Every house has potential if you design it with intention. Sharing the process of designing, renovating, and decorating our 1960's home, and providing inspiration for you to do the same.

Stone counters that look like marble at Thrifty Decor Chick!

Arabescato, Carrara and Calacatta marble are all extracted in the same area but they bring very distinctive differences. Want to know more? Read here & find out.

home and garden with heart, mind & soul

Learn if Carrara marble is durable and good for kitchen countertops vs. other types of marble slabs. Is it porous? Cleaning, sealing, how to maintain marble.

When my husband and I were researching our kitchen renovation a couple years ago, marble countertops were the clear frontrunner, but we were nervous about the inevitable etching. So we paid visits to every marble-topped bar and marble-furnished ice cream parlor we could find, cocking our heads to the side, peering down long polished surfaces to examine the damage left by countless drippy glasses and plates of spaghetti. We ended up with marble and we’re very happy with it.

marble countertops in the kitchen, pros and cons of marble

After about two months of normal daily use, we are sharing the good, bad, and ugly of marble in the kitchen… including how our slab broke in half.

***UPDATE***: SEE HOW OUR KITCHEN CURRENTLY LOOKS IN THIS POST ! OUR MOST RECENT KITCHEN UPDATE! As of 3 months ago, we were still very optimistic about using marble as our kitchen countertop, and have decided we're going with statuario marble . But... this wasn't the fir

When my husband and I were researching our kitchen renovation a couple years ago, marble countertops were the clear frontrunner, but we were nervous about the inevitable etching. So we paid visits to every marble-topped bar and marble-furnished ice cream parlor we could find, cocking our heads to the side, peering down long polished surfaces to examine the damage left by countless drippy glasses and plates of spaghetti. We ended up with marble and we’re very happy with it.