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Marble Counters: What Everyone Needs to Know {Part 4}

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Julie

So when I left you last, I told you about my disastrous marble bar top and the muriatic acid disaster created by Fabricator #2. If you are just joining this series, you can read the complete story of my marble counter top saga by clicking these links: Part One, Part Two, Part Three. Today’s post won’t make much sense until you read the others!

First, let me tell you that Fabricator #2 did not completely destroy the island by using the muriatic acid. (more…)

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Marble Counters: What Everyone Needs to Know {Part 3}

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Julie

If you’re just reading this series for the first time you can get caught up by clicking the links below:

Part One
Part Two

This next leg of the journey – in many ways – proved to be every bit as frustrating as the first part.

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Marble Counters: What Everyone Needs to Know {Part 1}

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Julie

About a year ago, we began what would become a long process of renovating our kitchen.

The actual renovation from the first day of demolition to the day the kitchen became functional and put back together was about 6 weeks — a little longer than projected and definitely came with it’s share of stresses.

I’m not going to go through all of the details of the ups and downs of kitchen renovation in this post, but I do want to tell you the story of our marble counters in hopes that it will be helpful to those of you thinking about installing marble — or any natural stone counter top — in your home. (If you want to read my advice about how to survive a kitchen remodel go here.)

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