Marble restoration for architects and interior designers

Projects ask for different outcomes. In a contemporary apartment, the client may want marble that looks newly laid: perfectly flat, joints barely visible, an even polish. In a nineteenth-century or Liberty building in Brera or Porta Venezia, it may be better to keep the marks of time that give the floor its character, removing only what degrades it – yellowed wax, stains, open cracks, missing fragments.

We discuss this choice from the first visit, because it changes the whole approach. Full renewal means grinding with coarse grits to restore flatness, then polishing or crystallisation. A conservation approach works at the surface, with finer abrasives, targeted chemical cleaning and colour-matched infills, keeping the patina and the slight lippage of historic slabs. Whether the stone is a traditional Lombard material such as Botticino, Ceppo di Gré or Candoglia, or an imported marble typical of twentieth-century Milanese interiors, we tailor the treatment to both the design and the material.

Many Milanese projects combine stones from different eras in a single space – an original Botticino floor beside a new Calacatta bathroom, a historic staircase leading to a contemporary mezzanine. We balance the sheen levels so that the transition between old and new reads as deliberate.