4 Dupes for Calacatta Viola

Calacatta Viola on Trend in 2025

Looking at the design trends for 2025, trendsetters are moving away from minimalist design and embracing layers of bold color, pattern and texture for their home projects.

In the kitchen and bath, designers are embracing color and boldly veined stones for making design statements while channeling the healing properties of nature. Expect to see color palettes of browns, reds, deep green and eggplants.

For the first quarter of 2025, purple seems to be playing out as the color of the moment. Continue reading “4 Dupes for Calacatta Viola”

July 19, 2007

Full Height Marble Splash

With tile so popular these days I rarely get requests for full height backsplashes so I was thrilled to see a picture posted by Materialicious of a German kitchen featuring white marble running not just up the side of a tall cabinet but across the top too.

Most Americans don’t like how easily marble can stain and tend to favor granite or quartz countertops. If you want to recreate this look with either material you can substitute strips on top of the cabinet to cut the cost and weight.

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