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Title : Polished or Honed Marble? Decisions...
Polished or Honed Marble? Decisions...
I have been looking forward to the day I go to pick my slab of marble for months. It is the one thing I am most excited about in this house renovation and despite the advice against, I have always been unswayed in my determination to have a marble kitchen counter.
The day finally came on Friday and I trekked out to the western suburbs to spend what I thought would be a few hours examining and analysing dozens of slabs of heavenly marble to pick the perfect slab that would be right for me.
When I arrived, I asked to be shown the slabs which measured 3m x 1.2m in honed Carrara marble. Imagine my disappointment when I was told they didn't have any in that size and only had something in polished marble, and not really pure grey and white, but with some brown streaks. I didn't have 20, 10 or even 5 to pick from, just one. No choice, that's it. Arghhhh!!!
So in a panic I rang my kitchen man who rang the granite/marble man to find out how much it would cost to have the polished marble honed, and it would add about another $1,500 to the counter cost. Then the stone guy suggested I could just get the polished anyway although it's much more likely to stain, scratch, etch, mark etc and that if this eventually drove me nuts I could have it honed in situ at a later date. Neither of these options really appealed. Otherwise I could wait for the next shipment at the beginning of December and see what comes.
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| Here's a beautiful polished slab of Carrara marble (very reflective - you can see the other slabs in the surface) |
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| Here's the one I'm looking at - which has some brown veining (I'm told that's good because it's a bit like Arrabescato) |
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| Plain white and grey Carrara - no brown veining |
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| My only apparent option - with brown veining |
So now, I am wondering what to do. Should I spend the money and have the slabs (we need 3 in total) honed, which apparently is the best option for kitchens, or go with the polished, save some money and see what happens. I do love the look of polished I must admit.
Anybody with any experience of marble counter tops either honed or polished? Your advice and input would be greatly appreciated.
Secondly, should I go with some brown veining? It's very subtle but not my ideal. Or wait until early December and risk having no kitchen benchtop when we move in?
I am going to paint the cabinets against the wall in Dulux Vivid White and the island cabinets in Dulux Spanish Olive.
SECOND DECISION: Sisal Runner
Now I am also looking at flooring for the bedrooms, library and stairs. I have always wanted to have sisal and got some samples today ranging from $55/sqm to $150/sqm. I was shocked to learn they charge $130+ per step to lay a sisal runner on stairs, and that's on top of the cost of the material. We have about 15 steps. But I don't think carpet would have the same effect, although I could just put nothing.
Here's some of the sisal samples I'm looking at for the bedrooms, library and stairs.
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| Images from Natural Floorcovering Centre |
Here's some examples of stairs with and without runners.....
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| via Brooke Gianetti |
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| via Classic Casual Home |
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| via Traditional Home |
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| via Phoebe Howard |
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| via The Enchanted Home |
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| via Tom Scheerer |
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| via Catalano Architects Inc. |
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| Via House Beautiful |
PS I've just been award the Versatile Blogger Award from gorgeous and talented Tina at The Enchanted Home. More on that tomorrow. In the meantime, check out Tina's blog - her incredible house build will blow your mind!
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