I think that's how they do it in mausoleums so it should be okay.

Seriously, it depends on the style of everything. It COULD look nice. Are you sure a waterfall island is appropriate for your other design choices? (People often put it in where it just doesn't go.) What is the cabinet style?

Way way way overboard on marble. Skip the waterfall and the floor both. You need the warmth of natural wood or it’s all going to look like a sarcophagus in a mausoleum.

That look could probably be pulled off by a good designer in a very sleek modern ocean front condo in Miami, but it just doesn't work well in most other homes styles.

Here is one in Toronto. Notice that the clean lines, finishes and colors are carried throughout the whole house. The kitchen would look out of place in a normal suburban house.

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It is your house and you can certainly do anything you want, but I would make sure to have a vision for the whole house and not just the kitchen. If you don't have an eye for mixing materials, make sure you hire a competent designer to help you.

I have to second the comment that that would be way too much marble. I would also limit the marble to your island and put something else more practical on the perimeter cabinets. A kitchen is as much or more about function than appearance. If you want to go crazy with marble, do it in your master bathroom. If I were looking to buy a house and saw a kitchen with that much marble I would turn right around and walk out, and I don't think I would be the only one. I love natural materials. I would put granite in a kitchen over quartz any day, but marble is softer and stains easier. It's too high maintenance for me. Have you looked at light granites?

Look at this whole remodel of an older home in London. The kitchen doesn't look bad, but I don't think it goes with the rest of the home's architecture or furnishings. Maybe they bought the house and the kitchen had already been remodeled and they just decided to ignore it. Had they used modern furnishings too, the kitchen would have made more sense in the space. Just my personal opinion and taste!

https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/luxury-kensington-apartments-pj-vj~1103736

Setting aside the waterfall question, my mother's kitchen had a marble floor in the '90s. It was cold, hard to stand on making legs and back ache, and could be slippery if something dripped. Also it etched like crazy - just spill one drop of soda or juice and it will be there forever.

I agree that it depends on the style of your home. I personally would never put stone floors in my kitchen (however beautiful) because they would be so hard, cold and painful to stand on for any length of time; the same problems occur with tile or concrete flooring. Marble flooring in a bathroom? YES! I love marble, and have a marble countertop in my kitchen, and marble hex on the bathroom floor. I love it, but it does require some care. I live alone so I’m ok with that, but otherwise I’d never have chosen it. FWIW, I think a waterfall island can be beautiful, but only in the right house. Otherwise it’s too much hard surface and over-designing in a room that should be comfortable, and perhaps will be a dated look very soon, if not last year.

@Fori- The style of the cabinets are light grey shaker cabinets. Working on transitioning the house to a timeless midcentury modern feel. Lots of gray tones throughout the house. We already ordered the cabinets and the island was designed to fit a waterfall edge so we are still moving forward with the island.

@kandrewspa- we are doing quartz ( looks like Carrara) since it's more durable. We did consider granite but ultimately just loved the marble look of the quartz.

@Chispa- Thanks for the advice and also the examples! I would absolutely need to continue mixing more modern pieces in my house but we are working towards that look. Again not super modern but that timeless midcentury modern feel

Would the floor also be quartz? If you have a quartz counter and waterfall on the island and have real marble on the floor, it may make the quartz look off. For example, I have quartz counters and have a marble tray, I don't use it on my counter because the contrast makes my counters scream fake marble/quartz. But I really like my counter outside of this.

“planning on doing Carrara marble countertops with a waterfall edge island...we are doing quartz ( looks like Carrara) since it's more durable”

When doing any renovation, it is a problem to mix terms - it creates confusion with contractors and suppliers, and anything else that needs to do the work based on what you are communicating. Could end up costing you big bucks, so try to be precise and do not say you are installing marble when you are installing Quartz.

Now we do not know what floors you are actually asking about. If it’s real marble, it will look odd with a Quartz waterfall counter, but so will ”marble-look” floor tiles. In any case, as mentioned above, it’s a mausoleum look or perhaps office building lobby.

@ Jennsbabysky we are open to different stone/ tile materials. My husband is really into the idea of a floor that is not wood so trying to think of ideas. I do agree that sometimes the contrast can create a fake marble look so maybe not actual Carrara for the flooring.

I guess you can call it whatever you wish, but ditto what Verbo said that MCM style does not use Shaker doors, a waterfall counter or a gray color scheme. Your cabinet and counter selections are transitional in style with the waterfall counter being ultra modern-most successfully used in an spacious modern/minimalist kitchen. Check out slate tile flooring if you don't want wood-slate was actually used in mid-mod homes and the deeper color would ground the rest of your color choices.

Would your husband be willing to make his own idea book? I found that making an idea book helped better identify my themes, preferences, and goals and communicate them with others. Maybe if you both made books, it would help clarify shared preferences etc.

Can? Sure. Will it look good? Depends on context and specific materials, but I'm going to venture that it is a combination way more likely to turn out badly than well. Chispa's example looks good, but it's a very specific aesthetic. It's two-tone, very sleek, to me it projects urban sophisticate (or wannabe). A different combination of colors, door styles, and specific marbles/marble looks and it could all go very wrong.

We have a Victorian. I have marble floors and counters with white cabinets.

Very different look than MCM, but it does work, I think ;^) no waterfall though.

I believe that waterfall counters are an expensive fad that will soon look very dated. Save the expense of the extra material and fabrication for the waterfall and use it for an upgraded appliance or nicer hardware on your cabinets.

PS Be aware that true marble makes for a very difficult to maintain countertop. It stains easily, even with sealer and will etch ( Lose polished finish) if anything acidic lands on it. Think, lemon, wine, pickles, vinegar, juice, sodas, etc. If you want the look of marble without the headaches... use quartz. Marble really is best used in bathrooms.

There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Pick either the floor or the counter to be the star and then everyother choice should support the ”marble” you chose. If everything is special, then nothing is special. You know what I mean?