Bring Colour to Your Floors with Coloured Marble Tiles

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Coloured marble tiles can be an excellent choice for use in and throughout your home. Marble stone, being the hardy and durable material that it is, is popular for use as flooring in terms of both fashion and function.

To that end, while the practicalities of marble are all well and good for high foot traffic areas of the home, there are plenty of stylistic and aesthetic reasons why marble tiles might be the right choice for you.

The Classic Marble Look

The most commonly used type of marble, and the classic, iconic aesthetic of this stone, is white and off-white with grey vein patterns.

Most likely, when you think of marble, you’re picturing Carrara Marble, which is sourced (and named) after the city of Carrara in Italy. Over the years, this aesthetic has proven timeless and popular among builders and designers. Classic, luxurious and versatile, it’s no wonder that it’s been long associated with the stone itself.

There are a few other types of marble that look similar, however, such as Italian Marble, Calacatta Marble and Statuario Marble, all of which will look great when used across your home’s floor.

But, we’re here to tell you that there’s a lot more on offer from the family of marble. Coloured marble tiles can produce a mesmerising and invaluable visual effect in the home.

Coloured Marble Tile Options for your Floors

Floors can and are customised to suit all sorts of personal preferences and styles. While we’ll go through some of our favourite options of coloured marble, remember that each coloured floor can be further tailored to suit your preferences in terms of tile size and pattern.

Light Grey Marble Flooring

Light grey marble flooring is an excellent option. This interior design style allows you to maintain a minamlist and modern aesthetic or highlight an industrial design style, if you so choose.

With enough texture and colour depth to ensure your floors pop off the ground, the neutral colour palette keeps the overall effect sleek and simple.

We particularly love light grey marble flooring in areas of the home where you want to achieve a calm and relaxing atmosphere but worry that white or offwhite marble might come off as too light or bright.

Green Marble Flooring

Ever heard of green marble? Once you see it, it’s hard to look back!

This beautiful and unique marble option works really well in interior design applications when one wants to emphasise the natural world and organic visual tones. If you love incorporating wood and other natural textures in your home, green marble flooring will look an absolute treat.

There’s a calming effect to green marble that can help to achieve a fresh yet relaxing atmosphere in the home without creating too bold or out-there a look that overwhelms guests and visitors.

Blue Marble Floor

Blue marble is as bold as it is striking. While this bright and vibrant marble stone shading might not suit every palette or home, for those looking for a modern or contemporary stone floor that still pops, blue is a great option.

There’s still plenty of variety among types and shades of blue marble tiles, so depending on your personal taste for the dramatic and eye-catching designs you may want to look for subtler blues or vibrant hues.

Much like green marble flooring, a blue marble floor can evoke a sense of calmness and even a touch of nature as it evokes the bright blue sky up above.

Black and Gold Marble Floor Tiles

Moving on to the luxurious black and gold marble floor tiles…

This bold and rich looking aesthetic will create a sense of warmth and snugness in your home. Perfect for matching with ornate furnishings and finishes, black and gold marble tiles have an inherent visual complexity that can be very appealing and attractive.

While perhaps not best suited to contemporary or modern aesthetics, for those of you wanting to achieve that royal opulence design style, few other materials can measure up to the classic gloriousness of black and gold marble floor tiles.

Gold Marble

If you’re feeling like you’re not ready for the boldness of black and gold marble, straight gold marble can still help you achieve a stunning and glamorous aesthetic.

Perfect for pairing with either metallic accents or minimalist furnishings, gold marble tiles are both bold yet subtle in a very enriching way.

A gold colour palette also balances the practicalities of lighter, brighter flooring with the visual complexity of this rich-looking stone.

Black and White Marble

Balancing both the boldness of black and timelessness of white, black and white marble is quite the material. At once bold and vibrant and yet neutral in spots and understated in overall affect, it can help to achieve a perfect symbiosis when used as flooring.

Black and white marble can also be used in a variety of different patterns to help achieve an aesthetic that suits your particular preferences and partialities.

Pink Marble

Last but not least comes pink marble. This unique option for flooring is stylish in a rather subtle yet impactful way. Evoking feelings of romance and femininity, the soft, pastel colouring of the marble matches excellently with delicate and ornate furnishings.

Pink marble is super effective in helping infuse some low-key warmth whilst still maintaining a sleek, minimalist overall aesthetic.

Euro Marble – your perfect coloured marble tiles await you!

Whether the light grey marble flooring speaks to you or the thought of a blue marble floor excites you, here at Euro Marble we’ll help you find the perfect type of marble stone!
This beautiful material is versatile enough for any design aesthetic and just about any home and our team would love nothing more than to help you find your perfect coloured marble tiles. Want to find out more? Contact us today!

Modern Classic Interiors Inspiration with Marble

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Marble stone is one of those elegant materials that’s perfect for a timeless home design style. For centuries, marble has been used for both external and internal construction purposes.

In recent years, this natural stone has enjoyed an increase in popularity just as the modern-classic aesthetic has similarly surged in popularity among designers.

In this blog, we’ll help inspire you with how to use marble in a modern classic interior design. Hopefully, you’ll get some ideas for yourself but if you need any more assistance or advice, don’t hesitate to reach out to the Euro Marble team.

Understanding Modern Classic Interior Design

Marble, fortunately, is a very versatile material when it comes to design. For a long time it has been used with classic or traditional interior aesthetics. Thanks to the associations with luxury and its sophisticated visuals, marble has proven to have sustained popularity.

But new trends have similarly proven that marble can just as effectively be utilised in modern design styles and contemporary interior. Without losing the timeless glamour and classic elegance, this fantastic stone has elevated what can be achieved with a modern style.

Classic vs Modern

Classic interior design styles include features such as columns and panelling to create a visual depth to a space while maintaining cohesiveness. In contrast, modern interiors favour simplicity and sleekness with bold, straight lines.

When fused together, the classic modern aesthetic takes the best of both design approaches. The grandeur and timelessness of classic architecture mixed with the monochromatic, neutral colouring and simple accessorising of modern styling.

Marble, for its part, allows for modern classic interior design thanks to its iconic white tones and grey veining. This perfect balance of classic visual sophistication whilst maintaining soft and light tones is a huge factor in contributing to the timeless home design.

Overall, marble is a versatile material that can work well with a variety of interior design styles, from classic and traditional to modern and contemporary. Its timeless elegance and natural beauty make it a popular choice for designers and homeowners alike.

How to Use Marble in Modern Classic Design

Marble Walls

Every room has walls, doesn’t it? Using marble paneling is a stunning and effective way of incorporating marble throughout. Being a relatively luxury material however, wall-to-wall marble might not be in everyone’s budget. If that’s the case, even a feature wall that highlights marble can create a very effective focal point in the room.

The modern aesthetic of white or off-white walls can be offset with the dimensional depth of marble, infusing into it a very classic look without losing the modern style.

Additionally, marble can be used freely without impeding on classic architectural features such as columns or moldings.

Marble Floors

As well as walls, floors are another ubiquitous way to achieve a timeless home design with marble. Many grand homes feature marble for the luxury look and sophisticated feel. While marble floors can be used to great effect in a number of different colours, to achieve that modern classic interior design style we’d recommend the neutral, lighter colours.

This helps to keep the overall look minimalistic but–thanks to the varied veining patterns on marble stone–still infuse some classic interior colour schemes.

Marble Accents

Small accents are a great way to touch up a modern classic space without overwhelming the eye. Marble accents, in particular, look a million dollars but without the price tag.

When it comes to accents, we favour decorative pieces such as marble vases or ornaments, but even modern styled furniture such as a coffee table can be particularly visually appealing. For those of you looking to mix another atmosphere in the mix, you can always combine marble with a bit of wood and/or leather.

Marble Kitchen

The kitchen offers an opportune canvas on which to achieve that timeless home design with marble. Between the kitchen countertop and the backsplash, there’s a lot of opportunity to use marble to amazing effect.

A marble kitchen countertop will look both classic and royal whilst contemporary and minimalist. And, of course, there’s still a lot of scope for customisation. You can choose the type and style of kitchen countertop or even play around with different sized or patterned marble tiles for the backsplash.

Last but not least, the kitchen benchtop offers an opportunity to add a pop of different coloured marble in a self-contained way without encroaching on either the timeless classic aesthetic or minimalist, contemporary styling.

Marble Bathroom

The bathroom is a classic choice for marble surfaces. This natural stone can be used just about everywhere and anywhere. We particularly like marble showers and bathtubs as a way of adding a hint of luxury to the bathroom. Being sleek and sophisticated, you can achieve both a timeless classic style with modern features such as squared corners and light colour schemes.

Depending on your particular taste, marble sinks and vanities are also a great option and can be used to amazing effect. For those designers wanting something minimal (in terms of cost and overall effect) even marble fixtures and accessories can inject a bit of classic luxury quite well.

Marble Fireplace

While not every home has a fireplace, for those that do it can be an excellent opportunity to strike the perfect balance between classic and modern styles.

Fireplaces seem inherently luxurious and elegant, and when made from marble stone it can look equally sleek and contemporary. Like all marble tiling, the exact pattern and style can be customised according to your preferences.

In a similar way to the kitchen benchtop, there is also the opportunity to add a bit of colour or flair through the self-contained fireplace without it affecting either the modern or timeless home design.

Inspired? Us too! So give our team a call today!

If any of the ideas above have inspired you in how to use marble in your modern classic interior design plans, or if you need a bit more assistance, the Euro Marble team is here to help.
Give us a call, send us a message or come on into our showroom, and we’ll help you unlock the amazing potential of marble stone.

Creating a Spa-Like Bathroom with Marble Tiles

If you’re dreaming of turning your bathroom into a luxury spa in your home, marble is the best material option out there! This timeless and elegant stone can take any space in your house and infuse it with luxury and beauty like no other material can.

To help inspire you when creating a home spa-like bathroom with marble tiles, we’ve put together this handy guide.

Creating a Spa at Home

Everybody loves the concept of a spa. It evokes feelings of relaxation, serenity and otherworldliness.

When it comes to interior design, your choice of material, style and even the layout of any room should emulate these same feelings and experiences. To that end, making stylistic choices around elements that promote calmness and encourage tranquility is critical.

In general, to achieve this, we recommend following a few basic rules:

Choose soothing colour palettes.
Opt for soft lighting.
Use natural materials.
Evoke a minimalist aesthetic.

These general rules, from neutral colours to minimalist design styles, aim to bring a sense of calmness to your body and mind. The softer the aesthetic and feel of a space, the more peaceful the area will seem.

You should be aiming to create a truly tranquil ambiance. Harsh colours, bright lighting and busy designs will do little to encourage a calm mind and relaxed body.

10 Ways to Use Marble to Create a Home Spa

Choose the Right Marble Tiles

Believe it or not but not all marble is the same. This wonderful stone actually comes in many different colours and styles. But the classic off-white shade of marble complete with soft, greyish veining offers the most serene and calming option for your spa at home.

We commend choosing white or light-coloured marble tiles such as Carrara, Calacatta or Statuario Marble.

Install Marble Tiles on the Floor

The floor is often a neglected area of the bathroom but can be used to great effect nonetheless for creating that luxury spa feeling. Installing marble tiles across the bathroom floor will certainly enhance the beauty of the space from bottom to top and infuse a sense of luxury, calmness and elegance throughout the room.

Create a Marble Accent Wall

Marble, being the luxurious material that it is, is not always in everyone’s renovation budget. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be used to great effect in your home spa without breaking the bank. A marble accent wall can have a truly out-sized impact on a bathroom.

A wall of gorgeous marble tiles behind a sink, surrounding a shower or by the bathtub can inject a sense of spa-like wonder into just about any bathroom.

Use Marble for Vanities and Countertops

Marble is very versatile in application. It’s also a classic choice for use in bathroom vanities and countertops. Apart from the cohesiveness of including marble in these applications as well, using this beautiful material across the entirety of your bathroom makes for a truly breathtaking visual effect.

Incorporate Marble into the Shower

Marble tiles are hardy and durable. With regular professional resealing it is an excellent choice of material for use in the shower.

Your shower offers ample opportunity to create your own luxury spa at home. Marble tiles can add elegance and a touch of sophistication in your shower and turn the little space into not just a focal point but your own little retreat within a retreat.

Use a Marble Mosaic

Marble tile mosaics offer a lot of opportunity to add a unique aesthetic and touch to your bathroom. With many patterns and styles to choose from, it allows you to effectively capture the minimalist look required for that spa-like feel while also giving opportunity for personalisation and customisation.

Bring in Marble Details

Sometimes the smaller details can have a larger impact. While we mentioned the marble vanity above, you can even consider installing just a marble sink or adding marble details to your pre-existing vanity.

This gives you the benefit of infusing the beauty and serenity inherent in the marble aesthetic without having to undergo extensive renovations or redesigns. It’s economical, effective and easy.

Use Marble for Accessories

As with the option above, even your bathroom accessories can add touches of spa-like tranquility and elegance to your bathroom. From soap dispensers to toothbrush holders, there are many different ways you can take the tiniest of elements in the bathroom and bring them to life and luxury by replacing them with a marble option.

Add Lighting

Lighting, soft lighting in particular, should be used to great effect in a bathroom spa at home. Coupled with bright marble, warm pendant lighting or sconces can create a truly affecting, warm and inviting atmosphere.

This is just what you need to create that luxury spa feeling right in the comfort of your own house.

Match Marble Tiles with Simplistic Design

The gorgeous nature of marble speaks for itself. Let it shine by keeping your bathroom simple and as minimalistic as possible. Not only will that enhance the relaxation nature of the space, but it will also allow the beauty of marble to work its magic without the unnecessary clutter of additional decor.

Lastly, keep the design of your bathroom simple and minimalistic. Let the beauty of the marble tiles speak for itself and avoid cluttering the space with unnecessary decor.

Let’s start designing your home spa today!

We love marble here at Euro Marble… and we love helping our customers create and design their very own luxury spa at home by pairing them with the perfect marble tiles for their needs!

If you’d like to discuss how marble can transform your bathroom into the luxurious retreat you’ve been dreaming of, don’t wait! Contact our team today.

Creating a Custom Marble Kitchen Island

If you’re considering different options for your kitchen benchtop, a marble kitchen island may be the best option for a variety of reasons.

Versatile in design and aesthetic, it also provides plenty of opportunity for infusing extra storage, working space and even dining areas.

A custom cut marble kitchen island can transform just about any kitchen. To help you get started designing and conceptualising the right island benchtop for you, here’s a handy guide about everything you need to know.

Why consider a Marble Kitchen Island?

Kitchen islands are defined as a freestanding kitchen benchtop that normally is located in the centre of a kitchen. While mobile benchtops exist, the majority of islands are permanently installed.

A variety of materials, such as wood, metal, concrete and stone, can be used for a kitchen island and many different features of your kitchen (e.g., cabinetry, cooktops, sinks, seating areas, bar fridges, wine storage, dishwashers etc.) can be incorporated into the benchtop itself.

Some of the many different benefits of a kitchen island include:

Extra workspace and food preparation area.
More storage opportunities and organisational potential.
Greater design flexibility.
Better foot traffic flow in your kitchen.
Increased value to your home.

Similarly, using marble stone offers many advantages too, such as:

High levels of durability and hardiness.
Style and aesthetic flexibility.
Easy to clean and maintain.
Adds to your home’s resale value.
Hygienic material for use in the kitchen.
An amazing look!

How to Create a Custom Marble Kitchen Island

The first thing to understand about kitchen islands is that there is actually a lot of variety in style and type. The style that is right for you should be the first consideration you take into account. After all, each style comes with unique features that may affect the other options on the table. (No pun intended!)

Consider your kitchen before choosing your island. How big is it? What shape is it? What’s the general style of your kitchen and of your home in general?

The marble kitchen island needs to complement your interior design style while also being functional and practical in your existing kitchen space.

Option 1: Traditional Island

Traditional kitchen islands often feature different materials as well as marble, such as wood, and can include details such as decorative moldings or raised panel cabinets. While quite versatile in application, being inoffensive and timeless, traditional benchtop islands may not be right for every kitchen if you’re opting for a unique aesthetic.

Option 2: Modern

The benefit of a marble kitchen island is that you can just as easily create a contemporarily looking benchtop as a traditional one. Modern islands are sleek and minimalist with clean lines and monochromatic colouring.

Option 3: Rustic

Marble can also be used to great effect to complement a rustic kitchen. Considering that marble is in fact a natural stone, it can perfectly complement classic rustic materials such as reclaimed wood or even brick.

Option 4: Industrial

The unique aesthetic of industrial kitchens may not appeal to everyone, but the raw and unfinished design is certainly bold and beautiful. You can achieve a marble kitchen island in an industrial style by using open shelves and/or cabinets.

Option 5: Custom

A custom kitchen island is exactly what it sounds like: a tailored benchtop to suit your particular preferences and needs. Consider a custom made marble sink incorporated into the top surface, for example. Or opt for a ‘waterfall’ island design. The benefit of marble islands is that there is plenty of scope and opportunity to customise and create the perfect look and feel for you.

Choose the Right Marble

Did you know that there is more than just one type of marble? While there are certainly classic styles of marble stone, think white shading with grey veining, there is actually an enormously wide range of marble types, colours, patterns and styles.

And that’s not all! Even the finish of your marble kitchen island can be customised to suit your preferences. Considering the aesthetic and style of your kitchen when looking at different types of marble is important. However, you may also want to bear in mind durability as well, as different types of marble may be best suited to different applications and exposure to daily activity.

Call in Euro Marble

The team here at Euro Marble are happy to help you every step of the way in the journey towards your custom marble kitchen island.

Of course, if you’re set and confident about your style and choice of marble, we’re ready as well! Contact our team about creating and building your marble kitchen island. We’ll help you understand everything you need to know about the sourcing, creating and installing of your brand new marble countertop.

Care for your Marble

Nothing quite compares to a marble kitchen island, if we may say so ourselves. However, marble–while durable and hardy–does need some ongoing maintenance and care to ensure it looks and functions the way it ought to.

For one thing, clean up spills and liquids immediately to prevent staining. Never place hot pots or other items directly onto the marble and avoid cutting directly onto the stone where the surface could get scratched.

Regular professional resealing will also help ensure that the marble itself remains non-porous and looks as amazing as it should.

Let’s Talk Marble Kitchen Islands!

A custom cut marble kitchen island benchtop is a fairly affordable and easy way to take your entire home to the next level.
If you need any assistance in choosing the right marble or settling on the perfect kitchen benchtop design, make sure to speak to the Euro Marble team today. We’re here to help!