Found this on line .... Marble sinks are very, very beautiful, but they're also very expensive, and they have to be babied a little. ... Marble also stains really easily in the presence of acids like lemon juice and red wine, and even standing water, so if you're the kind of person who often leaves a lot of dishes in the sink this isn't for you.

They are not usually off the shelf; they are custom made from the slabs the counters are made. Expert fabricators can accomplish them.

Kallista makes one - carved from a single block of Carrara. It's eye-wateringly expensive. As for impractical - it'll do its job (hold water) forever. How it looks over time while doing its job is questionable. It'll likely etch if you throw a lemon in it after you juice it. You know how when you fill up a sink with soapy water and wash a greasy dish in it and you get the film of fat that ends up sitting on the top of the water...then you drain the water and there's the ring around the sink where the fat layer was...in a stainless sink, you wipe that ring off. In a marble sink that ring might stain. So if you're okay with the patina that'll develop over time, and you love the look, then it might be perfectly practical for you. But if after years (or maybe weeks) of use, you want it to look like it does the day it was installed, then it may not be your best choice.

Sinks like that are for the Show Kitchen. Not the Working or Catering Kitchen. The working kitchen has a stainless sink of course. With scratches. Along with a scorched stainless back guard on the range from being used, and all of the rest of damage/patina that being used brings.

Since marble is pretty porous, it will also rot out your sink cabinet from wicking water through it. Unless you coat the whole exterior in resin that won’t yellow or eventually peel off.

Lots of farmhouse sinks made of soapstone. And i am pretty sure soapstone is quite porous. Marble need not stain if it's sealed properly. Etching is another matter, though. I would not try this look with quartz. I am very anti quartz. I have wondered how easy it would be to break dishes and glassware in a stone sink. Stainless is the most forgiving sink material for dropped dishes, I think.

Soapstone is one of the least porous stones that exist. It’s why it’s used in chemistry labs. Sealing doesn’t make a stone waterproof.

I agree it’s beautiful and I can certainly see why you would want one but it’s got to be so Impractical. I would go with a porcelain or clay farm sink. I would worry too much unless things like damage don’t bother you. Marble not only etches and stains it is also quite fragile. Wonder how thick they make them

Does everything need to be completely practical? If you can afford a marble sink, why not? Have some fun!

I think this is really in the category of if you can afford a marble sink, its longevity is a moot issue because you will either be gutting the kitchen in ten years or whoever buys your kitchen will be gutting it.

Or if you still happen to live there and the sink has become an eyesore to you, uou would certainly be able to afford to change the sink in the same way less wealthy people change their faucets. :-)

Ooops, I stand corrected. Soapstone is not porous.

A farm house "style" sink can be fabricated out of and slab material. Just as and integrated undermount sink. A good fabracator will coat the underside with fiberglass cloth and resin. That's how this was done out of Ceasar stone in this kitchen we did last year.

Nice kitchen jdesign!

Thanks. Was showing the Caesar stone sink there which is the only part I didn't do.

Here's another way to get that look with a marble front piece over a custom stainless sink. Again built the kitchen but had the sink fabricated,

I love the look, but you have to be comfortable with the staining, which will be inevitable if you use it at all.

If you’re a perfectionist on any level, the way it will age might make you nuts. If you don’t care about what normally happens to marble sinks, and the price works for your budget, it would certainly be a statement in any kitchen. Look into the ways you can possibly protect it before installation and the maintenance.
I’m sure it would be a WOW in anyone’s kitchen. But I’ll admit my farmhouse sink is too.

Go ahead with your marble sink, but when you install it, think of the guy who has to replace it someday please.

Do you cook a lot and do you intend on using the sink heavily? It will etch and scratch somewhat, not so sure about staining, but I do know that it will look gorgeous more an more over the years with its patina. If you like that lived-in look, you won't have made a mistake if you go with it. Good luck!

Really farmhouse and marble really do not work together in my head. I love marble but not for a sink you actually are going to use.