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10 Great Ways With Marble
Dreaming of marble for your upcoming renovation? See how 10 designers used it to maximum effect in these stunning homes
Marble is a timeless material that’s guaranteed to bring a sense of luxe to any room it goes into. Looking for ways to incorporate it into your home? Here are 10 of our favourite marble and marble-look interiors to fuel your design thinking.
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Soft grey-and-white marble wall tiles set a serene tone in this bathroom, while creating stylistic harmony with the living room.
2. Light touch
Marble comes in endless incredible looks and, being a natural material, no two pieces are exactly alike. For a consistent aesthetic, marble-look porcelain is a great alternative. It’s tough, easy to clean and water-resistant too, making it a smart choice for kitchens and bathrooms.
Marble comes in endless incredible looks and, being a natural material, no two pieces are exactly alike. For a consistent aesthetic, marble-look porcelain is a great alternative. It’s tough, easy to clean and water-resistant too, making it a smart choice for kitchens and bathrooms.
Touches of a correlating natural stone in the living room – seen here in the custom shelving – ensure this home is telling the same visual story throughout.
3. Colour marvel
When it comes to an impressive colour show, nothing beats nature. Here, the designer emphasises the intriguing olive tones in the marble by selecting artwork in a similar hue.
When it comes to an impressive colour show, nothing beats nature. Here, the designer emphasises the intriguing olive tones in the marble by selecting artwork in a similar hue.
Matt-black cabinetry and a concrete floor provide a neutral backdrop for the olive notes to sing out.
4. Make a statement
Navy joinery in a buffed finish ensures the dramatic marble is the hero of this kitchen.
Navy joinery in a buffed finish ensures the dramatic marble is the hero of this kitchen.
Lining the shelves in the adjoining dining space in the same marble is a lovely touch and creates a sense of consistency between the two zones.
Interior designer: Studio Esteta
5. Carefully curated
With its soft, cloudy appearance, lima marble makes an appealing alternative to traditional richly veined marble. Here, it sits beautifully alongside blonde timber joinery, creating a warm and refined feel.
5. Carefully curated
With its soft, cloudy appearance, lima marble makes an appealing alternative to traditional richly veined marble. Here, it sits beautifully alongside blonde timber joinery, creating a warm and refined feel.
The subdued palette extends to the kitchen, where lima marble has been used on the splashback, set against pale-grey joinery.
Touches of black in the freestanding cooker and kitchenware balance out the subtle grey tones.
6. Focal point
Simple white joinery ensures the Calacatta marble with its dramatic red and black veining is the focal point of this family kitchen.
Simple white joinery ensures the Calacatta marble with its dramatic red and black veining is the focal point of this family kitchen.
Extending the marble to the joinery in a storage nook creates a sense of flow between the spaces.
7. Beautifully balanced
Think outside the box when it comes to colour. Here, an island painted in refreshing teal makes for an unexpected and thoroughly satisfying pairing for a grey-and-white marble splashback and benchtop.
Think outside the box when it comes to colour. Here, an island painted in refreshing teal makes for an unexpected and thoroughly satisfying pairing for a grey-and-white marble splashback and benchtop.
Touches of greenery add to the fresh and welcoming feel of the space.
8. Soft and sophisticated
Large-format porcelain tiles in a marble finish create a crisp, tailored feel in this bathing space.
Large-format porcelain tiles in a marble finish create a crisp, tailored feel in this bathing space.
The pale grey-and-white wall finish is cleverly balanced out with matt charcoal joinery and floor tiles for a contemporary edge.
9. Eclectic beauty
Soft sage walls and modern touches, such as matt-black tapware, create something of a rustic-meets-industrial backdrop for this show-stopping burgundy Calacatta marble.
Soft sage walls and modern touches, such as matt-black tapware, create something of a rustic-meets-industrial backdrop for this show-stopping burgundy Calacatta marble.
A quirky operable wall light adds to the eclectic feel and ups the task lighting in the space.
10. Mint magic
Marble isn’t just for slabs; here, delicate marble finger mosaics in the prettiest of greens add depth and intrigue to a tiny powder room.
Marble isn’t just for slabs; here, delicate marble finger mosaics in the prettiest of greens add depth and intrigue to a tiny powder room.
A matt-black vanity and simple top-mounted basin serve to ground the gentle wall treatment.
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Your turn
Which of these 10 marble-infused homes catches your eye? Tell us in the Comments below, like this story, save the images for inspiration, and join the conversation.
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Want more rooms with marble? Check out this Best of the Week: 40 Marble Marvels From Around the Globe
Replicating a colour or finish is a great way to visually connect the different rooms in your home. Here, the soft, painterly veining of the marble fireplace surround in the living room is echoed in the bathroom wall tiles (pictured), forming a satisfying connection between the two spaces.