Super White quartzite kitchen island with Intracoastal waterway and yacht views in Fort Lauderdale

Waterfront Quartzite Kitchen on the Intracoastal in Fort Lauderdale

Super White quartzite island and perimeter countertops in a Las Olas Isles waterfront home, designed to complement yacht dock views through floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors.

Location

Fort Lauderdale

Room

kitchen

Material

quartzite

Timeline

~10 days

The Challenge

The kitchen opens directly to the Intracoastal Waterway through 16-foot sliding glass panels. The homeowner wanted a surface that echoed the water and sky without competing with the view. Natural light flooding the space meant every surface imperfection, seam, or color inconsistency would be visible.

Our Approach

We selected Super White quartzite for its soft, cloud-like veining that mirrors the waterway's reflections without adding visual noise. Slabs were hand-picked at our showroom to ensure consistent movement across the island and perimeter. Eased edges keep the profile clean and contemporary, matching the home's coastal modern architecture. Seams were placed at natural transition points and color-matched to near invisibility.

The Result

A serene, light-filled kitchen where the quartzite feels like an extension of the waterfront landscape. The homeowner's designer called it the most harmonious kitchen-to-outdoor transition she had worked on.

Project Details

This Las Olas Isles home sits directly on Fort Lauderdale's Intracoastal Waterway, with a private dock accommodating a 60-foot yacht visible from the kitchen through floor-to-ceiling sliding glass panels. The design challenge was creating a kitchen surface that complemented rather than competed with that dramatic backdrop. Super White quartzite was the natural choice—its soft grey veining on a near-white base has the quality of clouds reflected on water. We selected consecutive slabs from the same quarry block to ensure consistent movement across the 12-foot island and 22 linear feet of perimeter countertops. The eased edge profile maintains the clean, horizontal lines of the coastal modern architecture. Every seam was placed at cabinetry transition points and filled with color-matched epoxy that disappears under natural light. The result is a kitchen where inside and outside feel continuous—the quartzite surface reads as part of the same light and color palette as the water, sky, and dock beyond the glass.