Marble is a fascinating material. Its aesthetics are captivating. Its functionality has won people over for more than two and a half millennia. In upscale interior design, the premium natural stone is perfectly processed into a design delight. In the bathroom, marble is luxury for the everyday.
Marble is robust, easy to clean, and versatile. It can be adapted to a room’s interior design with millimeter precision. This also means there all kinds of uses for marble in the bathroom:
Each stone slab is thereby unique. Marble makes your bathroom a very personal matter.
Marble played an important role even in ancient times. Historical masterpieces in art and architecture, such as the Venus de Milo and the Acropolis were made from it. During the Italian Renaissance, the white marble from Carrara inspired sculptors. Michelangelo used it to create his “Pieta,” among other things.
Marble embodies monumentality and luxury in every style era. In interior design, Carrara marble is still the measure of all things today. It lined the entrance hall of the World Trade Center.
It makes the atrium of the new One World Trade Center shine in white. For the spectacular portal to the “Ground Zero” subway station below, however, star architect Santiago Calatrava relied on materials from South Tyrol.
Marble lends itself to a wide variety of finishes: grinding, polishing, satin finishing, brushing. Unfinished, it has a captivating, “ancient” look and feel. But what makes marble a versatile design element in the bathroom is that there are many different types – and they all have their own individual appeal:
Over 50 types of marble are quarried in Carrara alone – in all shades and hues. Hundreds of other types of marble come from quarries around the world. However you imagine your luxury marble bathroom, there are almost no limits to what you can achieve.
There’s no material like marble. Marble surfaces have a unique texture. Their natural brilliance will round out any bathroom design. Marble is luxury. But it has its price.
As a design element, this elegant natural stone offers many application options. Marble tiles are available in any format. Each element has its own individual grain. This gives marble surfaces their very special aesthetic.
Marble tiles in bathrooms and showers also have advantages from a functional point of view: they are easy to clean and very hygienic. As a floor covering, they also show less wear than ceramic tiles or wood.
At its core, marble is perfect for use in wet spaces. However, it does need some care. It does not do well when liquid stays standing on the surface for long periods of time. So have marble in your bathroom regularly polished and sealed. Also: Marble looks its most upscale when smoothed and polished. However, it is slippery when wet. Special surface treatments offer a solution here.
Set an even more stylish scene for your marble with high-quality faucets.
Be inspired!