I think I paid $65 sq ft through Home Depot. A year ago. The special was $10 off a sq ft.

I think the fact that it isn't very white would make it less expensive! I don't really know how much it normally runs. Good luck. It is a pretty slab.

With a sink cutout, edging, and all of the associated add ins, it’s not far off. $5 a square foot is VERY low for shop honing. It takes quite a bit of time and skill. And those diamond brushes do not come cheap. That is what would give me second thoughts. And plenty of holdback on the job until well after it was in the home for a week to inspect in all kinds of light.

Setting aside the price, that pic does not look like Carrara. It should be whiter, also the white areas should have a tiny bit of sparkle to them. If you like the coloration of the slab in your pic, get it, the price is fair, but don't call it Carrara.

It doesn't look like Carrara. The price doesn't seem too bad to me, but make sure you are getting what you want.

That is a very nice slab of Carrara Marble. Like any natural stone, they vary in color and style depending on what part of the mountain it comes from. This particular one is a bit darker but it is Carrara Marble. Not sure about pricing but like with anything else, get a second opinion or estimate from a different company and then decide. We hope it all comes out as you plan.

Buy now; you're competing against the newly wealthy Chinese.

In my area (SF Bay Area) the price of all stone that is not granite, and particularly Carrara Marble, has greatly increased. One of our local fabricators prominently announces this on his webpage because everyone expects Carrara to run 45-50 per square ft installed. Its not that surprising to me because people are obsessed with marble right now. I see it in every new office, restaurant, barber shop (!!!) that pops up. And I know from this forum that it is plenty popular in homes and condos!

i like your slab and think the price is fine if you like it. Very high contrast Carrara with lots of white seems to be less common. Every time I see it, it is predominantly grey.

i have Danby in my kitchen and I love it!

To me your slab looks like the Super White i've been looking at. They will try telling me its quartz but it is really a form of marble I believe

I'm encouraged by all of your responses and agree that the photo doesn't look like Carrara but more like quartzite and specifically Super White, which we do not like at all. I don't know if I feel better or worse after reading these comments, except that if Joseph is telling me to "buy now" then by God, I better listen. :) I took this photo with my iPhone which automatically darkened it and the overhead lighting was covered; it was also directly across from a giant slab of black granite so I believe all these things contributed to making it appear much darker. Here's the photo of it that the distributer had taken for me. More like Carrara? They look completely different in these two photos, so different that I had the guy at the warehouse show me the slab twice. In person it appeared much more like marble, albeit a grayer piece. Has anyone else experienced grayer and darker Carrara lately?

We've been told that the whiter slabs of Carrara are in such high demand that the Italians are demanding almost unreasonable prices, and in the seemingly super "practical" Midwest, maybe there's less of a market for it. Granite is still big here, though I think granite is starting to look a big dated. When we lived in Nashville we were told by our designer that they are hardly doing granite anymore except occasionally as builder grade in less expensive new construction. More quartz, less granite. Marble still is considered very high maintenance. We did use a honed Raven (also referred to as American Black) granite on our perimeter to mimic soapstone, just for purposes of practicality. It's beautiful with soft white "veining" and we love it. We would have gone for Danby for the center island and tried, but it's hard to come by here in the Midwest, and is often pretty beat up by the time it arrives. Not exactly sure why. The stuff is gorgeous but it seems like no one takes care of it in transit to us. It's very hard to get marble here and then you have to insist that you're educated on it and know what you're getting into. I understand completely but there's also a frustrating lack of understanding on the other end that some people value aesthetics and a certain look just as much as they want practicality. And are willing to deal with the upkeep to have it.

Super white can be marble, quartzite, or a combination. There are other threads that explain three tests you can perform on the stone to determine if it behaves more like marble or quartzite. The threads were created by KarinMT. Generally speaking, the more white the more likely it is marble.

I would check around. That’s pricey.

Here is an article. http://www.gilmerkitchens.com/kitchen-and-bath-design/carrera-vs-calacatta-marble/
Carrera v Calacatta. It doesn't look like Italian marble, it looks like a Chinese marble to me. They have flooded the market calling it Italian marble and its not. And the price of real Carrera and Calacatta marble from Italy right now is through the roof, I know I have it in my house. IF you can get the real thing, you pay for it.

The second picture looks more like Carrara. Keep in mind that once it is horizontal it will look different. Here there is a picture of our Carrara slabs during templating. We tried to use the whiter areas (top, within the wood frame and blue tapes) and it looks even whiter installed on the counter.

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