Quartz that "looks like" Carrara Marble
Germain Wong
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DrB477
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Quartz that looks like Marble... Corian? Granite?
Comments (50)Hey 2LittleFishies, I too love marble, but don't much mind the wear patterns it develops. I've been in houses with 60 year old soap stone and find it quite charming. Heck, I've been in houses with 200 year old marble counters - and still find the wear quite charming. My own Victorian has soapstone around the heat registers. They're a little dinged up but quite beautiful in my opinion. I have a large, cutting board, bit of carrara marble that I use to roll out dough - maybe start with that and see where it takes you. Don't know how old your house is but one of the good things about an older home is that nothing is really perfect and if it is perfect it looks rather out of place. So...things look fine when they are a little worn. I remember going to England and staying in a house that was built in the 1400s - wear just means people have come before you and will come after you, it is a good reminder. So get what you like and what you want. If wear patterns and noticeable age on your counters isn't what you want get something else. Remember, even durable things break, pit and fall apart....See MoreWhite cab paint for carrara marble looking quartz counters
Comments (1)Which white paint colors have you tried that make the counter look yellow?...See MoreQuartz or quartzite that looks like Carrara marble??
Comments (6)I can’t see the picture, but if what you really want is to look exactly like Carrara marble, then Carrara it is. No matter how much the quartz companies try to emulate marble, it’s not marble. (Don’t get me wrong, there are lots of beautiful quartz patterns, but they won’t fool a marble lover.) And quartzite is quartzite, it really doesn’t look like marble. The closest you might come is Super White quartzite (which isn’t actually quartzite but dolomitic marble), it etches like marble, so if what you really want is Carrara you might as well go for it. We chose Opus White quartzite and I love love love it, but it is darker grey and nothing like marble IMO....See MoreQuartz that looks like Carrara marble?
Comments (2)There are a lot of discussions about quartz that looks like marble, if you put that phrase in the search bar. Here's a home that used Calacatta Quartz....See MoreDIY2Much2Do
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