It’s hard to believe that this fall marks my 16th anniversary working on Contemporary Stone & Tile Design (CSTD). With only a year of experience working as a reporter for several local newspapers, I set out as the Assistant Editor for CSTD and its sister publication, Stone World. I remember right after I accepted the position, I thought to myself, “What do I know about stone and tile?” Little did I know what a world it would open up to me — and since that time, I have never looked at a piece of stone or tile the same way again.  Now I think about the quarries and fabrication shops were the stone had been extracted and cut or the trade shows where I was first introduced to a product.

Just last night I was watching “Property Brothers” on HGTV where they were installing ECO by Cosentino for the kitchen countertops. The host was explaining to the young first-time homeowner how the product is made with recycled content such as glass and porcelain. It’s always of interest to me when I watch these types of design shows and see products featured that I write about all the time. It solidifies to me that as editor of CSTD I really am in tune with the latest stone and tile products on the market, and in return, share them with all of our readers — both in print and online.