We bought 1" hex tumbled white carrera marble with 1/16 grout space for floor in a new bath. Am now concerned upkeep will be a nightmare. Was told by unbiased kitchen designer, that we could seal with Porous 511 and it would last indefinitely. We can still return tile if done by monday, june 15. Is this a poor choice? also any reason we might not want to use the same in polished for the vanity top?we are trying to keep the all white feel. Would love some opinions.

Hi KFHL, I bought a herringbone marble tile-- love it. I paid about $12 per sheet from a local tile store called International Tile and Stone (in Los Angeles) and I suspect your local stores will have it. The store I went to also had a basket-weave, but I got this one instead and it really came out beautiful. Almost finished with my bathroom.... still waiting for final touches like mirrors and crown molding. To see the disaster putting it together and how houzzers helped me get thru it, check this out; [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/help-needed-before-8-22-16-monday-dsvw-vd~4104082[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/help-needed-before-8-22-16-monday-dsvw-vd~4104082) Good luck with your project. If you are going to splurge, master bath is definitely the place to do it! I feel like a princess in my new bathroom!

The only way I would do it is if the house absolutely would not sell with the bathrooms the way they are now. If you did minor cosmetic updates (new cultured marble to replace old, things like that) if might be plenty and you would get a return, maybe, if it was only a thousand dollars or so (or at least not a great loss. If you renovated the baths or one of them, in its entirety, no, I don't think you will get the return at all. I had to redo a full bath (the only full bath) in my last place because it was very worn out and the rest of the apartment was renovated. I did not see one penny of it in return except that I sold the apartment and there are others that were on the market longer that did not (and have not sold yet) three years later. Obviously there are other factors involved, but in my case leaving an only bath renovation to a buyer (which is a hassle) would have meant I couldn't sell at all.

I would appreciate your opinions on using karnezi marble for bath vanity. Trying to decide on marble or Quartz. Questioning praticality and design....calm vs. movement. I know it is a personal feeling, but just curious of others' experiences. Thanks so much! :-) (please disregard porcelain tile on the floor)