CAESARSTONE AND HOUSE BEAUTIFUL PARTNER FOR 3rd ANNUAL KITCHEN OF THE YEAR

CaesarStone, the original quartz surface manufacturer, announced today that the company will be taking part in the 3^rd annual “Kitchen of the Year” in New York next week http://www.housebeautiful.com/KOTY. This event showcases the best in kitchen design, cooking, entertaining and contemporary lifestyle. The 1,000 square foot, fully functioning kitchen will be available to tour in New York’s Rockefeller Plaza from July 19-23, 2010. This year, Jeff Lewis of Bravo’s hit series, Flipping Out, is designing the chef's dream space.

In addition to the weeklong Kitchen of the Year events CaesarStone is participating in they are teaming up with the stars of another hit Bravo design show 9 By Design (http://www.bravotv.com/9-by-design) for a market day in the Snaidero USA showroom on the 22^nd of July from 10am-2pm. Editors in attendance will get a sneak peak at CaesarStone’s newest summer color while being pampered with manicures and breakfast.

“CaesarStone is pleased to be working with Bob and Cortney Novogratz of 9 by Design. They are the perfect hosts for our market day as their design aesthetic paired with their wonderful personalities make for an educational and entertaining afternoon. We look forward to the wonderful projects to come with this talented duo.”

- Mitch Sebolsky, Marketing Manager

On the eve of the 22^nd CaesarStone will also host a private event from the Kitchen of the Year in celebration of their 3^rd annual partnership. The “Kitchen of the Year” installation celebrates outstanding American design and decor. Enclosed in a glass conservatory on Rockefeller Plaza where the Christmas tree sits each holiday season, the “Kitchen of the Year” will be the hot spot of the week.

About CaesarStone

CaesarStone is the original quartz countertops & surfaces manufacturer. The company is headquartered in Southern California with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle Miami, New York, Atlanta, St. Louis and Dallas. CaesarStone produces premium quartz countertops & surfaces, complementing any design application, from traditional to contemporary, for both home and commercial applications. CaesarStone products are available through kitchen and bath retailers, fabricators, architects, designers, builders and distributors nationwide.

Offering a Residential Lifetime Warranty, CaesarStone countertops and surfaces are nonporous, stain, scratch and heat resistant. CaesarStone has earned the respected Good Housekeeping Seal from the Good Housekeeping Research Institute and is in compliance with stringent international environmental standards including ISO 14001 (environmental management system), ISO 9002 (quality management standard), and NSF (public health and safety). A sustainable material, CaesarStone is GREENGUARD certified and is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

For more information about CaesarStone and its products, please visit the company’s website at http://www.CaesarStoneUS.com, or call toll-free 877-9QUARTZ (877-978-2789).

About Cortney and Robert Novogratz

Husband and wife team Cortney and Robert Novogratz are SIXX DESIGN. Over more than a decade, this young, hip and artsy couple has developed and designed many unique properties in Manhattan, rebuilt (from the ground up) entire blocks in the city, and turned funky into fabulous, with every detail considered and executed with the utmost taste, confidence and luxury.

Robert and Cortney Novogratz, their work and family (the couple has seven children!) have been profiled globally in the media in The New York Times, The Times of London (“The Coolest Family in the World”), Sunday Styles, Italian Vogue Casa, Architectural Digest (in several editions), Emirates Home, Interni (in several editions), Oprah, Family Circle, Daily Candy, T Magazine, Elle, Living, Etc. and more.

Together, this couple wears all the hats in developing and executing their striking aesthetic. SIXX DESIGN’s first book published by Rizzoli, DOWNTOWN CHIC, has become a best-seller worldwide. Their tv show, 9 by Design, is an unqualified hit on the Bravo network.

Currently living in a new, 10,000 square foot glass house on Manhattan’s West Side Highway among the Richard Meier towers, that they created has been profiled around the world. Since the first SIXX DESIGN project in Chelsea, the duo has developed and designed fantastic living spaces in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Trancoso, Brazil, not to mention two fabulous places in Soho on Thompson Street that sold, ultimately, for record prices. SIXX DESIGN has just completed work on a six-story townhome for a well-known interiors writer and her family, in NYC’s East Village, and will be working on some very high-profile, exciting projects in the near-future. Not to mention a second season of 9 by Design on Bravo!

www.sixxdesign.com

*For editors requesting more information about the market day please contact Olivia Stansfield.

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