S shaped seams are something that we have experimented with over the past couple of years. We first dreamed up the idea during a project for Harden Homes. The homeowner had selected slabs of Juperana Bordeaux for their kitchen. The only problem was that their island cabinet was much too large to fit into the slab dimensions. So, of course, we needed to have a seam somewhere in the island in order to do the job.
We toyed around with several different seam placement options, but no matter where you put the seam it was going to be staring you in the face. The stone had some movement or flow to it, so we decided that a more flowing seam would work better. Rather than spending so much time trying to make a straight seam disappear, we incorporated an S seam into the island’s design. The end result turned out magnificent. A creative solution solved the problem, and the customer was extremely pleased with the outcome.
We have done several other projects using the S seam since then. The most recent was the Taggart house on Lemon island. Their island was massive in a piano shape with 2 ½” thick edges. The S shaped seam again turned an awkward island into a masterpiece that we can be proud of.
Rarely does nature have any straight line patterns, so why should your countertop?