Stone from Whitehouse, set in Bullard.

16 minutes from the shop on 110.

New builds, lake houses, and covered outdoor kitchens — usually a twenty-minute haul from the shop.

Bullard has been adding houses faster than most towns on 69. A lot of them want quartz in the kitchen and something that can sit outside by the grill. Absolute Black granite still wins on patios; quartz stays indoors.

We template around unfinished cabinets on new construction all the time. If the boxes aren’t set, we’ll wait — a two-week clock only starts once the cabinets are in and the slab is picked.

Also on this run: Emerald Bay, Teaselville.