Every time we post our kitchen on Design Chic, we get flooded with emails asking the same question: How has your white marble worn? It’s a good question because, if you know anything about marble, you know it gets it’s share of flak in the wear-and-tear department When we got it, we knew the risks. We’d heard the horror stories. Etching, staining, imperfections left and right. Even still, we wanted white marble. We just did. Maybe it wasn’t particularly kid friendly and maybe it wasn’t as hardy as some stones. But it achieved the look we wanted. It was the countertop we had been dreaming of since we walked into that kitchen, which, at the time, was dark, musty and had chipped laminate countertops and 1950s appliances.Â
We decided after much research to go with honed marble, instead of polished. We had polished marble at home and I was always having it polished and perfected. After six years of wear and tear, our honed white marble is perhaps even more beautiful than the day it came into our home. We had it sealed, which certainly helped, and, truth be told, there’s some etching and some scratching and if you look really closely, there’s a stain or two.Â
But, in some ways, that has made it even better, like it has remembered every sandy pimento cheese sandwich, every cocktail party, every family dinner, every glass of wine with a best friend. It’s growing older with grace, and we feel pretty certain that its dancing days are far from over.Â
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Great to hear your marble has held up. I let my husband talk me into granite for the durability. Even though it’s pretty easy to take care of, we actually have a little chip or two so it’s not perfect. If I had it to do over again, I probably would have gone for the marble! Enjoy your week – loved the cute video!
Shelley
We have deep red marble counters in our kitchen. It’s open to the living room, so we wanted something beautiful, and the red marble comes from a local quarry. It is gorgeous after 15 years, though we are very careful to immediately clean up any acidic spills. No regrets.