All bloggers love a bit of Marble, right"  There?s something elegant, clean and timeless about a marble background and I know that when I get round to designing my own kitchen, I will definitely have many marble surfaces.  Until then – I am stuck with using some pretty vinyl on some foam board as a photography background! 
I am in the process still of helping my Ma choose a kitchen (It?s a slow process finding the right people to do it!) and I?ve been looking up different marble worktops for her.  Imagine – a real marble background I can use, no foam board required!

When we were doing some kitchen shopping, I learned that luxury surfaces (such as worktops) can be made of marble, quartz and granite too, with quartz being usually being 90% natural mineral, and 10% polymers and pigments (which is why if you?ve ever seen it, it has a gorgeous shimmery quality). Marble and Granite is 100% natural. I spent some time looking at The Marble Store to look at the different types available and to get design ideas! 
Whilst these luxury worktops are pricer than mass produced ones, they don?t just look gorgeous, they are durable and long wearing too.
To summarise:
Granite – a hard natural material, which is heat, stain and scratch resistant. Obviously will any of these luxury worktops, you want to use your common sense and use chopping boards and put your hot pans on a protective material! 
Marble – this is a natural, soft and porous material which c...