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Fiori Di Bosco Grey Marble Worktops
Fior di Bosco is a grey marble with delicate white and gold veins flowing across its surface. This feature has earned it the nickname 'wildflower' in Italy. Its neutral colours and smooth texture makes them suitable for all traditional and modern settings. Read More
Fiori di Bosco is a grey marble worktop and wall material with delicate white and gold veins flowing across its surface. This feature has earned it the nickname ‘wildflower’ in Italy. Its neutral colours and smooth texture suit all traditional and modern settings.
This Italian marble’s varying shades of grey add to its mystery and intrigue, making it the best choice for large residential projects and grand hotels. This natural stone is available in many finishes and can add charm and elegance to any interior.
Interior designers highly recommend this solid and graceful grey marble worktop for its stunning looks. Fior di Bosco can be used for feature walls, fireplaces, pavements, window sills, and vanity tops. Its non-porous surface also makes it ideal for kitchen and bathroom countertops. The rare combination of delicate beauty and exceptional durability makes this Italian marble one of the most valuable on the market today.
Classic and Safe Grey Marble Worktop For Modern and Classic Bathrooms
You can make changes to how you design a bathroom, prepare your bath and shower, and much more—all without germs or bacteria.
Our Fiori Di Bosco marble offers a non-porous, non-absorbent surface that is perfect for bathrooms. Not only does it prevent the proliferation of microbes, but it also remains clean, hygienic and safe for decades. With thicknesses of 2 cm and 3 cm, you can install both voluminous worktops as vanity tops and slim walls as matching cladding. Finishes: You can choose Fior Di Bosco marble in a polished finish for worktop applications. The 2cm Fiori Di Bosco marble honed is favoured for applications such as flooring and external tiles.
Integrate Italian History, Unlock Forestal Beauty
Fiori Di Bosco, also known as Etruscan Grey Marble, has existed in Tuscany, a region in central Italy near the Apuan Alps, since the Roman Times. Today, many pieces are discovered on walls around the Villas near the Apuan Mountains living areas. Fiori Di Bosco honed marble is more popular as a splashback, fireplace or wall than as a grey marble worktop. Similarly, it is prevalent in the design of grey tiles that look significantly different from the polished finish.
So, if you are looking for a grey work surface with white veins and sporadic orangey and oxidized hints across the surfaces, Fior Di Bosco marble will be an excellent option for your design.
Design Combinations with Fior Di Bosco
Transform your space with the versatile elegance of a Fior Di Bosco Marble worktop. This stunning Italian stone is perfect for a myriad of design applications, effortlessly enhancing modern and traditional spaces.
- Add stainless steel appliances and fixtures to create a modern, industrial feel with a classic grey marble worktop base.
- Pair with warm wooden cabinetry for a balanced, organic, cosy and classy look.
- For a touch of nature, consider incorporating green indoor plants. It will create a striking contrast between the grey marble worktop and the vibrant greenery, adding a fresh and lively element to your space. Use soft, neutral tones for walls and flooring to highlight the distinct veining of the stone worktops.
- Introduce textured textiles, such as linen curtains or woven rugs, to enhance the room’s tactile appeal and the aesthetic depth of the grey marble worktop.
- Install subtle, ambient lighting fixtures to accentuate the marble’s natural sheen and pattern, creating a warm, inviting atmosphere.
Minimal Maintenance
A honed Fiori Di Bosco kitchen worktop requires avoiding direct contact with acids even more than the polished finish to prevent etching on the surface. But if you want an ancient material with plenty of charm and history, you should choose this grey and white marble.
Are you interested in knowing more about this wild, luxurious, natural grey marble worktop?
Natural marble is a fantastic option for kitchen worktops, upstands, or walls in homes and businesses. It has remained the king of worktops for centuries thanks to the mix of eternal beauty, high performance and affordability it offers.
- Natural marble is UV suitable, making it a perfect outdoor worktop material.
- You can choose marble in various finishes: Polished, Leather, Honed, Bush-Hammered, Satinato, and more.
- Each slab of natural marble worktop is unique to you and your project. Nature does not create two identical marble slabs.
- Marble can withstand exceptionally high heat (up to 300 degrees Celsius) and offers excellent scratch and stain resistance performance.
- When you embark on a kitchen or bathroom renovation, you will most likely consider how the material would improve the appearance and functionality of your house. However, with marble, you can also consider how it can boost the property's value. Your home is a significant investment, and adding marble worktops can help increase its value in the future.
Fiori Di Bosco marble comprises raw minerals and is a 100% natural stone. Therefore, as with any natural product, its composition may differ slightly across blocks.
Fior Di Bosco marble's technical features are the following (petrographical classification):
- Name: Fiori Di Bosco, Fior Di Bosco,
- Type of material: marble
- Origin: Italy
- Colour: Grey
- Hardness (Mohs): 3
- Weight: 2680 ± 5,2 kg/m
- Water Absorption: 0,26 %
- Porosity: 0,98 ± 0,17 %
- Compressive strength: 122,9 ± 25,1 MPa
- Flexural strength: 17 ± 5,4 MPa
As an organic material, marble's warranty comes from nature. And because marble is a natural product, it has inherent flaws and fractures that make it unique.
You can select from our Sensa, Naturamia, and Granith stone collections of branded natural materials if you prefer marble with a warranty. Our manufacturer's warranties for natural stone worktops range from 2 to 15 years.
Fiori di Bosco, also known as "Flowers of the Forest," is a name that perfectly captures the natural beauty and serene elegance of this stunning marble. The name is evocative of the idyllic Italian countryside, where this marble is quarried. Fiori di Bosco marble hails from the Apuan Alps, a mountain range in Tuscany, Italy. The Apuan Alps are home to some of the world's most sought-after marble quarries, known for producing some of the highest quality and most beautiful marble in the world.
The quarries are high in the mountains, nestled among lush forests and cascading waterfalls. It's easy to see how the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape inspired the name "Fiori di Bosco." The Fiori Di Bosco quarries are at Suvereto, at a 100-kilometre distance south of the Carrara area, which is famous for its white marble and is considered one of the most famous marbles in the world. But what makes Fiori di Bosco marble truly special is its natural beauty and rarity. This marble's veining and colour variations are unique and cannot be found in any other marble quarry worldwide. It is a true treasure of the earth and sure to add a touch of luxury and elegance to any home. So, if you're looking for a natural stone that exudes beauty, sophistication, and rarity, look no further than Fiori di Bosco marble.
Fiori Di Bosco marble is a sedimentary carbonate rock. It comprises calcite (CaCO3), or a mixture of dolomite (Ca, Mg) and calcite. Originally it was limestone which transformed into marble over time.
The limestone rocks become marble thanks to the natural processes affecting them over millennia. Moreover, the term 'marble' comes from the old Greek word "Marmaris," meaning "shiny stone", describing the metamorphosis from limestone to marble.
The endurance of a Fiori Di Bosco marble worktop is one of its best characteristics.
Avoid boiling pots on the countertop without a coaster to keep your Fiori Di Bosco marble kitchen worktops in good condition. Despite their resistance to high heat, it is best to keep minimum care to ensure a longer lifespan.
Seal your marble worktops every 18 to 24 months, depending on how much use you give to the surfaces.
Yes. Fiori Di Bosco marble is porous like any natural stone due to its surface's micro-permeable nature. When a stone is porous, it can absorb liquids through micropores and its interfacial texture.
You can seal Fiori Di Bosco marble with an inexpensive stone sealant by spreading the transparent liquid over the surface and letting it rest for 12 hours. Repeat this process every 18-24 months, depending on how much traffic your marble surface receives.
Yes. If the chip or scratch in your marble worktop is over 5 mm deep, this part of the worktop becomes more susceptible to discolouration. You can repair chips on marble worktops by applying colour-matched stone resin, restoring the non-porosity in this area. A professional worktop installer may also buff the top layer of the stone to remove superficial scratches, restoring the original shine of the marble's surface.
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