What Is Stone Veneer? A Complete Guide to Natural Stone Veneer Sheets
Walk into any newly designed hotel lobby, boutique cafe, or high-end home these days, and there's a good chance the striking stone wall behind the reception desk isn't quite what it looks like. It looks heavy, rugged, straight out of a quarry. In reality, it's probably a stone veneer sheet , just a few millimetres thick, glued on like wallpaper. That's the whole appeal of stone veneer , really. You get the raw, natural character of real rock without hauling around slabs that weigh as much as a small refrigerator. We get asked a lot about how it's made, what makes it different from a regular stone tile, and why so many architects have switched over to it in the last few years. So here's the long answer. So, What Exactly Is Stone Veneer? At its simplest, stone veneer is a thin slice of stone (or a stone-like material) that's applied to a surface purely for how it looks. It's not structural. It's not load-bearing. It's there to make a wall, a c...