ABOUT OLD WORLD STONE IMPORTS FLOORING AND DESIGN
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Established in 1996, Old World Stone Imports also known as O.W.S.I. Flooring and Design have been owned and operated by the Berry and Hill families’ spanning multiple generations. Originally one of Utah’s top and leading Travertine Stone Distributors during its boom in the 1990’s, OWSI is dedicated to ever expanding and growing remaining a leading distributor of current cutting edge styles and designs.
Whole Home Designs and Materials
At Old World Stone Imports Flooring and Design, we do more than just flooring and walls. We offer full design consultations, materials, installations, and supplies for your entire home.
- Design Consultations
- Materials Calculations
- Home Installations
- Natural Stone
- Porcelain & Ceramic Tile
- Engineered Wood and Hardwood
- Laminate
- Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP)
- Carpet
- Countertops
- Fireplace Surrounds
- Sinks
- Designer Lighting
- Cabinet Hardware
- Free Design Consultations
- And often the occasional Marriage Consulting!
Flooring and Design Consultations
Whether you’re working on a Remodel or a New Construction Project, all of our In-Store Interior Designers are ready to help you design the perfect style and look for your home. We help with anything from backsplashes to entire home compositions. The Designers pull inspiration from your personality and style preferences and match it with our wide selection of materials and layouts found in the design center.
Installers On-Call
At Old World Stone Imports we have a long standing and loyal group of highly experienced sub-contractors who are able to install your tile, carpet, hardwood, laminate, LVP, counters and sinks. We only work with the best and can help minimize the kinds of headaches that tend to come with subcontractor work.
House Builders and Designers LOVE US!
We have worked with hundreds of House builders and designers throughout Utah and across the country who repeatedly refer their homeowners to our design center. Along with being one of Utah’s largest full-service flooring and complete design centers, they love the fact that we streamline the design and selection process, set up materials calculations, and work out scheduling issues that come up. Thus, allowing them to deal with just 1 company rather than juggling multiple subcontractors and companies.
Available Materials
With our constant stock of over $1,000,000.00 worth of Inventory spanning across all product types, many of our materials are available in stock and are ready for pick up at our store in Orem, Utah. Special Order Items are often able to come in within 3-14 days allowing for literally tens of thousands of different products to choose from.
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MANAGING DIRECTOR and OWNER – Skyler Berry
Skyler Berry, a second generation OWSI Member, owns, manages and operates the company and is the Lead Designer and designs around 10-20 homes each month. He has had his hands full of travertine and marble since he was young. His clients find his personality, level of skill, and knowledge of materials and design unrivaled. We are also proud to announce his Coverings First Place nationally ranked award in 2020 for Residential Tile Design.
Skyler’s wife, Jessica, a local Equity realtor, helps him wrangle their four young children and pets. They enjoy spending time as a family and traveling to Cancun, Mexico and Disneyland. In his spare time, Skyler also runs another successful company, building high end homes throughout Utah Valley and Park City. He has found his calling in this industry and looks forward to helping you on your project soon!
JOINT OWNERS & FOUNDERS – Steve & Genia Berry
Steve and Genia Berry started Old World Stone Imports selling travertine from a small storage unit during the travertine boom of the 1990’s and 2000’s. Steve saw a need and filled it. Genia helped with inventory and business management while Steve and his business partner, Dave Hill, expanded the operation to include what is now a 4000 square feet Design Center supplying products to thousands of homes throughout the United States.
Genia and Steve enjoy spending time on the weekend garage selling, horse races, hosting camp outs, barbeques, and fishing trips for their grand kids.
JOINT OWNER – Dave Hill
Dave Hill and Steve Berry have known each other for over 40 years. Dave has been dedicated to the success of this business since its inception in 1998. Dave handles the field measuring and business growth and loves to regale the staff with stories of his amazing wife Tauna, homesteading in Alaska, crime watching in Southern Utah, or building his hot rod car from scratch, piece by piece. But he is probably best known for his silky chocolate cream pie and top-secret baked beans, among other of his chef’s favorites.
DESIGN & VA MANAGER – Yeca de Guia
An Interior Designer by profession, Yeca thrives on creating holistic, aesthetic, and safe solutions to diverse design problems. She supports Skyler in numerous operations, including project and design management, design selections, documentation, graphics, SOPs, marketing, recruitment, research, and technical troubleshooting. Yeca’s dexterity, honed through years of construction projects, sales and marketing, DIY projects, arts, and crafts, has directly contributed to her proficiency in design, digital work, operations, and various team dynamics. Unapologetically quirky and creative, Yeca is always pushing the boundaries of her resourcefulness and takes joy in making things work. A proud owner of eight cats, she habitually tries to befriend every cat she encounters.
BOOKEEPER – Eileen Fackrell
Eileen has always had a good mind for budget and finance. She had taken various accounting classes when she was younger but took a different career path. Her “big break” came in 2004 when her brother-in-law, knowing her money smarts, approached her to be his bookkeeper for his wholesale granite company. Having accepted his offer she took off on this fun and changeling path of bookkeeping. Eileen loves natural stone. It’s about bringing Gods creations indoors. Because of this love it’s been a perfect partnership with Old World Stone Imports since 2018.
SALES DESIGNER – Emily Rose Nielsen
Emily started her artistic journey at a young age, always drawing on napkins and school notes, and pursuing her hobbies of singing, dancing, cooking, baking, drawing, and designing. She and her husband love to travel, and her design style is inspired by her favorite European countries, primarily France and England. She also loves modern design styles such as minimalism and mid-century modern but really enjoys splashes of color and vintage pieces. Regardless, she loves and appreciates all kinds of art and can appreciate any style of home as well. She also loves keeping active in life, school, and work, and is continuing her design career she started at BYU by finishing her degree in interior design. Additionally, she loves to sing, run, cook, and travel while at the same time helping homeowners out in the OWSI showroom.
SALES DESIGNER – Francie Graham
Francie was born and raised in California. She studied Interior & Floral Design, Art and Business Management. Francie began her design path at an early age when she worked for floral shops and an Interior Design Firm. She has been a professional designer for over 30 years specializing in designing spaces, scaping weddings and large corporate events. As a Country Club Floral Director and Owner of a successful shop for years she worked with a variety of clientele bringing their visions and ideas to life through design. She enjoys getting to know each client, their personality, needs and dreams, then translating that into beautiful spaces whether a personal home or large venue.
SALES DESIGNER – Kenzie Westergard
Kenzie has always had a love for the arts – from dancing and singing to painting, crafting, and nail art. That creative background has given her a strong eye for style, color, and the little details that make a space feel unique. She’s especially drawn to vintage-inspired designs, bold accents, vibrant colors, and anything with personality and charm. Kenzie loves connecting with people and helping them bring their design ideas to life in a way that feels both beautiful and personal.
SALES DESIGNER – Martin Hansen
Martin is a family man first, and an up-and-coming businessman second. He has spent years dedicated to the craft of customer satisfaction and loyalty, with a background in men’s formalwear fashion. He has an eye for both traditional, European, and contemporary design, and enjoys the process of turning his clients’ visions into reality. His priority is positivity, and his free time is spent with his young family. Whether He’s at work, outdoors, traveling the world, or building hot rods, he’s always driven by a love for precision, quality, and meaningful connections.
WAREHOUSE OFFICER – Lance Snyder
Lance has over 30 years of experience as a delivery driver and warehouse experience and is very detailed and customer oriented. He always wants to make sure the customer is taken care of and has always been willing to go out of his way to help customers the best he can. Lance enjoys watching and playing sports and spending time with his family.
WAREHOUSE OFFICER – Justin Christensen
Justin Christensen is a vital part of the warehouse team at Old World Stone Imports. He’s the one behind the scenes ensuring materials are received properly and orders are picked accurately and efficiently before they head out to job sites. His hands-on role keeps the operation running smoothly. When he’s not at work, Justin finds peace and satisfaction in the mountains, where he enjoys cooking hearty Dutch oven meals over an open fire. The balance between nature and hard work suits him well—both at home and on the job.
WAREHOUSE OFFICER – Guillermo Fernandez
Guillermo helps organize materials, prepare orders, and ensure daily operations run smoothly. He enjoys being part of a hardworking and detail-oriented team. Outside of work, Guillermo loves traveling and spending time with friends, staying active, and exploring new places.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATOR – Rochell Banta
With a solid background in virtual assistance and operations, she keeps teams running smoothly by managing administrative systems, coordinating with clients, tracking tasks, and overseeing daily workflows. Known for her creativity and attention to detail, Rochell enjoys designing thoughtful gifts, building streamlined processes, and bringing order to complexity. Outside of work, you’ll often find her lost in a good book, soaking up nature, or relaxing by the ocean. Dependable, intuitive, and quietly effective, Rochell excels in roles where she can lighten the load and create calm from the clutter.
PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST – Christine Ejusa
With architectural experience, skills and motivation to learn, Christine applies and shares her knowledge as she takes on the roles of estimates and purchasing. Being mindful that exercising patience, paying attention to detail as well as communicating clearly and effectively are crucial for the roles, she takes on the challenges and make sure to achieve optimum and satisfactory result. This also applies in her personal life as she tackles on her very energetic toddler who always keeps her on her toes and makes her life more riveting and purposeful.
PROJECT ESTIMATOR – Clarence Padunan
Clarence is a detail-oriented and licensed Civil Engineer with a solid foundation in construction principles, cost estimation, and project coordination. Passionate about contributing technical expertise as a Project Estimator, he supports teams with accurate quantity take-offs, bid preparation, and material pricing analysis tailored to the flooring and design industry. Outside of engineering, he is a passionate portrait artist and also loves to play basketball.
SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST – Celine Menoza
Celine is a creative soul who loves turning everyday moments into something fun and memorable. She enjoys editing graphics, capturing photos and videos, exploring new foods, and even recreating funny clips she relates to. She also runs “PRE12 Cravings”, a small food business offering her own take on Buldak noodles topped with cheesy sauce, a side hustle that blends her love for food and comfort. Drawn to classy, clean design, Celine sees creativity as more than visuals, it’s storytelling and connecting through shared experiences.
SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST – Shanta Estrella
Shanta is a social media specialist and seasoned business owner with a passion for helping others and continuously learning. She has an eye for premium, clean design styles and loves bringing ideas to life with a refined touch. Outside of work, you’ll often find her experimenting in the kitchen, blending creativity and flavor.
DATA ADMINISTRATOR – Sherrie Brizuela
Sherrie helps us with updating data files, keeping in touch with our suppliers for updates and monitors our leads. She also loves decorating her home depending on the season’s theme. Sherrie bonds with her beloved family by watching movies and traveling together with them.
DATA ADMINISTRATOR – Nilo Wong Jr.
Nilo is a graphic artist with a vast experience in assisting different e-commerce platforms who processes data and images for our website. He mainly adds and updates thousands of products for our company and cleans product images for better presentation. He is an anime enthusiast, gamer, traveler, hiker and a roller skater in his free time. A pet lover with 2 cats and a dog.
AWARDS & ASSOCIATIONS
Learn more about our awards & associations below
Utah Valley Parade of Homes
The Utah Valley Parade of Homes™ is an annual showcase of new, high-end and designer homes located throughout Utah valley. This self-guided tour features Utah County’s finest builders, developers and remodelers while showcasing innovative ideas and the newest trends in home decorating.
Mohawk Colorcenter Certified Dealer
Colorcenter Stores break down into two groups. Colorcenter Elite Stores offer premier and comprehensive selections of Mohawk flooring options in carpet, hardwood, laminate, ceramic tile, resilient and area rugs. Colorcenter Select Stores provide a wide range of Mohawk’s flooring products with the most popular and best available.
2021 CID Coverings
Installation & Design Awards
Residential Tile Design Award
Bradshaw European Country Project – Alpine, UT
2023 CID Coverings
Installation & Design Awards
Residential Ceramic Tile Design Award
Mountain Modern Boho – Highland, UT
