Marble is a big trend right now. It never really went anywhere, but it’s definitely found new vigor and new fans over the past couple of years – perhaps to its detriment. There are lots of ways you can add marble to your home, and some are more affordable than others. If you’re interested in adding marble to your dining room, take a look at our tips to make it look as stylish as you feel.
There are degrees of subtlety
Thanks to the invention of manmade marble, it comes in lots of different colors and tones. This means you can go as bold or subtle as you want with it. You can stick with white and even have options. Do you want the veins of your marble to be off-white or solid black? Thin or thick and bold? Or maybe you want colors running through it, like blue or gold. There are lots of options. Consider not only the marble you want, but the surrounding room. If you love bold colors in your kitchen, for example, maybe go with a more subtle marble counter. If you want a bold or colorful marble counter, consider a neutral tone for the rest of the room.
Don’t do too much
If you’re absorbing all the “2022 Trends That Need to Stay in 2023” blogs and TikToks around home décor, no doubt you’ve heard marble come up. Not because anyone is sick of it. Quite the opposite in fact. People, including designers, have simply gone too far with it in the past. You’ll see entire bathrooms covered in it, and like too much of anything else, it’s going to give you a headache. Especially if you’re trying to discern what is a squiggly characteristic of the marble and what is the corner of a wall.
Take it a step back. Understand that marble is an accent, like accent walls. It can be applied to walls with tile or wallpaper, to countertops, and even to furniture, but it shouldn’t be applied to all of them in the same room.
Incorporate it into your furniture
As mentioned, there are lots of ways in which you can incorporate marble into your home. But marble isn’t cheap. If you’re looking for an affordable way to give your home some marble accents, consider getting a statement marble dining table or coffee table. You can find plenty of options in discount furniture stores who are currently enjoying the marble furniture trends of 2023.
Go for simple styling
But if you’re going to get yourself a marble dining table, you need to know how to style it. Marble has its patterns, though not as rigidly as say, a geometric or paisley pattern. It’s a pattern in the same way a tree branch is. It’s a little random but it makes sense. This combination of predictability and random patterns means you shouldn’t really have it fighting with anything. Consider simple and bold items for the table, like black candlesticks, a vase with a single flower, or a branch, and crockery that is a solid color rather than a flowery pattern.
