Marble is one of the most beautiful of natural stones. This stunning material has been used for construction purposes for many years and continues to be popular in use as flooring, benchtops, fireplaces, staircases, vanities and more.
Dark marble countertops are one of the many amazing uses of this natural stone. While marble might be well known for its signature white-and-grey veiny patterns, there’s a whole world of wide-ranging coloured marble, including dark colours and shades.
If the thought of black countertops made from marble intrigues you but you’re not too sure where to start, we’ve curated a list of dark marble countertop ideas just for you.
Dark Marble Countertop Ideas
Colours
Black Fantasy
Black Fantasy is as striking as it is beautiful. Dark and moody with flecks of white and grey veining, using black fantasy in your kitchen countertop will bring something alluring, exotic and altogether unique to your home.
Ebony Black
If you want something that’s even darker, you won’t be able to go past the sleek blackness of Ebony Black Marble. With a gleaming, seamless surface, this beautiful stone emulates the starry night sky and brings the transcendent down into your kitchen.
Nero Fossile
Nero Fossile is an excellent choice for a dark marble countertop for the designer who wants their black marble cake and to eat it too. With a pitch-black colouring, the pattern of randomised shimmering fossils brings a sense of depth, vibrancy and sophistication to this magnificent stone.
Nuova Portoro
Black and gold is, in a word, classy. The Nuova Portoro Marble is proof of that. This intensely black marble is broken with a refined spread of golden shapes, veins and patterns. The result? An absolutely delicate and decadent balance of prestige, blackness and glamorous gold.
Nero Marquina
Nero Marquina is at once both classically marble visually and uniquely different. The dark black marble brings with it a gorgeous pattern of shimmering white marble in the form veins and thin clouding. Charming to the last, this sleek marble makes for excellent countertops and benchtops.
Style
Matte Finish
Black marble countertops can come in a number of different finishes, yet our recommendation has to be matte. Ground to smooth perfection, your flat benchtop will be shimmering and gleaming in a way that is designed to bring out the luxuriousness and depth of the marble’s colouring.
Golden Fittings and Appliances
Black and gold is a winning colour combination anywhere in the house but if you’re thinking of incorporating a dark marble countertop you can accentuate the choice by incorporating gold elsewhere in the kitchen. Gold fittings, such as door handles and drawer knobs and lights, do a wonderful job at tying the entire area together and highlighting the feature black marble.
Incorporate a Black Sink
Incorporating a sink into the slab of your kitchen countertop is nothing revolutionary. However, when you put a sink into a black marble countertop you’ll be blown away by the effect. For some, a solid surface of dark marble might seem like a lot. With the visual and literal depth of a kitchen to break up the surface of the marble you’ll see the entire area transform into life. Plus, now you have a beautiful matching dark sink!
Matching Backsplash
A black marble countertop is a statement and will be sure to draw the eyes of family, friends and visitors. Pairing your dark marble slab with an equally dark and matching backsplash can help to balance a space and add a bit of soothing symmetry to the room. There’s still plenty of variety in choice of how to incorporate the marble as your backsplash, but no matter what you choose the double-punch impact of a dark marble countertop and backsplash will be a jaw-dropping combination.
White Kitchen
If black and gold isn’t quite your style, black and white might just be the colour scheme for you. There are plenty of ways to incorporate a black and white style into your home. However, if you’re sold on the idea of a dark marble countertop–and why wouldn’t you be–you can ground the central feature piece with a minimalist and sleek white kitchen. There’s a lot to love about this choice: You get all the benefits of a white, bright and light kitchen and the stunning, luxurious aesthetic of dark marble.
Waterfall Style Kitchen Island
Kitchen islands are popular both for their look and for their functionality, and if you’re thinking of adding a black marble countertop to your kitchen island bench you’re seriously going to be taking things up a stylistic notch. Waterfall-style kitchen islands do a lot more than add to the fashionable nature of your kitchen. It also gives you plenty of opportunity to show off the investment you’ve made into the glorious dark marble. Make the most of your chosen marble by incorporating it into a waterfall-style kitchen island countertop.
Solid Slab Kitchen Island
A great alternative to the waterfall island style is a simple prism-shaped solid slab of stunning black marble. Elegant in its utter simplicity and beautiful in its unparalleled ability to showcase your chosen stone, the solid slab countertop island is particularly well suited to modern-style homes.
Let’s Find Your Perfect Marble Countertop Today!
Have we given you some great ideas? Are the mental wheels of your inner designer turning? Fantastic! We can’t wait to help you find the perfect dark marble for your countertop. Our friendly team of experts here at Euro Marble love nothing more than helping our customers find the perfect natural stone for their particular application. So give us a call today or come on in and visit us in our showroom.
