangular pieces.

A piece of dark gray stone resting on a wooden surface, with various marble samples and colored strings visible in the background.

Just look at the surface on all sides. It’s black but it isn’t black. Isn’t it that way?

A close-up view of a dark rock surface with white etchings, possibly depicting ancient carvings or symbols. The rock is placed on a surface with colorful threads and other materials in the background.

Can you feel the aroma emanating out of these cobbles on a rainy day? Or on an evening, sitting on a water sprinkled-cobble floor sipping your favorite beverage…

Will your project have space for the ever-beautiful black basalt?

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Work-in-Progress | Beautifully Captured

This is from a recent project… It’s hard to take beautiful pictures generally, it’s harder to capture the architecture of closed spaces and then it’s yet harder to capture flooring in closed spaces! This is a beautiful laying of cobbles and a beautiful picture too. Credit to the karigars and credit to the person who clicked it like this.

A circular pattern of colorful stones arranged around a tree in a yard with sunlight filtering through the leaves.

Do you have a project where you would like to lay multi-color cobbles like these?

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Some More Cobblestone Laying Patterns

Adding to the collection of Cobblestone Patterns showcased on this website.

Workers installing a circular patterned stone pavement along a street, with some bricks laid out and others stacked nearby.
A partially constructed garden design featuring a large flower pattern made of stone bricks, with a worker in the background.
Close-up of a circular pattern made of bricks in shades of red and green, set in a sandy workspace, with additional bricks scattered around.
A circular stone pavement design featuring interlocking pattern of white and beige stones, with two workers engaged in the installation process.
A close-up view of a patterned cobblestone surface featuring gray and reddish bricks arranged in a geometric layout.

Work-in-progress pictures reveal quite a bit about the designing and laying process, no?

Are you doing a landscaping project? Are you looking for Indian natural cobbles in different colors and combinations? Are you laying cobbles in the interesting patterns?

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Polka Dot Steps for your Garden

In Yellow/Brown Kota Stone, a lovely idea for Garden Steps or for your outdoors.

While this is done in Yellow/Brown Kota Stone, this can be done in any stone in any surface finish. Sandstone, Granite, Marble, whatever fits your project and the aesthetics of your project.

If you take an aerial shot using a drone, these would look like polka dots!

What does your project demand? Share with us and we will help you with some amazing options in Indian Natural Stone.

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Nimbahera Stone Outdoors at Taj Sarsa Hotel Udaipur

Some glimpses of Nimbahera stone outdoors. This is Taj Sarsa Hotel in Udaipur.

Credit to the architect and the artisans who accomplished this. May have been done long back. But that’s the thing about using Indian natural stone. It lends a beauty nothing can really match.

An outdoor area featuring a stone staircase leading to a circular seating area with metal chairs, surrounded by a green lawn and palm trees, overlooking a body of water.
Outdoor area of Taj Sarsa Hotel in Udaipur featuring Nimbahera stone flooring, patio seating with yellow umbrellas, potted plants, and a swimming pool.
An outdoor seating area featuring a light-colored stone wall made of Nimbahera stone, with a waiter in formal attire standing nearby and a table set with utensils and a kettle.
A staircase made of Nimbahera stone with a smooth finish, leading upwards, flanked by a wall and plants on either side.
View of a patio with a circular table and chairs under an umbrella, surrounded by well-maintained green lawn and palm trees, showcasing Nimbahera stone flooring.

I find this rush to install glossy surfaces indoors and outdoors quite pukish at times. Vitrified tiles to me feel like ‘cheap glamour and gloss’.

How are you shaping your projects? Do you have the expanse and do you have a desire to make a long-lasting beautiful place?

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Robot-age Cobbles

Do they look like robot-age cobbles? 😀

We can credit the person who took this picture.

A close-up view of newly installed Kota Stone cobbles, showcasing their classic colors and machine-cut edges, with a partially filled orange bucket visible in the foreground.

These aren’t black, in case that’s how the pic shows to your eyes.

These are the classic ever-pleasing colors of Kota Stone cobbles. Machine-cut edges. And very good quality natural-feeling surface finish done at K. K. Stones Ahmedabad.

Would be interesting to see when the work gets over.

Do you have a project and an expanse that would look great with such cobbles? Do let us know.

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2 more patterns with Cobblestone

It feels like small sized stone bring an endless stimulation. An perennial trigger to imagine things.

Look at this pattern.

Patterned cobblestone driveway in progress, featuring circular designs and a mix of colors, showcasing depth and texture.

Work in progress for a driveway. Colors are sorted but mingling all the same. Looking at the pattern and colors in this pic, the feeling is one of enchanting depth.

Now look at another pattern.

Cobblestone driveway in progress featuring circular patterns in alternating shades of gray, pink, and white, creating an enchanting depth.

There are 4 colors and the cobbles are well-sorted based on the colors. The patterns in paving make interesting use alternating colors. Pic of work in progress, it would be interesting to see how it looks at the end.

Fascinating! How are you shaping your project? Would cobble patterns make your project interesting?

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Work in Progress | Cobble Stone Pattern

For vitrified tiles (factory created surface element, to put in another way) one can copy natural surface patterns in all sorts of sizes: 2-ft by 2-ft, 4-ft by 2-ft and larger too now. When we say ‘copy’, it is not ‘copying’ like lab-diamonds. It is ‘copying’ only for the purpose of ‘printing’ like one prints on paper or fabric or any other surface. Quite obviously they can’t actually compose natural stone. They can’t make cobbles. THEY CAN’T MAKE NATURE.

They can’t make patterns like these either. You can’t make such patterns and lay vitrified tiles like these. There are no vitrified cobbles. You can’t print cobbles. You can’t print cobble-patterns. Vitrified can’t have the endurance of cobbles either.

Of course, you can use machine-made cement pavers. And that’s another story. Some other day.

A circular cobblestone pattern being laid on a construction site, with workers in the background and scattered stones nearby.

Do you have a project where cobbles can play a role, can lend some natural beauty?

We can deliver cobbles to all the cities of Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Jamnagar, Vadodara, Nadiad, Anand, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Amreli, etc.

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Hello Mr. Landscaper!

Mr. Landscaper, if you have some interesting project going on, here are some pictures of Tumbled Crazy Mint and Multi-color Stone that might really interest you.

A close-up view of assorted gray natural stones, showing a variety of flat, irregular-shaped pieces stacked together.
A stack of Tumbled Crazy Mint and Multi-color Stone slabs arranged for project use, showcasing various sizes and shapes.

International buyers have for long been using these in their projects…

A person standing next to a wooden crate filled with tumbled natural stone slabs in a rocky outdoor setting.
A wooden crate filled with various pieces of light-colored natural stone, showcasing their irregular shapes and textures.
Pieces of Tumbled Crazy Mint stone arranged on a surface, showcasing their irregular shapes and natural color variations.
A variety of natural stone slabs displayed on a ground surface, showcasing different colors and textures, with additional stone materials visible in the background.

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We can help you explore the beauty of Indian Natural Stone in different shapes and forms. What project are you working on?

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Paving in Progress

Multi-color cobbles… Work-in-progress at a paving/landscaping project.

Work-in-progress view of a multi-colored cobblestone paving project, with laid cobbles and scattered stones on the ground.

If you aren’t looking for such almost-regular cobbles, you can pave with Tumbled Stone. One can say, Tumbled Stone is a different and better-feeling form of flagstone. Great for outdoor paving and landscaping. Have a look.

Various pieces of tumbled stone displayed on a dark surface, ready for a landscaping project.
A collection of gray tumbled stone pieces stacked on a table, showcasing their varying shapes and textured surfaces.

Do you have a project where you see the potential for us to contribute?

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On the Outskirts of Ahmedabad | In Bavlu Village

Supplied pebbles for landscaping and look how they’ve been used in a beautiful housing colony in Bavlu Village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.

A landscaped area in Bavlu Village featuring pebbles, grassy mounds, and decorative stones, designed for aesthetic appeal.

And if the above is lacking in context, here’s another with humans to offer context.

A couple sitting on large stones surrounded by landscaped pebbles and greenery in a housing colony.

Have a project where you are attempting something beautiful in natural Indian stone? You can count on us to contribute!

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Crazy Stone for Landscaping

Sharing pictures of an ongoing landscaping project, Ahmedabad. Out here locally, this unshaped stone is called crazy stone.

Two individuals working on a landscaping project using crazy stone in Ahmedabad, with a stone structure in the background.
A group of workers laying crazy stone in a landscaping project in Ahmedabad, with a partially finished stone pathway and greenery in the background.
View of a landscaped area featuring unshaped crazy stones, with cement pathways cutting through.

As the project progresses, will add some more pictures. It’s a huge space, huge open landscape.

What do you think?

Do you think this kind of unshaped stone can also be used indoors? Of course, the surface finish in that case would be different to suit the indoor needs and looks. Imagine!

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Paving Paths with Cobblestone

A pic of work-in-progress, paving cobbles for pathway for a residential society.

Not sure if the picture gives you an exact idea of the color of these cobbles. They are brown. In the language of stone, brown may be slightly different from what one understands in other contexts.

Size: 150 mm * 150 mm on the surface side, thickness 40 to 60 mm.

Somewhat similar to cobblestones are flagstones; they are mostly irregularly shaped and have bigger surface area. If someone attempts flagstone flooring indoors, should make that space ever-attractive.

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Beyond 4 Sides of a Rectangle

How is this for your floor? If not indoors, then what about outdoors? Can you appreciate the surface finish of these multi-sided irregular stones?

I’ve observed that plenty of rooms are floored with the same kind of gigantic rectangular slabs of stone or marble, irrespective of the size of surface area to be floored.

Big slabs are faster and may be easier to lay, and therefore quite easily, also quite ugly to look at. The other day I was at someone’s place in Shahibag, Ahmedabad, and they’ve put huge glossy slabs on the walls! Alright!

One measure for those who are getting their interior/exterior design done:

Size of the surface area of the floor / Size of a rectangular slab (or stone piece)

The the greater the result, the better you would feel when the floor is done.

For example, if the room is 15ft * 12ft, and the slab size is 6ft * 2.5ft, it will take just 12 slabs to floor the entire area. Now think if the stone size is 1.5ft * 1.5ft, it will take 80 stone-pieces to floor the area.

Which is a better option? 16 or 80? For your eyes? For your feet? For creative floor surfacing? For the long term?

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Grooved Cobble Stones

A pile of cobblestones with 10mm grooves at the edges, surrounded by various stone slabs in a workshop, with two workers visible in the background.

These cobbles have 10mm groove at the edges. These are different from the usual cobble stones we see. And will accord a different look to the landscape.

Over time, natural stone changes and finds its own look, as it interacts with the elements. Would be interesting to observe these.

Does your project have space for these?

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Square Red Stone and Some Grass Between

Don’t mind the mobile phone camera. If folks understood how lenses work, we would be careful about the limitations of tiny cameras.

That’s Red Natural Stone for you. At a farm house. You can try putting any kind of vitrified tiles, and try growing grass in between, the way you see in the pictures, and you won’t feel a thing. And you won’t get a picture like this.

There’s another point here. You see squares have a special magic in matters of flooring. I feel they look better than rectangles.

But then one who understands that beautiful lack of symmetry looks more beautiful than beautiful symmetry, would not prefer squares. That’s for another post. This red looks ravishing at night with some dim lights around.

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Cobblestones (work in progress)

A large pile of dark stone cubes scattered on the ground, surrounded by greenery and trees in a natural outdoor setting.

They are stones, they don’t come packed. But when they are laid, there’s no comparison. Have a look below, clicked at a recent project for a bungalow.

A newly laid cobblestone driveway with a circular pattern, showcasing the intricate design and texture of the stones.

You are not going to get vitrified tiles for such beauty. You may think it’s just a matter of outdoors vs indoors, but it isn’t quite. It’s a matter of patience and sensibilities. It’s a matter of what your sole (you may even say, soul) wants to feel.

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At Kensville Golf Club

Work in progress at Kensville Golf Club. There’s no match to the square cobble when it comes to paving outdoors or landscaping. Actually cobble-like stones with smooth surfaces would make amazing indoor flooring too. But then, so many are fooled by the convenience of vitrified tiles.

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Cobblestone grid

As you see above, we’ve placed different types of natural cobblestone in varying sizes here: granite, marble, sandstone, basalt. Not an exhaustive aggregation but gives you an idea.

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Black & Lovely

Gandhinagar Cobble Paving K K Stones Ahmedabad Gujarat India Export

Now that is machine-cut Black cobblestone for a bungalow project in Gandhinagar. Dimensions are 100mm x 100mm x 40mm. Exquisite laying. Small simple blocks of square. The grooving makes it groovy.

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Granite Benches

Preparing these 75mm thick granite slabs for granite benches. The benches will stand rock solid, of course, and may be for eternity. It’s tough handling such stone. Guys tough it out. Thankfully the weather has relented too in the last 2 days. Courtesy, the Vayu cyclone near the coast of Gujarat.

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Fluid landscaping

Of course, for a mighty majority it’s a mighty luxury to have such space in this part of the world. There’s no space means there’s no land means there’s no landscaping.

And yet there are the lucky ones who do have such a space. What do they do? They slab it. They slab it with rectangles. Nowadays, with huge rectangles. And somehow the machiners are improving their ability to slice the rocks into huge rectangles.

I haven’t had the chance to be in very many huge bungalows and huge spaces, but I’ve seen some. And the use of natural stone slabs is not one bit pleasing I must say.

In the above picture, interestingly, they are slabs but not rectangles. Endearing work! Would love to spend a lot of time doing nothing much on those two chairs. Find a wealthy uncle, a lucky cousin.

For such landscaping in Ahmedabad, you know we can help…

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Asymmetric Paving Stone

I love this arrangement. Aysmmetric and never boring! While typically such stone and pattern may be thought appropriate for outdoor laying, imagine such a pattern for indoor flooring. Endlessly interesting! Of course, for indoors, the type of stone and surface finish and method of laying may change.

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