Decorating & Design
October 27, 2023
10+ Luxe Kitchens Where Marble Is The Star
Marble is a natural material that is often imitated, but these designers went bold by opting for the real thing. When used in a starring role in a kitchen, marble grabs the spotlight with dramatic veining and adds an organic element that’s timeless and rich. Scroll down for some kitchens that let this material shine.
The large-scale porcelain floor tile in classic grey and white in this West Coast kitchen is complemented by a bold Calacatta Viola marble on the island counter, backsplash and trim.
The rich, variegated tones in the veining of this marble backsplash is better appreciated up close, such as when using the old school pot filler.
Designer Olivia Botrie opted for a dark Caesarstone for the perimeter counters to add depth, but opted for white marble on the backsplash for lightness (and it makes the brass pot rail pop) in her own kitchen reno.
In this Toronto kitchen, designers Jo Levitan and Maayan Kessler found a slab of marble just wide enough to bridge the cabinets in the kitchen of this Tudor-style home. The veining also bridges the gap between the dark cabinets and white walls, while an integrated shelf offers some display.
In their Saskatoon penthouse, designers Curtis Elmy and Trevor Ciona didn’t want to get stuck with builders’ finishes, so they used their own trades and materials, including this Calacatta Capri marble in the kitchen, which clads the vent hood, island and backsplash.
Designer Jess Craven was inspired by Italian workshops, English cottages and more modern kitchens with vintage pieces for this kitchen. She chose a striking Arabescato marble for the 10-foot island top, and repeated it on the backsplash for consistency.
“Marble had to play a part,” says Shauna Walton, who instead used a dramatically veined marble for the backsplash and island front, turning the surface into the star of the kitchen in a family-friendly way. “The island is the pièce de résistance,” she says. “It’s the first thing you see when entering the kitchen.” Her clients’ weekly pizza-making guarantees splashes of stone-staining tomato sauce, so they opted for hardworking quartz surface to cook on
In a showstopping kitchen in an unexpected lakehouse, large-scale slabs of heavily veined Calacatta Viola marble on the island and walls create an organic pattern that’s in sync with the branch-like pendant.
A slim marble shelf displays art and accessories for a decorative hit.
Svetlana Tryaskina mixed luxe Statuarietto marble on the backsplash and front of the island, with a quartz counter in this kitchen.
This traditional kitchen balances the heady fir-green cabinets with some heavily veined Calacatta Arabescato marble. “We matched the metal banding to the range and then clad the vent hood in Calacatta Arabescato marble,” says designer Jack Creasy. “I love the dramatic presence of the Lacanche range in that off-black color; it’s also soothing against the green.”