{"id":30409,"date":"2016-03-07T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=30409"},"modified":"2017-02-02T09:09:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T14:09:11","slug":"our-carrara-marble-countertops-five-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=30409","title":{"rendered":"Our Carrara Marble Countertops- Five Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"

In just a few more weeks, we will celebrate living five years in our home.\u00a0 I just need to say that downsizing and moving from the burbs to downtown was one of the best decisions we have ever made.\u00a0 We were at the perfect time in our lives to get rid of a lot of the stuff, the huge house, and the work.\u00a0 I’m glad we made the move and the decision when we did because it is over.\u00a0 Remodeling and then moving were a LOT of work, but it’s finished.\u00a0 Bam!\u00a0 When we did the remodeling,which was an almost total gut job, I struggled with the kitchen countertop decision.\u00a0 Should I go with a quartz which would be practical or should I go with what I really wanted – marble?\u00a0 After much thought and after talking to many people who had tons of different opinions, I decided to bite the bullet and go with my heart.\u00a0 I chose Carrara marble, and after living with marble countertops, I thought it might be fun to give a review five years later.<\/h3>\n

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First off,\u00a0 we don’t have young children.\u00a0 Other than when we have friends or family visiting, it’s just the two of us.\u00a0 If I were serving grape juice to children on a daily basis, I would have gone with quartz.\u00a0 But we are adults, and because of that I felt we could handle the responsibility of marble.<\/h3>\n

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When it was installed, our marble was sealed with a five year sealer.\u00a0 That means it’s time to have the marble man (as opposed to the Marlboro man );) come back for a reapplication.\u00a0 (Is that a word?)\u00a0 Even though our marble was sealed, I still take precautions.<\/h3>\n

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I have a glass cutting board beside the sink and beside the stove because\u00a0 I do my heavy-duty prepping and cooking in those two areas.\u00a0 I never put any food directly onto the marble.\u00a0 There’s always a buffer between the food and the counter.<\/h3>\n

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Our marble doesn’t have stains on it, but it does have etching which is common on all marble.\u00a0 You can only see the etching when light shines on it a certain way.\u00a0 Etching is not a stain.\u00a0 It’s hard to explain, but it’s a mark on the marble that is the same color as the marble.\u00a0 For example, if you put a slice of cheese on the counter for a few minutes and then pick it up, there might be some etching that shows where the cheese had been.\u00a0 It doesn’t wash out.\u00a0 It’s there forever.\u00a0 Europeans think that stains and etching on their marble are the signs of a good cook.\u00a0 They embrace the imperfections.\u00a0 I’m trying to be more European.<\/h3>\n

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I have a “bake station” in our walk-in pantry.\u00a0 So, whenever I’m baking, I do all of the prep work on the laminate counter in there.\u00a0 That takes a lot of the messy work out of the kitchen and off of the countertops.\u00a0 That might be one of the reasons the marble is still is such good condition.<\/h3>\n

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Now, here’s the big question:\u00a0 If I had it to do over again, would I still choose marble countertops for our kitchen.\u00a0 The answer is yes.\u00a0 I love the look and the way they feel.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In just a few more weeks, we will celebrate living five years in our home.\u00a0 I just need to say that downsizing and moving from the burbs to downtown was one of the best decisions we have ever made.\u00a0 We were at the perfect time in our lives to get rid of a lot of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30409"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30409"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34160,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30409\/revisions\/34160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}