Upper West Side apartment Stewart-Schafer kitchen

Before & After: A New York City Apartment Goes From Dark and Cramped to Daring and Capacious

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The Stewart-Schafer team hand-selected each slab of Calacatta Vagli marble to be book-matched. "We love the beautiful natural veining and imperfections of marble against the clean lines of the kitchen design," noted Stucker.  To protect the marble, they used a trade secret sealing product that comes with a lifetime guarantee, which, according to Stucker "helps alleviate the hesitations some clients have with marble."