Royal I
Four-size random ashlar with a soft, honed face.
- Face sizes
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- 13 13⁄16" × 9 13⁄16"
- 9 13⁄16" × 9 13⁄16"
- 5 7⁄8" × 11 13⁄16"
- 5 7⁄8" × 5 7⁄8"
Stone Appearance
Royal Stone
Soft honed faces in random ashlar, plus concrete planks cast from real timber — texture that whispers rather than shouts.
Royal is the quiet end of the range Miami Stone Veneer Specialists stocks. The faces are honed rather than split, so relief is shallow and the surface catches light instead of throwing shadow. It's what you specify when the wall needs to be stone but shouldn't dominate the room.
Where the honed face earns its keep
Interiors, mostly. A deep rustic face in a condo living room eats light and makes the space feel smaller — physically true, because all that relief is surface area absorbing rather than reflecting. Royal keeps the texture and gives the light back.
It also photographs better under artificial light, which is why hospitality designers keep coming back to it. Deep shadow looks dramatic at four in the afternoon and muddy under downlights at eight in the evening.
The wood-look plank
Worth its own paragraph, because it isn't stone at all. It's a 19 11/16 by 5⅛-inch concrete plank cast from real timber — grain, knots, saw marks and all. In South Florida that solves a specific problem: everyone wants timber cladding and nobody wants what humidity, termites, and hurricane season do to it.
It goes up like any other veneer, takes a stain-effect colour, and needs nothing doing to it for the next thirty years. We sell more of it to Fort Lauderdale waterfront properties than anywhere else.
Cost
$10 to $17 per square foot. The Wood-Look Plank sits at the top of that band, and it's still a fraction of what real hardwood cladding costs once you've priced in the maintenance you won't be doing.
Royal Stone — formats and sizes
Four faces. The two Royals are honed ashlar; Plank Stone and Wood-Look Plank are the linear options.
Royal II
Larger-format Royal with more colour movement.
- Face sizes
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- 15 3⁄4" × 9 13⁄16"
- 5 7⁄8" × 11 13⁄16"
- 5 7⁄8" × 5 7⁄8"
Plank Stone
Square-ish plank that stacks into a fine grid.
- Face sizes
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- 9 13⁄16" × 11 13⁄16"
Wood-Look Plank
Concrete plank cast from real timber — grain and all.
- Face sizes
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- 19 11⁄16" × 5 1⁄8"
Technical specification
| Compressive strength | 200–250 kg/cm² |
|---|---|
| Body | Grey and white cement, standard and premium grades |
| Colour | Stock colourways plus custom colour matching |
| Finish | Through-coloured, sealed on request |
| Suitable substrates | CMU, poured concrete, brick, stucco, and framed walls over lath |
| Fire | Non-combustible concrete body |
| Exposure | Interior and exterior, above and below grade |
| Coastal use | Rated for salt-air exposure with a penetrating sealer |
| Relief depth | Shallow — honed rather than split face |
| Best for | Interiors, hospitality, contemporary exteriors |
Full spec sheets and dimensioned drawings are available for submittals — ask and they'll be emailed the same day.
Where this gets used
The applications this range is specified for most often in South Florida.
Interior Accent Walls
Miami condo owners can't touch the exterior, so the accent wall does the work. Lightweight formats that go over drywall without structural changes.
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A lobby has about four seconds to say what the property costs. Large-format stone and deep-relief panels are how that gets said.
View details →Entryways
The entry is the smallest area with the biggest return. A few hundred square feet of the right stone changes the whole elevation.
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When the wall is the point. Deep-relief panels, lattice screens, and large-format stone specified for maximum effect.
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View details →Common questions
What makes Royal different from the rustic range? +
The face is honed rather than split. Relief is shallow and the surface is smoother, so the wall reads calm instead of textured. It's the range we point people at when they like stone but find rustic too busy.
Is the Wood-Look Plank actually convincing? +
At arm's length, yes — it's cast from real timber, so the grain and knots are a genuine impression rather than a pattern. Up close it's obviously concrete, which most people specifying it consider the point. It doesn't rot, doesn't need staining, and termites ignore it.
Can Royal go on an interior wall? +
It's one of the better choices for it. Low relief means less shadow, so a Royal wall doesn't darken a room the way a deep rustic face does. It's popular for headboard walls and hallways in Brickell and Edgewater condos.
Royal I or Royal II? +
Royal I has four formats on a 9 13/16-inch course — tighter, more regular. Royal II runs to 15¾ inches with more colour movement between pieces. Small walls take Royal I better; big elevations need Royal II or the repeat shows.
Need a price on royal stone?
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