A frontal view of the detailed stonework on the stairs.

Sewell Street

Scala Crazy Paving Installation

Client
Adam Bug
Photographer
Sheshells Photography
Landscape Designer
Ascher Smith
Stone Supplier
Eco Outdoor

––– For this East Fremantle home, Marvell Tile and Stone turned a typical Freo staircase into a fabulous travertine conversation piece. Every piece of stone was hand-scribed, pattern-matched, and mitred perfectly, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary showing beautifully laid natural stone can make even a simple staircase unforgettable.

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A frontal view of the detailed stonework on the stairs.
Close up of stairs.
Stone tiled balcony with fine white fencing.
Brick archway framing a stone tiled walkway.
Birds-eye view of stone tiled stairway leading from the driveway.
Front house facade featuring stunning brick & stone work.

––– The Sewell Street staircase is a remarkable demonstration of Marvell Tile and Stone’s expertise with travertine. Using Eco Outdoor’s Scala range, every piece of stone was hand-scribed and pattern-matched to create a “crazy pave” effect that is as complex as it is beautiful. Each stair was finished with mitred edges — a detail that required absolute precision, patience, and a very steady hand. Unlike standard installations, this project was approached like a reverse-engineered jigsaw puzzle, where every stone aligned through years of intuition and on-the-tools experience. To our knowledge, it was one of the first staircases of its kind in Australia and has since become a benchmark, even inspiring tilers in the eastern states. With perfectly consistent grout lines, seamless placement, and a deep understanding of natural stone, Marvell Tile and Stone demonstrated that crazy paving is far from over — it just takes the right hands to make it extraordinary.

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