we put marble in our kitchen- against all suggestion because of how porous it is- it was from red hook marble- it was honed and we sealed it- we love it. although it wasn't vintage (we paid full price-ugh), it has this strong vein running through- it's very elegant and sets the room off.

I recently wrote a small sidebar about Build It Green for the NYT House & Home section (it accompanied another piece I wrote, about dumpster diving for building materials). The aptly named Justin Green at BIG told me that the marble was from an old shower in the theater. I'm glad it found a good home!