…. to use the marble on top of this solid fish tank stand I’ve had for eons!
I waited for a coffee table on marketplace that was the right dimensions, and for $60 delivered I got it!

I was about to get a 40cm x 50cm for about $125 online, but this coffee table white marble top is so good!
Now I already have a marble rolling pin, I’m going to be doing more French patisserie…. GF croissants first up.
Why marble?
Because it’s one of those secrets about the French pastry and also the oven temperature is important!

Who would have thought how technical the kitchen could become!

Reading about marble care, it says how it’s soft and that every 6 months needs polishing.

Well I will see what I think once I make croissants that are satisfactory!

This fish tank stand, is old and solid as!
Great extra bench space.
Because I’m so messy in the kitchen  ;D

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It’s a good feeling to be able to redo, renew, reuse stuff.

looks lovely.
really, so french use the right surface to make pastries on ?

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 17^th, 2026 at 2:13am:

looks lovely. really, so french use the right surface to make pastries on ?

Yes, so I found out recently. Here’s a copy and paste …

French bakers use marble for pastry because the stone stays naturally cool, which stops the butter in laminated doughs like croissants and puff pastry from melting

It’s about keeping the butter cold while the pastry is being handled.
Not laminated bench, wooden, or stainless steel like so many commercial kitchen have, but marble.

My kitchen is laminate and I have a wooden chopping board and a stainless steel one that fits over the wooden board so I alternate depending what I’m doing.
I don’t like plastic boards as I think with knife cutting the plastic breaks down into micro plastic we probably don’t see.
I recall my mum had this small round wooden chopping board. It seemed such a utility in its day, now looks so small compared to all these bigger chopping boards.

This is similar to the one I have with the right angle edge over the the laminated bench.

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Having installed such when doing Stonemasory.
Did they tell you that Marble is also a soft stone and scratches easily?

Jasin wrote on Aug 17^th, 2026 at 7:00am:

Having installed such when doing Stonemasory. Did they tell you that Marble is also a soft stone and scratches easily?

I read up earlier and was surprised to hear it’s soft stone and needs repolishing 6 monthly!
I wonder how it compares to fake marble products or stone benches?
As this was a coffee table owned by elderlies, it’s lovely and smooth for now.
I only paid $60 so if it’s annoying I can just put it back on its coffee table frame and sell.
But for now it will just be to put a fruit bowl (with placemat), bread loaf, and occasionals on it.
I will use for making home made pastry dough, pasta dough and bread dough etc
My mum used to use her dining table for pasta dough as it was smooth glossy lamibex.
She made the best ravioli which I have never attempted to make! Due to a lifetime being spoilt with an Italian mamma.
Okay I know, time to make ravioli but I do miss my mum and just picking up the phone to have a yarn.
I always thought she hated me  ;D but that’s my perspective as her gen just never said I love you much if at all.
My daughter showed me a book some time back about the different languages of love.
And food …. that speaks volumes amongst Europeans.

Marble is beautiful and good for food. Just don't use it as a chopping board.
Decades ago, in Martin Place, Sydney. A building installed an entire floor of marble stone. Within a year, they had to rip it up, because it was notched everywhere by women in high heels.  ;D
I think you will be right if you keep its softness in mind.

Marble house.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q70/922/GXDDd1.jpg

Tea  room inside - marble walls, marble floor and marble tea table.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q70/923/T6E08o.jpg

Sophia wrote on Aug 17^th, 2026 at 5:16am:

............My kitchen is laminate and I have a wooden chopping board and a stainless steel one that fits over the wooden board so I alternate depending what I’m doing. I don’t like plastic boards as I think with knife cutting the plastic breaks down into micro plastic we probably don’t see. .............

i like laminate. marble kitchens are awful, too cold.

never thought of that with plastic bds
we have plastic for meats, wood for all else

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 17^th, 2026 at 11:41am:

Sophia wrote on Aug 17th, 2026 at 5:16am: ............My kitchen is laminate and I have a wooden chopping board and a stainless steel one that fits over the wooden board so I alternate depending what I’m doing. I don’t like plastic boards as I think with knife cutting the plastic breaks down into micro plastic we probably don’t see. ............. i like laminate. marble kitchens are awful, too cold. never thought of that with plastic bds we have plastic for meats, wood for all else

I switched from plastic to stainless steel/titanium. It’s more hygienic and easy to clean.
Commercial kitchens are all stainless steel.

Sophia wrote on Aug 16^th, 2026 at 11:13pm:

…. to use the marble on top of this solid fish tank stand I’ve had for eons! I waited for a coffee table on marketplace that was the right dimensions, and for $60 delivered I got it! I was about to get a 40cm x 50cm for about $125 online, but this coffee table white marble top is so good! Now I already have a marble rolling pin, I’m going to be doing more French patisserie…. GF croissants first up. Why marble? Because it’s one of those secrets about the French pastry and also the oven temperature is important! Who would have thought how technical the kitchen could become! Reading about marble care, it says how it’s soft and that every 6 months needs polishing. Well I will see what I think once I make croissants that are satisfactory! This fish tank stand, is old and solid as! Great extra bench space. Because I’m so messy in the kitchen  ;D

Is it solid marble right through ?

It looks like it and it’s extremely heavy!
I should know marble. My dad’s tombstone is marble from Tasmania.
Many decades ago when marble kitchens were only a thing with some wealthier Italians, it wasn’t common back then, and a type of wow factor, and I recall precariously placing a glass on the marble bench top and it just makes this clink noise. I felt one had to be careful with these bench tops!
I didn’t like an all stone bench or marble kitchen since.
Except now, just a segment. Affordable and I can have fun making pastries on it.
I need to take it to a stonemason to trim 3 inches off the length and round the corners up.

My marble rolling pin, it matches the marble bench top  :)
The rolling pin is heavy so not a lot of oomph needed to rolling out dough/pastry.

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A real one is better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn95C7Do7Wc

I made a coffee table like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdCQP-TtzKc&t=33s

Sophia wrote on Aug 17^th, 2026 at 9:36pm:

My marble rolling pin, it matches the marble bench top  :) The rolling pin is heavy so not a lot of oomph needed to rolling out dough/pastry.

Very nice.

Dnarever wrote on Aug 17^th, 2026 at 11:56pm:

A real one is better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn95C7Do7Wc I made a coffee table like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdCQP-TtzKc&t=33s

Very artistic and enjoyable to watch creations.
It’s a great way to update tired looking bench tops without spending an arm and leg to replace.
About 8 years ago my kitchen was totally updated and everyone was saying to get stone bench tops (before we knew it affected so many workers lungs from cutting duets etc)
I said no I want laminex and the pattern is similar to white marble, to this day I’m glad I got laminex and it was 1/3 the price of stone!

I work with resin also where a make jewellery. Trouble is I need to wear safety enclosed glasses and breathing protector as well as gloves as it affects my eyes.
It takes the fun out of it! I will upload some pics of jewellery I made later, I just got a visitor.

Australian marble is harder, denser, and less porous than imported staff. It also has unique colours and veining, it has more dolomite then calcium.

https://www.ydlstone.com.au/the-timeless-appeal-of-marble-stone-surfaces-in-australian-homes/

True. But marketing still has Italian marble as the most popular.

Jasin wrote on Aug 18^th, 2026 at 4:18pm:

True. But marketing still has Italian marble as the most popular.

There are rumors that some Italian marble is reused from antique pagan temples.

Dnarever…. I’m back …. I have some pics of earrings and necklaces I made from resin, I’ve also made cards too.

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tallowood wrote on Aug 18^th, 2026 at 4:39pm:

Jasin wrote on Aug 18th, 2026 at 4:18pm: True. But marketing still has Italian marble as the most popular. There are rumors that some Italian marble is reused from antique pagan temples.

I wouldnt be surprised when it comes to Mafia Italia.