Dying for a marble benchtop but the thought of maintaining clean marble is daunting? Architectural Design share these Clever, household tips on how to keep that marble surface as beautiful as the day it was installed! How to Clean Marble (Yes, There’s Hope for Those Stains!) Caring for this beautiful material is as easy pie The […]
Uba Tuba, a common kitchen benchtop material in the nineties. Loved for its dark reflective, tightly packed grain surface. Now a timeless look in the household, we’re hearing a demand for this retro-look piece of natural stone. Uba Tuba is… ∴A Granite quarried in coastal Brazil, from the Ubatuba area. ∴ An Igneous Rock made of mostly […]
You must be living under a rock if you haven’t heard already the advantages of Granite benchtops. Strong, durable, and little maintenance required. Have it in your Melbourne home or bathroom for life! We have over 15 styles and counting for your Granite benchtop dreams at Victoria Stone Gallery. Read on and shop our Granite product catalogue. What type of […]
Shopping for a new stone benchtop for your kitchen? There are a lot of stone options in the Australian market these days, which is great! But it all drives down to two options. Man-made (aka reconstituted or reengineered stone) Quartz V Natural Stone. Are you looking for indoor or outdoor application? Do you need a stone […]
What is Quartzite? How is it different to Marble? Read on into the world of this natural stone and why we recommend a Quartzite benchtop for your kitchen in Melbourne. Keep an eye out for some coloured Quartzite benchtop beauties that we will be bringing in from Brazil in the new year! What type of […]
Thinking about buying Marble for your benchtop in Melbourne, Victoria? Here are some fast facts to get your shop on! Find out some more about Marble. More about Marble What type of natural stone is Marble? Marble is a metamorphic rock. It forms when limestone is subjected to the heat and pressure of metamorphism. This […]
It’s been a great first year here at Victoria Stone Gallery. We’ve met a lot of new people and sold some beautiful stone slab. Now we’re excited to bring you some new marbles, quartzites and granites in the New Year! We will be available by appointment between December 18th-22nd, and wrapping up on December 22nd and […]
A Beautiful Sight, the Blue Quartzite. We love our selection of blue Quartzite stone slabs at Victoria Stone Gallery. Check out this pool house we came across. Designed by a New York architect Rafael de Cárdenas, for a mid-19th-century English country manor. Cárdenas’ approach to architecture and design “sees it apply form and materials to […]
The Greek Community of Melbourne’s headquarter building unveiled an impressive replica of the Parthenon Greek Marble frieze on Sunday 26th of November. The life-size, border of Greek marble runs along the building’s entrance at six metres long. The stone slab not only reflects one of the most recognised symbols of Ancient Greece but reminds us of […]
Victoria Stone Gallery is closed today, as we stay indoors and prepare ourselves for three months’ worth of rain to fall over Melbourne and the State over the next three days. This has been predicted to be the worst downfall since 1993! But this has got us wondering about outdoor stone… Which of our stones can be […]