Creating Luxury Outdoor Spaces with Marble Pavers

Creating Luxury Outdoor Spaces with Marble Pavers

Using marble outdoor pavers is a stylish, functional way to create a luxury space outside of your home to match the luxury space within.

Fortunately, there are a range of ways in which you can infuse marble stone paving designs, depending on your preferences, budget and overall style.

In this article, we will help introduce you to some ideas and inspiration for creating luxury outdoor spaces with marble pavers.

Using Marble for Stone Pavers

Marble pavers are cleanly cut and flat pieces of natural marble stone that are used to cover surfaces – generally outdoors. Pavers can be made from a variety of different materials depending on style and application. Marble stone is a common and popular choice for pavers for patios, pool decks, driveways and garden/backyard landscapes.

They are uniquely versatile for many reasons. From the range of colours, styles and patterns of marble to the multiple paver finish options available, marble pavers are a premium choice for outdoor home design. In addition to being able to choose from tumbled finishes to honed, brushed or hammered, pavers can also be customised to include specific weather-resistant qualities, slip resistance and other features.

Benefits of Marble Pavers

1. Aesthetic

Marble outdoor pavers are – first and foremost – unmatched in their elegance. The bold, beautiful colouring of marble complete with its iconic veining makes for the ultimate in luxury garden paths.

2. Durability

Marble pavers are highly durable. As a metamorphic rock, marble is naturally hardy and can withstand heavy foot traffic, extreme weather conditions and general wear and tear.

3. Heat resistance

Marble may be popular around the world, but this stone is particularly suited to life right in Australia as it remains cool to the touch, even on hot days – which is ideal for pool surrounds or even outdoor patios.

4. Low maintenance

With simple, low-effort maintenance – such as sweeping and wiping – you can keep your marble looking and functioning as good as new for many, many years.

5. Value

Marble’s high-end appearance, longevity and popularity makes it a smart economic choice as well. Marble pavers can increase your home’s market value and increase its appeal to potential buyers.

Where to use Marble Outdoor Pavers

Garden Paths

Garden paths offer a ton of creative possibilities for your stone paving designs. Elegant, refined marble walkways are an excellent way of bringing the greenery of your garden to life with natural yet visually appealing colours.

Patios and Courtyards

Marble isn’t just great for patios and courtyards for practical reasons. It is great for aesthetic reasons as well. You can effectively create the luxurious and opulent ambiance you’re going for with the right marble slab.

Pool Decks

Marble, thanks to its heat resistance and slip-resistant coatings, can make for a safe, practical and fashionable choice of pool surrounds.

Driveways

It may seem luxurious to use marble pavers for a driveway, but this iconic stone can transform your entire home and help it to stand out visually.

Steps and Terraces

While marble is a premium choice of building material, it can come with a premium price tag. If you love marble – like us – but are looking for a more budget friendly solution, consider more constrained applications such as a small stepped terrace or outdoor entryway.

Finding the Right Marble for your Outdoor Application

All marble stones are beautiful. But not all marble outdoor pavers are the same.

The surprisingly wide range of colours and styles in marble can make it a bit overwhelming for many people to find the right type of stone for their specific need.

Our team at Euro Marble is always happy to discuss stone paving designs and options, but to help you get started, we have identified three of the most popular types of marble and detailed potential features to help you determine which might be right for you:

  1. Statuario
  2. Calacatta
  3. Carrara

1. Statuario

Statuario Marble is a wonder to behold. Its white colouring with bold veining and patterns make it a high contrast marble and perfect for outdoor applications where you want the marble to stand out and draw visual attention.

2. Calacatta

Calacatta Marble is iconic in its own right and is a richly coloured, dramatically patterned form of marble. The bright white colouring will help your backyard or garden feel breezy and open, whilst the gold or brown veins will add visual complexity and depth.

3. Carrara

Carrara Marble, is an umbrella type of marble that hails from Italy. While Statuario and Calacatta can be considered subtypes of Carrara, standard Carrara is more subtle than the other options yet no less elegant. This lightly grey marble with soft veins is more iconically ‘marble’ and can be the perfect decision for a luxury garden path, patio or pool area.

Marble certainly comes in many shades and finishes, so if one of the classic types doesn’t quite suit your dream outdoor area, check out our range of marble products for more ideas and inspiration.

Tips for Outdoor Marble Paving

No matter what sort of marble slab you end up choosing, or how you choose to incorporate marble into your home, there are a number of tips and tactics that will help your space look, feel and function better than ever.

 

  1. Choose the right finish – consider the application of your marble pavers and then consider whether a brushed, tumbled, or bush-hammered finish is best suited for your needs.
  2. Always seal your marble – marble stone is certainly highly durable, but it needs to be sealed professionally every few years to maintain its longevity.
  3. Consider your style – beautiful marble slabs are available in a range of colours and accents, so make sure to consider holistically your chosen style and aesthetic and choose a coloured and patterned marble that will complement your existing or intended design.

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Combining Leather and Marble for Dining Rooms

Combining Leather and Marble for Dining Rooms

Marble dining decor has been a high end interior design choice for many, many years. And it is understandable why this is the case. 

Marble is a highly desirable material thanks to its luxurious aesthetic, its unique veining and patterns, and its timeless elegance and appeal. The versatility this stone offers in dining room application means that it can be incorporated in a way that suits all sorts of interior styles, including both classic and modern.

However, while marble can and certainly does stand on its own, there are a number of benefits to pairing it with other complementary yet contrasting materials. Leather and stone, for example, is an emerging and increasingly popular option among interior designers and home owners.

Why Pair Leather and Stone?

1. Achieving Aesthetic Balance

Blending leather and marble in your dining space allows for a balance of tone, shades, textures and aesthetics. 

Leather adds an element of warmth and softness to a space, whilst marble is often beloved for its smooth and sleek appearance, cool tones and captivating natural patterns. The two materials’ interplay creates a level of visual depth and thereby aesthetic interest. Paired carefully, the leather’s supple feel and marble’s polished finish can create layered and stunning dining room aesthetic.

2. Complementary Luxury

As far as luxury dining trends go, marble stone and leather is among the best for its visual elegance and versatility.

Both materials are independently associated with luxury and opulence, so together the combination is magic! Additionally, both materials can be used in modern minimalist applications or to complement a more classical or traditional decor. For example, deep, textured leather chairs look and feel fantastic next to a polished, sparkling marble table.

3. Practical Materials for the Dining Room

Marble and leather are certainly beautiful materials, but that is not where their appeal ends. Marble is a durable, heat-resistant and easy-to-clean stone, which is why it is popular for dining decor and furniture.

Similarly, leather – such as incorporated in chairs, is easy to be wiped clean and kept stain-free – a practical quality for a dining area.

4. Timeless Appeal

There are many luxury dining trends that look fantastic today but are likely to look outdated tomorrow, or in the years to come.

Both leather and stone offer timeless appeal. Their historical track record and versatility in style mean that these materials can be used in a way that won’t look outdated or old fashioned as trends in the market change. If you opt for a carefully chosen complementary colours scheme, such as light marble with dark, rich leather, you can achieve a striking visual contrast that will look amazing forever.

5. Customisability

Your leather and marble dining decor should match your home and your preferences. Both of these materials come in a variety of colours, a variety of finishes and a variety of opportunities for further customisation to suit your needs and wants. 

Plus, while marble and leather looks and works wonders on its own, you can also integrate other materials, such as wood, metal, or copper, into your dining room to further create the overall style you are after.

A Guide to Combining Leather Chairs and a Marble Table for Dining Rooms

The classic pairing opportunity for leather and stone is in your dining room table and chairs. A marble table provides a perfect canvas for showcasing a slab of stone in all of its glory. Whilst leather chairs offer a plush, comfortable and stunning style to complement and contrast the bright marble table top. It is an elegant fashion choice and practical dining option.

Mix Textures and Colours

How do you make the most of both of these materials?

Make sure to mix up the textures and colours. For example, the smooth, polished marble table should sit alongside a more textured leather chair. This adds tactile interest but also creates a level of visual depth and interest.

When it comes to colours, you can choose for a classic white or off-white marble matched with deep brown leather chairs. Or, you can flip the script, and choose a bolder and darker marble table with cream or white leather chairs. 

Keep style Consistency

There are a lot of options with leather and stone. Whilst the many different varieties all look amazing in their own way, keeping style consistency is important for aesthetic cohesion.

1. Minimalism

For a modern or minimalist interior design, choose a fresh and neutral coloured marble table paired with sleek, armless leather chairs.

2. Classic

For a more classic sophistication, opt for a more earth-toned slab of marble, with ornate finishings, and surrounded by high backed or wingbacked leather chairs.

3. Industrial

If you want a more industrial chic design, consider a marble topped dining table with a black, bold metal base. Distressed leather chairs beneath some industrial style lighting will create the dramatic effect you’re after.

4. Rustic

Rustic elegance can look stunning. Consider a round marble dining table as opposed to a traditional rectangular shape and match it with weathered leather chairs that scream cosiness and comfort.

5. Art Deco

If glamorous art deco is more your vibe, consider a boldly, intricately veined marble table. Choose leather chairs that are quilted or nailhead-trimmed and match the entire look with a geometric rug.

Remember: Lighting and Flooring

Leather and stone is best applied to a dining room in the form of chairs and a table. However, do not neglect the other elements of the room. It takes a well considered interior design to achieve a truly complementary and cohesive look.

Your lighting, for example, will affect the entire space. Chandeliers and pendant lights reflect luxury and opulent. Brass, metal or copper accents can be more effective for other styles. Either way, always consider and match your lighting accordingly.

Similarly, your choice of flooring, carpet or rugs should add to the overall ambiance not contrast with it. If your table and chairs combination needs a bit of warmth, your choice of flooring can provide just that. If you need something bright and sleek to offset the deeper, richer tones of your leather and stone, choose stone pavers that do just that.

Find the Right Marble Luxury Dining Trends at Euro Marble

The team here at Euro Marble live and breathe all things marble stone, and we love pairing this fantastic material with leather to bring our customers’ dream dining rooms to life.

We’d love to discuss your marble dining decor with you – so why not give us a call today?

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Why Choose Carrara Marble for Your Kitchen

Why Choose Carrara Marble for Your Kitchen

Carrara Marble is an exceptional choice of natural stone and is a popular option if you are looking to find the perfect Italian marble countertop for your kitchen.

What is Carrara Marble?

For many people, Carrara Marble is what the mind conjures up when you think about marble stone in general. And while there are many different types of marble, each with unique and varying shades, colours, patterns and styles, Carrara Marble is certainly iconic.

This world-renowned stone is recognisable for its bright, white or off-white colouring, and subtle yet bold veining. Its distinctly opulent and beautiful aesthetic has contributed to its popularity for use in homes, buildings and even art sculptures for millenia, such as Michelangelo’s famous statue of David.

Today, Carrara Marble is popular for high-end residential and commercial applications. Whilst often used for floor tiling, countertops or wall cladding, it is also used as purely decorative elements, such as a feature wall, thanks to its stunning beauty. Of course, because the marble is quarried directly from the ground and not produced in a factory, no two slabs are exactly alike and therefore every particular application is unique.

Are there types of Carrara Marble?

There are actually a number of different grades of Carrara Marble. The classic bright white marble you might have seen is most likely called Bianco Carrara. Whereas the type of marble stone with pure white shading and minimal to no veining is likely to be Statuario Marble.

Another popular form of Carrara Marble is Calacatta. This grade features an often warmer tone and shading, with bolder veining and more intricate patterns. In some classifications, Calacatta is considered a distinct variety of marble from the Carrara region.

Where does it come from?

Carrara Marble is so named because it is exclusively quarried from a place called Carrara in Italy. This town is situated in the northern region of Tuscany and near the foothills of the famous Apuan Alps. Even the mountainsides of the region often exhibit the same bright white shades and stunning grey veining of marble. 

Like all marble, Carrara is formed naturally in the Earth as a result of extreme levels of heat and pressure. The Carrara region has been quarried for its uniquely beautiful stone for many years – at least since the days of Ancient Rome – making it one of the oldest sources of marble stone in the world.

Why is Carrara Marble such a popular Kitchen Stone Option?

The truth is that Carrara Marble is popular throughout home interior design, not just the kitchen. However, Italian marble countertops are particularly popular for a number of reasons beyond just the pure aesthetic beauty of the stone.

Marble, due to the way this metamorphic rock forms in the ground, can be finished in a polished or honed (matte) way to both showcase a smooth and practical kitchen countertop surface whilst also reflecting its fine grain structure.

On a functional level, marble is a highly durable and hardy material. With professional resealing every few years, your Carrara marble benchtop can be kept looking and functioning as good as new for a long, long time with little maintenance.

Carrara Marble - Your Kitchen Stone Options

Carrara Marble makes for an excellent choice of stone for your kitchen. The fashion and functionality of marble is simply unmatched. 

Kitchen Benchtop

Using Carrara Marble for a countertop in your kitchen is a classic yet highly effective way of showcasing this stunning and luxurious material. However, if you are considering an Italian marble countertop, it is always recommended that you choose a thicker slab for extra durability. Approximately 3cm in thickness is ideal. Plus, always keep your marble well sealed and ensure you clean up any spills as quickly as possible.

Kitchen Island

Distinct from a standard countertop, the kitchen island is a standalone feature that can be customised in many ways to suit your home and life. However, using Carrara Marble is an excellent way of transforming a purely functional section of the kitchen into a work of art in and of itself.

Shelving

If your kitchen features open shelving, why not consider using Carrara Marble? It is a subtle and effective way of using this stunning stone without breaking the bank or requiring a top to toe kitchen renovation? Marble shelves offer a sleek storage option and can be helpful in keeping your kitchen bright, beautiful and opulent.

Accents

As mentioned above, Carrara Marble’s unrivalled beauty means that it can stand alone as a piece of art, as well as a functional piece of home furniture or infrastructure. Marble incorporated into windowsills, cabinetry inserts, tray boards or feature walls can be a delicate way of making the most of this luxurious material.

Explore Your Marble Stone Kitchen Options with Euro Marble

Euro Marble is Sydney’s premier provider of marble stone, and our range of Carrara Marble needs to be seen to be believed.

There are many ways in which you can incorporate this fantastic Italian stone into your home and near infinite opportunities to customise and make your application of the stone your own. If you would like to find out more about all things Carrara Marble, want to organise a time to come into our showroom to see our slabs for yourself, or just want to explore more ideas for how to infuse stone into your kitchen and home, give the Euro Marble team a call today.

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