Contempo Ceramic Tile Corp. has taken granite and marble slab showrooms out of the "stone age" and into the 21st Century with a new high-tech showroom at 2885 S. 300 West in Salt Lake City's Design District. The Utah-based company's new 20,000 square-foot showroom houses more than 200 varieties of slab marble, granite, travertine, onyx, soap stone and the popular quartz composite, CaesarStone.



The new indoor/outdoor slab gallery features a unique wireless remote control crane system that provides workers and the public safe access to specific colorful stone slabs on site that may have come from Brazil, Italy, Spain or India. Each stone slab is bar coded for easy locating. Contempo's showroom associates have received special training, and only one person is needed to operate the controls and handle the extremely heavy stone, thus narrowing the risk of injuries on the showroom floor.



"We were very excited to find this showroom space available on 300 West in the Salt Lake Design District," said Richard Pease, president of Contempo. "We consider this showroom an extension of our ceramic, porcelain and stone tile gallery just a mile away at 3732 South. Our new indoor stone slab gallery will provide year- round comfort for our customers and the locale is very convenient for designers and the public.



"We like to think of our slab showroom as a gallery featuring art made by Mother Nature," added Pease. "And, we encourage anyone who is considering building or remodeling, to come in and get inspired by the exquisite colors of polished marble and granite. A beautiful piece of stone can serve as the focal point and color palette of a room or even an entire floor of a home."



Between the two locations Contempo Tile offers the largest selection of tile and stone slabs in the Intermountain West. The companys educated and experienced design consultants are available to provide tours of the new stone gallery and ideas for creative design solutions.

In addition to the Salt Lake City location, Contempo Tile has showrooms in Boise, Idaho, and Ogden, St. George and Orem, Utah. Contempo offers next-day delivery on all tile and slab orders and provides tile setting materials and tools for the professional or "do-it-yourselfer." Public showroom hours are Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 p.m. - 3 p.m. Contractor showroom hours are Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information visit www.contempotile.com.