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Since 1976 — a Michelessi vision

Indoor kitchens in marble and stone

MARBLE · SOLID STONE · BESPOKE

Modular or tailor-made, with worktops in Dekton, Fenix, quartz and marble cut to measure: the Italian kitchens of Michelessi, from the Aprilia workshop.

In brief

Indoor marble kitchens

A Michelessi indoor marble kitchen is a bespoke kitchen, from a single worktop or island to the complete kitchen, made in the workshop at Aprilia, between Rome and Latina, where marble has been worked since 1976. It is for those who want a natural stone chosen slab by slab, such as Carrara, Calacatta or Nero Marquina, or Dekton, Fenix or quartz on a modular kitchen. It includes a free quotation, a free survey across Lazio, 3D design, workshop fabrication and fitting by our own team, with delivery across Italy and abroad.

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The block — a Michelessi vision

From the block,
blow after blow

01 A raw block of Calacatta Viola waits under the spotlight, in the dark kitchen with brass profiles. Mallet and chisel are already on the floor: the island is still all inside the stone.

02 Blow after blow the faces are squared, chips fly, white dust rises into the light. The chisel scores the drawers, opens the recess for the hob, carves the sink: the shape of the island comes out of the block slowly, without haste.

03 Then the stone is honed and polished: the purple vein catches the light, brass edges close the drawers, the black hob sinks into its recess, the gold tap finds its place. The island remains, and a veil of dust on the floor.

Keep scrolling — the scene follows you

Loft kitchen with walnut wall units, dark glass-front columns, counter with black stools

Indoor kitchens

Walnut, Metal and Glass: the Loft's Character

Dark beams cross the ceiling and the light of the industrial window draws panes on the pale floor: this is a loft, and the kitchen speaks its language. Walnut wall units with a warm grain look out over the working area; dark columns with glass fronts frame the crockery like small galleries; the wood-edged counter gathers black stools for breakfast. A round, discreet pendant lamp lights the centre of the scene. It is a project that holds workshop and salon together, with the ease that only true materials can afford. Michelessi indoor kitchens build these strong-charactered rooms to measure: wood species, metals, technical surfaces and marble worked according to tradition combine to follow the proportions of the space and the temperament of those who live in it. Because every home has a voice: the right project simply makes it sing. A room that welcomes with character — and character, as we know, is the finest hospitality.

Stoneware-clad kitchen with island, integrated sink, induction hob, hood and oven

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 105

The island presents itself in its pale stone-effect stoneware dress, crossed by slender inserts that mark out its drawers; above, the top integrates sink and induction hob in a single working surface, served by burnished taps. Behind, a marble-effect stoneware wall rises beyond the cooking zone, while powder-blue columns — with black ovens recessed — add the colour that gentles the whole scene. Dark bell lamps, stools at the counter, tall windows of a stately apartment: the ensemble has an urban, serene elegance. A wooden structure clad in stoneware is a sound formula: the constructive warmth of wood, the resistance of ceramic at the surface. With hood and oven completing the equipment, it is an indoor kitchen ready for real life: Michelessi builds it to measure, attending to joints, recesses and tonal pairings with an artisan's care. The powder blue, then, is the touch that lingers in the eye.

Dark wooden kitchen with polished marble top with integrated sink and wooden table

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 33

A great vase of flowering branches is the poetic heart of the scene: around it, the kitchen in dark wood tones composes its island with a polished marble top — the sink integrated, the edges clean, the stone reflecting the suspended brass lights — and a pale wooden table that joins it with upholstered stools. At the back, dark boiserie conceals the pantry and houses the oven; a window brings a thread of daylight into the elegant half-light. This is the kitchen of houses that love atmosphere: deep materials, precise lights, and nature — those branches — as living decoration. The polished marble counter is the point of light that holds everything: worked to measure, the sink set in to perfection, it bears the signature of Michelessi stonework. artisan craftsmanship for a kitchen in chiaroscuro: where the dark is chosen, and the stone knows how to light it.

Modern kitchen in gloss black lacquered wood with Laminam worktop and copper-toned trims

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 71

The gloss black of the island mirrors the room like still water, and the copper-toned profiles — thin lines tracing the drawers — strike warm sparks across it: such is the play of this modern kitchen, where the Laminam worktop runs technical and slender above the dark volumes. Behind, a wooden wall with illuminated shelves brings the warmth of a contemporary mountain lodge: boards, jars, chosen objects under amber light. Complete with appliances, this is a kitchen that knows how to be dramatic without turning cold: the secret lies in the wood, measured like a spice, and in lighting that has been thought through. Laminam guarantees service above the gloss black — which, famously, forgives nothing — while the lacquered wood structure keeps every reflection in register. This is the characterful contemporary of Michelessi indoor kitchens: bespoke, made in Italy, with copper as the thread that ties darkness to warmth.

Dark stone-effect island with suspended steel hood and panoramic window over the valley

Indoor kitchens

The Dark Monolith Before the Valley

The island presents itself as a monolith: sides and fronts in a dark stone-effect finish, its textural weave holding the light, and a top integrating hob and sink in a single working surface. Above, the steel volume of the hood descends from the ceiling with the precision of a silent lift; behind, the ribbon window opens the scene onto the valley, and the hills enter the kitchen like a painting that changes with the seasons. Dark walls, stools at the counter, spotlights: everything contributes to a gathered, almost meditative atmosphere. It is the contemporary luxury of indoor kitchens designed to measure: few elements, each one exact. Michelessi builds these projects by uniting technical surfaces and natural materials — up to marble worked according to tradition — and calibrating every volume on the true light of the space. The landscape then plays its part: but only if the design leaves it the stage.

Central quartzite island with spectacular veining, wooden counter and black stools

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 169

The island is a fire made stone: quartzite with amber and black veining blazes along the flanks in its impetuous figuring, polished until it mirrors the room; above, a solid wood counter lays down its warm board and gathers black swivel stools. The sink sits flush in the top; behind, walnut boiserie conceals and reveals — black ovens, backlit vitrines of bottles, a recessed television. A pale floor leaves the whole stage to the material. This is the project for those who want a collector's stone at the heart of the home: quartzite, with its unrepeatable figure, is not chosen from a catalogue — it is encountered, slab by slab. Bespoke stonework orchestrates its veining across top and flanks, with cuts and joints that honour the natural movement. This is the art of Michelessi: craftsmanship that knows when a stone deserves the stage, and builds one around it.

Dark stone-effect kitchen island with black sink and panoramic window over the hills

Indoor kitchens

Dark Stone Before the Mountains

Beyond the glazing, the hills fade into the morning haze; inside, the island in a dark stone-effect finish answers the landscape with its dense material, run through by subtle tonal shifts recalling wet rock. The black sink, flush-mounted, and the squared mixer compose a rigorous working corner; on the hob a steel pot awaits the flame, while the suspended hood watches over the scene from above. Plants, inside and out, stitch the interior to the landscape. Such is the privilege of kitchens designed for their own place, not for a catalogue: every surface converses with the room's true light. Michelessi indoor kitchens are born this way, to measure, choosing with you materials and finishes — from stone-effect technical surfaces to authentic marble handcrafted in Italy — so that your kitchen belongs truly to your window, and to no other. Because a successful kitchen never competes with the view: it simply keeps it company, with style.

Carrara marble kitchen with contrasting black glass-front cabinets and island with fresh herbs

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Carrara Farm Kitchen

There is a country soul in this kitchen, dressed in noble stone: the counters and central island are Carrara marble, grey veins running free beneath the industrial lamps; above, black cabinets with glazed fronts display glassware and crockery like a family dresser reimagined. The white plank wall, the natural wood drawers, the range with its black burners: each element plays the contrast between rustic and refined. And at the centre, on the island with its vegetable rack, bunches of fresh herbs bring the kitchen garden into the marble. This is the charm of the Italian farm kitchen: true materials, a domestic patina, and bespoke stonework holding it all together — balanced by Michelessi with the sure hand of Italian craftsmanship, because even a kitchen with a farmhouse heart deserves the dignity of the most celebrated stone in the world. Basil on cool marble completes the picture better than any frame.

Integrated kitchen on black majolica tiled wall with black Marquina marble island

The collection

Integrated Kitchen

The wall is a night sky of black majolica: thousands of small round tiles absorbing and refracting the light, a backdrop for the entire integrated kitchen — suspended white counters, shelves of crockery, steel pans hanging like musical instruments. Before it, the black Marquina marble island advances with its white veins in full view, carrying suspended elements that lighten its volume; above, paper lanterns cast a warm, soft light, like a summer evening. It is a radical, seductive project: the kitchen becoming wall, the wall becoming texture, and the marble holding the centre of the stage with its natural authority. Working Marquina into suspended volumes requires exact calculation and invisible fixings: a challenge Michelessi's bespoke stonework meets with the assurance of Italian craftsmanship. The result is pure theatre, inhabitable every day — proof that audacity, when well built, simply becomes home.

Central Carrara marble block island with wooden snack counter and mirrored splashback

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Marble Block Kitchen

The linear kitchen stretches along the back wall with its glossy wooden volumes and mirror-finish splashback, doubling the light and lightening the wall; before it, the central island imposes its presence: a block of Carrara marble with dramatic veining, broad and decisive, coursing through the stone like the currents of a river in flood. At its side, the wooden snack counter joins the block naturally, and two white stools await breakfast. The pale oak floor keeps the whole scene warm. Marble block: the name says it all. To treat marble as volume rather than cladding means selecting imposing slabs and governing their drawing on every visible face, with joints that honour the flow of the veins. It is the art Michelessi practises to measure, uniting the Italian artisan tradition with contemporary precision: a block of Carrara at the centre of the home, and life gladly turning around it.

Minimal kitchen with recessed Carrara marble wall and island with wooden top

The collection

Modern Carrara Kitchen

The wall opens into a recessed niche and dresses it in wonder: Carrara marble with broad diagonal veins, ample and theatrical, rising toward the row of high windows like smoke against the wind. Before it, the island plays its double nature: a base of lacquered wood and marble, a warm wooden top where two black stools rest. Copper lamps descend over the counter and kindle orange reflections on the stone; to the side, a grey armchair and a warm-toned rug extend the kitchen toward the living room. It is a project that treats Carrara like a painting: framed by the wall, lit from above, left free to command the scene. Bespoke marble work — selected slabs, orchestrated veins, precise recesses — is the invisible direction behind this result: the kind Michelessi signs with the experience of the Italian workshop, for houses that want a centre of gravity. And here it is: white, veined, unforgettable.

Open space kitchen with white lacquered units and Carrara marble island with waterfall side

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Open Space Kitchen

The glazing slides open onto the patio and the boundary between inside and out dissolves: the open-space kitchen breathes the garden air, its white lacquered units arranged along the wall and its tall columns integrating the ovens without interrupting the surfaces. At the centre, the island carries Carrara marble on the top and down the waterfall side: grey veins crossing the white with the naturalness of a drawing made by time itself. The dark wooden floor anchors the composition, stools wait at the counter, and the light — abundant, everywhere — does the rest. To design an open space is to give the kitchen the dignity of architecture: right proportions, materials in dialogue with the whole house, details impeccable from every viewpoint, for here there is no back of stage. Carrara cut to measure by Michelessi is the fulcrum holding it together: Italian stone, Italian craftsmanship, and a room that never quite ends.

Kitchen clad in black porcelain stoneware with faceted island, sink and golden details

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 111

The island is a faceted sculpture: the volume's inclined planes, clad in dark porcelain stoneware, meet like the faces of a black diamond, and upon it gleam the golden sink and tapware — a precious flash in the penumbra. Behind, the equipped wall alternates backlit niches where the green of plants and the amber of bottles light small scenes; slender golden lamps descend from the ceiling. This is a project that does not court easy approval: it chooses elegant darkness, audacious geometry, the precious detail. Porcelain stoneware makes the daring possible: continuous, resistant surfaces, able to dress even inclined planes without losing uniformity. The bar corner and integrated sink complete the function. It is the most scenographic face of Michelessi's indoor kitchens: bespoke even in its courage, with Italian craftsmanship turning an angular idea into an impeccable object, ready for the evenings that count. For those who set the table the way a curtain rises: three, two, one — light.

Anthracite wood kitchen with white island with integrated sink, oven, burners and fridge

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 118

The anthracite equipped wall runs compact with its recessed black ovens and smoked mirror splashback doubling the light of the glazing; before it, the white island plays the contrast with its pure volume, the sink integrated into the top and the counter where tall stools line up beneath pendant lamps. Beyond the glass, the green of the garden enters the scene like a living painting. Burners, oven and integrated fridge complete the equipment, hidden in the dark wall with the discretion of well-resolved design. This is contemporary black and white in its most livable version: rigour in the lines, comfort in the facts, light everywhere. The wooden structure gives body to the volumes; matt finishes and thin counters sign the style. Michelessi builds these indoor kitchens to measure with an artisan's precision: because contrast, to be elegant, must first of all be exact. The garden beyond the glass is part of the project: no painting could do better.

Warm lacquered wooden kitchen with central veined marble table and stainless steel fridge

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 153

Cherry-toned wood dresses columns and wall units in its warm light, and a grand stainless refrigerator sets into it like a professional monolith; but the coup de theatre stands at the centre: an island-table with a veined marble top, where grey figuring moves broad and dramatic across pale stone, served by leather stools and a cascade of light from the spotlights. An illuminated niche with red vases fires the backdrop. Fully equipped, this is a kitchen that joins the bourgeois comfort of wood to the theatricality of marble: a working salon, where every dinner begins with its scenography already set. The veined top, cut to measure, is the collector's piece: slabs chosen for their figure, refined edges, exact cut-outs. This is the Michelessi hand in marble: artisan craftsmanship that carries the storm of the stone — controlled, perfect — into the calm of the wood.

Modern minimal linear kitchen in walnut with white island and porcelain stoneware top

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 17

A textured black wall serves as backdrop, and the composition draws its precise graphic upon it: walnut volumes with flame-figured grain — the bases, the high shelf, the column — and a white island whose porcelain stoneware top integrates the working zone. A sphere chandelier, a cloud of crystals, is the single decorative concession; a window at the back opens a sliver of landscape. Induction hob, oven and sink complete the equipment with minimal discretion. This is the linear, modern kitchen for those who love intimate rooms and eloquent surfaces: walnut that vibrates in the light, white that rests, black that frames. The stoneware top guarantees daily service without aesthetic compromise. It is the contemporary register of Michelessi indoor kitchens: a wooden structure, calibrated proportions, artisan craftsmanship in the details — and minimalism understood as it should be: not poverty, but choice.

Kitchen with island clad in grey porcelain stoneware with golden profiles and marble wall

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 190

Arched windows and a wall of veined marble effect give the room the breath of a palazzo; at the centre, the island clad in stone-grey porcelain dresses itself in golden profiles — fine lines running along the volumes like threads of light — and carries the integrated sink with its gold tapware. Stools with gilded details complete the register, together with dark columns housing the built-in ovens. Fully equipped, this is a kitchen that plays the luxury card openly: technical materials treated like jewels, measured reflections, a curated scenography. The porcelain stoneware bears the practical side with its tireless surface; the gold does its own work, which is to shine. Made-to-measure holds it all in balance: proportions, alignments, cut-outs. This is the glamorous face of Michelessi indoor kitchens: artisan craftsmanship that knows how to be sober when needed — and magnificent when the project asks. The gold here is not ostentation: it is a line of light drawn with a ruler.

Classic grey kitchen with veined white marble top and splashback, ovens, hob and yellow stools

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 20

The lines are elegant and the colour knows it: uniform grey doors, crossed by golden profiles that draw the handles and frames, meet a veined white marble counter — pale stone with a moving figure that also clads the wall behind the burners, as one single mineral gesture. Twin ovens sit in their column, a brass pot filler reaches out from the wall above the burners, and yellow stools light the counter with their note of sun. Complete with ovens and hob, this is a classic kitchen of contemporary proportions: few elements, all of them right. Veined white marble is the silent protagonist: pale and luminous, worked to measure in counters and cladding with the care it deserves. This is the Michelessi métier: craftsmanship that sets gold against stone without ever sliding into excess — because true elegance is known by its restraint. The yellow stools confirm it: elegance, now and then, also knows how to smile.

Dark lacquered wooden kitchen with veined travertine island with bar table and induction

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 28

It is the hour when the city lights up, and the kitchen answers with its veined travertine island: pale stone, crossed by grey veining, falls in a waterfall along the flanks and carries the integrated induction hob, extending into a bar table where dark stools wait. Around it, surfaces of dark lacquered wood absorb the spotlight; a fitted wall with its LED strip lights the worktop, and doors keep everything in its place. Complete with sink and oven, this is a kitchen of metropolitan charm: sharp contrasts, noble materials, a penthouse atmosphere. The veined travertine is the luminous heart of the dark: working it in a waterfall demands exact joints and orchestrated veining — the bespoke stonework Michelessi practises with the artisan craftsmanship of always. The result is an island that seems lit from within: stone that gives light, while everything around it chooses shadow. Elegant darkness plays the backdrop: the pale stone takes, deservedly, the stage.

Veined travertine island with leather stools, grey kitchen with sink, induction and oven

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 35

The island falls in a waterfall of pale veined stone: the travertine top continues down the flanks without breaking its figure, and three cognac leather stools draw up with their club-room elegance. Behind, the dark grey kitchen works with the sink beneath a suspended wooden shelf, the induction hob, the oven and well-ordered doors; a pale veined wall amplifies the light, and flowers on the counter complete the grace of the whole. A brown timber floor anchors the composition. This is warm contemporary style played on the right materials: stone that ennobles, leather that ages well, grey as the backdrop. The travertine waterfall — mitred joints at forty-five degrees, veining aligned — is the detail that marks serious work: Michelessi work, Italian craftsmanship in stone for made-to-measure indoor kitchens. The cognac of the stools does the rest: it invites you to stay.

Cream lacquered kitchen with porcelain stoneware top, LED lighting and display niches

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 6

LED lights run in thin blades along the volumes and turn the kitchen into a nocturnal gallery: glossy cream columns, a porcelain stoneware counter that reflects just enough, and display niches with warm backdrops where bottles and objects stand like collector's pieces. A golden timber floor accompanies the perspective; a dark hood marks the working zone. Fully equipped, this is a kitchen that has understood the power of lighting: not an accessory, but a material of the project — dosed, directed, designed together with the volumes. The stoneware counter assures the service; the lacquered wooden structure brings the precision that glossy surfaces demand. It is the scenographic style of Michelessi indoor kitchens: made to measure even in its light, with artisan craftsmanship setting the LEDs the way gems are set — to the millimetre, and only where they truly fire the scene. A perspective that ushers in your guests like a red carpet: straight to the stove.

Polished solid wood kitchen with oval table, island with sink and brass details

The collection

Indoor Kitchen
in Wood 74

The scene has the depth of a formal interior: dark volumes in polished solid wood, low shelves with chosen objects, a fitted wall housing the ovens — and at the centre the oval table in blond wood, carried by its sculptural base, standing beside the island with its sink. Articulated lamps descend from the ceiling on industrial joints; upholstered stools complete the invitation. Complete with appliances, this is a kitchen for houses that live by night: deep materials, calibrated light, conviviality drawn into the design. Polished solid wood demands impeccable finishing — every reflection is an examination — and the joinery delivers it. This is the high register of Michelessi indoor kitchens: bespoke work from master hands, and an oval table that gathers people the way only edgeless forms can: naturally. Around that blond wood, even the simplest evenings take on the slow pace of special occasions.

Kitchen with island entirely in Carrara marble, contrasting black hood and dark stools

The collection

Black and
White Kitchen

Light pours in generously and sets the white of the Carrara marble alight: the island, carved entirely from this noble stone, reveals grey veins that drift beneath the surface like currents under ice. Above, pale ceiling beams measure out the space, while the black hood stakes its bold contrast at the centre of the scene, paired with the burners just as the design intended. A marble upstand carries the story along the wall, and two dark stools at the counter add the everyday note: this is where breakfast happens, between stone and wood. Bespoke marble work is what sets Michelessi apart — every slab chosen, cut and finished so the veining flows naturally from one surface to the next, with the quiet confidence of Italian craftsmanship. Black and white, here, is no renunciation of colour: it is a declaration of style.

Elegant kitchen with black Marquina marble island, wenge wood cabinets and soft lighting

The collection

Dark Kitchen

Evening seems to have entered this kitchen and decided to stay: the wenge wood cabinets absorb the light, and the black Marquina marble returns it in white flashes — its celebrated veins crossing the central island and the great wall slab like the signatures of a calligrapher. On the counter, a bottle and glasses await the toast; spotlights descend from the wooden ceiling and kindle reflections on the polished surfaces. It is a nocturnal elegance, made for those who love kitchens with the soul of a drawing room. Marquina is a theatrical, demanding stone: its veins must be orchestrated, slab after slab, so the pattern runs harmoniously from island to wall. This is the bespoke work Michelessi performs with long experience in marble and a rare sensitivity to the material: giving black its depth, and the white of the veins its moment of glory. Marquina, by night, gives a performance: and it never asks for an encore — it grants one.

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Indoor kitchens

Your kitchen, modern and Italian,
at the right price

Michelessi SRL has been making bespoke indoor marble kitchens in Aprilia (Latina), near Rome, Italy, since 1976: worktops, countertops, islands and splashbacks in marble, natural stone, Dekton, Fenix and quartz, paired with the Domina, Noè, Era 02 and Volo 01 modular kitchens. 3D design, free quote and installation by our own team in Rome, Lazio and across Italy.

Across the entire range you can personalise every detail, from the frame to the doors to the worktop: every centimetre of the project is chosen together with our designers, with a three-dimensional preview that shows you the finished kitchen before work even begins, a free quotation and professional installation. Below you will find first twelve visions from our design studio — concept rooms, drawn to show how far stone can go — and then twenty-four photographs of our finished work, chosen from the three hundred and eighteen of the complete collection: take your time over them, because every image has its own story.

Chapter 01 — Our visions

A Monolith of Gold at the Centre of the Dark

CALACATTA ORO · SOLID STONE · INTEGRATED HOB

Design vision: monolithic Calacatta Oro marble island with integrated black hob amid bronze panelling

A block of Calacatta Oro resting against the dark: golden veins run down its flanks like rivers in flood, and the hob disappears into the top, black on white. It is one of the visions of our design studio: the kitchen reduced to its essential gesture, a single stone gathering all the light in the room. Around it, bronze panelling and brass shelves stand as theatre wings.

Michelessi design vision: Calacatta Oro marble island with waterfall edges and induction hob in a dark bronze kitchen.

Detail — 01 · The golden vein

Chapter 02 — Our visions

A Night of Marble, a Crown of Brass

NERO MARQUINA · FACETED BRASS · SMOKED OAK

Design vision: Nero Marquina marble island beneath a faceted brass hood, dark oak kitchen

The Nero Marquina island holds the night within itself, crossed by white lightning; above the burners, the faceted brass hood catches the light like a dark jewel. In this project the smoked oak plays the chorus, with its framed doors and slender handles. A vision for those who want a kitchen that resembles a concert hall.

Michelessi design vision: Nero Marquina marble island with white veins, faceted brass hood and dark oak cabinetry.

Detail — 02 · The brass crown

Chapter 03 — Our visions

The Stone that Lights the Night

HONEY ONYX · BACKLIGHTING · BLACK STEEL

Design vision: backlit honey onyx island within a black steel frame

Onyx is the stone that does this best: crossed by light, it becomes a lantern. In this vision the island is a slab of backlit honey onyx, suspended in a black steel frame, and it alone is enough to light the room. The rest of the kitchen withdraws into shadow, out of respect.

Michelessi design vision: backlit honey onyx island on a black metal frame, a warm glow in a dark room.

Detail — 03 · The light inside the stone

Chapter 04 — Our visions

Living Rock, Torn from the Quarry

ROMAN TRAVERTINE · WAVE CARVING · HONED TOP

Design vision: Roman travertine island sculpted in waves with a honed top, in morning light

Beneath the honed top, the travertine remains as it was in the quarry: carved in waves, porous, imperfect as a cliff. It is the most sculptural project among our visions: the kitchen as a boulder surfacing through the resin floor, with the first morning sun as its only chandelier. The hand that brushes it understands at once that the stone is alive.

Michelessi design vision: sculpted travertine island with layered wave base and curved top in raking first-morning light.

Detail — 04 · The strata of the quarry

Chapter 05 — Our visions

The Forest that Becomes the Stone of Home

VERDE ALPI · ITALIAN WALNUT · BRASS LINE

Design vision: Verde Alpi marble island with a brass line and walnut columns

Verde Alpi holds all the colours of the forest after rain; here it spreads its white veins across the island, edged with a brass line as thin as a horizon. The walnut of the columns warms the scene, the brass taps punctuate it. A vision conceived for those who love deep colours and silent rooms.

Michelessi design vision: Verde Alpi marble island with brass trim, brass taps and dark walnut cabinetry.

Detail — 05 · The brass line

Chapter 06 — Our visions

The Kitchen that Lives Inside a Showcase

SMOKED GLASS · CALACATTA · SHELVES OF LIGHT

Design vision: kitchen with smoked glass base and cantilevered Calacatta marble top, lit shelving

The base is smoked glass: the kitchen shows itself, its drawers, its transparencies, while the Calacatta top runs above it, cantilevered like a bridge of stone. Behind, the lit shelves stage vases and glasses as in a gallery. It is the lightest vision in the collection: a kitchen that seems to rest on air.

Michelessi design vision: Calacatta marble top on a smoked glass island, floating brass units and lit glass shelves.

Detail — 06 · The marble bridge

Chapter 07 — Our visions

A Single Slab of Stone Suspended in the Dark

PIETRA GREY · STRUCTURAL CANTILEVER · BLADE OF LIGHT

Design vision: suspended Pietra Grey slab beneath a blade of light in a dark kitchen

A single slab of Pietra Grey, suspended: the support hides inside the dark volume and the stone seems to float above the mineral grey floor. The blade of light accompanying it from above is the scene's only concession. This vision is our manifesto: when the engineering is perfect it cannot be seen — only the wonder remains.

Michelessi design vision: long cantilevered grey veined marble counter under a linear pendant in a minimal black kitchen.

Detail — 07 · The floating stone

Chapter 08 — Our visions

A Circle of Marble Around the Column

ARABESCATO · FLUTED COLUMN · BRASS RING

Design vision: circular Arabescato marble island around a fluted column beneath a dark dome

A perfect ring of Arabescato turns around the fluted column and embraces it: inside the ring, the burners, the sink, the gestures of every day. It is the most radical of our visions: the kitchen without corners, where one works in a circle as around an ancient well. The dark dome above closes the scene like a small pantheon.

Michelessi design vision: circular Arabescato marble island wrapped around a fluted column with brass inlays.

Detail — 08 · The ring and the column

Chapter 09 — Our visions

The Fire that Dwells in White Marble

CALACATTA · LIVING FIRE · BURNISHED BRASS

Design vision: lit fireplace in a Calacatta marble wall above the range, island in the same marble

Above the range, a true hearth: the flame burns in a niche of Calacatta and its warm light climbs the veins like sap. The burnished brass taps, the midnight-blue doors, the island in the same marble: everything converges towards the fire. A vision that returns the kitchen to its origin — the hearth at the centre of the home.

Michelessi design vision: Calacatta marble wall and island with a lit fireplace above the range, navy cabinets and brass.

Detail — 09 · The flame in the niche

Chapter 10 — Our visions

Pink Marble and its Ray of Sun

PINK MARBLE · CARVED SINK · MIDNIGHT BLUE

Design vision: pink marble island with a sink carved from the solid block, midnight-blue panelling and a sunbeam

The ray descending from the high window chooses the island and sets it alight: the pink marble answers with its tones of flesh and coral, and the sink, carved from the solid block, seems a small thermal pool. The midnight-blue panelling makes the right darkness around it. A vision for those unafraid of sweetness.

Michelessi design vision: pink marble island with integrated sink under a shaft of sunlight, dark blue panelled cabinets.

Detail — 10 · The sink in the block

Chapter 11 — Our visions

Organ Pipes Carved in Bardiglio

FLUTED BARDIGLIO · BRASS PROFILE · BLUE STONE

Design vision: fluted bardiglio marble island with a brass profile on a blue stone floor

The flanks of the island are fluted like organ pipes: the raking light plays them one by one, and the brass profile beneath the top marks the stave of the score. The flamed blue stone floor keeps time. In this vision the kitchen is not only to be looked at: it is to be listened to.

Michelessi design vision: grey Bardiglio marble island with fluted front, brass tap and dark cabinetry.

Detail — 11 · The pipes of stone

Chapter 12 — Our visions

An Arch of Black Stone Opens the Scene

PORT LAURENT · MONUMENTAL ARCH · WALNUT AND BRASS

Design vision: monumental Port Laurent marble arch opening onto a walnut kitchen with lit shelves

To enter this kitchen one passes beneath an arch of Port Laurent, black veined with gold, monumental as the portal of a theatre. Beyond the threshold, walnut and lit shelves lay out a warm, domestic scene. It is the last vision of the story: the promise that every kitchen, with us, begins with an entrance on stage.

Made to measure

Custom marble kitchen worktop and countertop

A marble kitchen worktop begins with a slab chosen in person in our Aprilia workshop, then cut, shaped and polished to measure for your kitchen. We make solid countertops 2 and 3 cm thick, with straight, bevelled, bullnose or split-face edges; the 45° mitred waterfall carries the vein down the side of the island without a break, and the sink can be carved from the same slab as the top. Carrara, Calacatta, Nero Marquina, travertine, Botticino and the stones of our collection take a polished, honed or brushed finish; a final sealer makes the surface more resistant to everyday stains. The same bespoke design can be cut in granite, quartzite or Dekton for those who want an even more forgiving worktop.

One of a kind

Solid marble kitchen island

The solid marble island is the piece that best tells our craft: a block that looks carved from a single stone, with top and sides joined at 45° so precisely that the veining runs on unbroken. We design islands with a built-in hob or sink, with a cantilevered breakfast bar, with a base in wood, steel or the same stone; the collection includes islands in Carrara, Nero Marquina, Brown marble, Daino and travertine, as well as backlit onyx versions. Every island is shaped to the size of the room and to the way you move around it, and the 3D preview shows the result before the first cut.

Technical surfaces

Dekton, Laminam, Fenix and quartz worktops

Alongside marble we work the technical surfaces that modular kitchens call for today: ultra-compact Dekton, which resists scratches, heat and stains; large Laminam ceramic slabs, thin and stable; Fenix, matt and soft to the touch, whose micro-scratches can be repaired with heat; and quartz, uniform and easy to clean, but to be kept away from hot pans. All are cut and edged in our workshop, with sinks and induction hobs fitted flush. The table sums up how each countertop behaves.

MaterialHeatAcids (lemon, vinegar)ScratchesNatural stone
MarbleModerate: a trivet for very hot pansDislikes: wipe up promptlyMarks, but can be re-polishedYes
Granite and quartziteResistsResistsResistsYes
DektonResistsResistsResistsNo
LaminamResistsResistsResistsNo
FenixDislikes hot pansResistsMicro-scratches repaired with heat (thermal healing)No
QuartzDislikes heat above 150 °CResistsResistsNo

Modular kitchens

Modular kitchens with stone tops: Domina, Noè, Era 02, Volo 01

Modern, contemporary in its lines, Italian down to the last screw… at the right price: the indoor kitchen you imagine is born here, where the custom crafting of marble, begun in 1976, now lives alongside the art of building kitchens. Our modular solutions answer every kind of need — including the very real matter of budget: affordable, well-made kitchens for those with a measured sum to spend wisely, or tailor-made kitchens of fine cabinetry, to satisfy every whim.

The Volo 01 collection distils the minimal, elegant taste we favour: a smooth, handle-free door with a secure grip carved into the panel — the same superior ergonomics as a recessed groove handle — and sober finishes that refine the whole. Around it, an entire alphabet of doors: the Domina, smooth or framed; the Era, with its integrated metal handle; the Noè in solid oak or ash; the Trix; the Cloe with its groove. And then the most important choice of all, the worktop: Michelessi selects worktop materials with painstaking care, so that they perform beautifully whichever road you take — the ultra-compact surface of Dekton, the matt, soft-touch Fenix, Laminam ceramic slabs, HPL laminate, quartz and, naturally, marble and natural stone, shaped in our Aprilia workshops.

The four collections, with every door and finish, are presented one by one on the kitchen models page.

The method

How we work: survey, 3D design, free quote, installation

It starts with a floor plan, a measurement or a photograph of the room: from there comes the quote, which is free. Then our technicians carry out the site survey and prepare the 3D design, showing the finished kitchen — doors, worktop, island, appliances — before the first slab is cut. Stones are chosen in person in the Aprilia workshop, slab by slab. All the work is done in-house, by the machines of the workshop and the hands of our stonemasons; delivery and installation are entrusted to our own team, who fit the top, seal the joints and coordinate the sink and hob connections with the installers. One point of contact, from the first meeting to the last handle.

The area

Where we work: Aprilia, Rome, Latina and all of Lazio

Our workshop and showroom are in Aprilia, on the Via Pontina at Km 45,350, about 35 km from Rome-EUR and 25 km from Latina. We survey, deliver and install in Rome and its province, the Castelli Romani, Pomezia, Ardea, Anzio, Nettuno, Cisterna, Velletri, Latina and the rest of Lazio; we build kitchens across Italy and abroad on request, as in Dubai.

Materials compared

Marble, granite, Dekton, quartz or Fenix: repairs, look, edges and where we recommend each

Five surfaces we work with every day at Aprilia, compared on what a resistance table leaves out: how they are repaired, how they look, which edges they allow and where we recommend them.

Marble, granite, Dekton, quartz and Fenix compared
MaterialRepairabilityLook and feelEdges and jointsWhere we recommend it
MarbleExcellent: re-polished and revived in placeUnique in every slab, cool to the touch, gains a patina over the yearsSolid 2 or 3 cm, 45° waterfall ends, sink carved from the slabIslands and worktops for those who want real stone and accept that it will age
GraniteGood: can be re-polishedNatural, speckled or veined grain, also with a flamed finishSolid like marble, square or bullnose edgesHard-working worktops and the hob area, outdoors too
DektonLimited: a damaged slab is replacedUniform, with printed colours and veining, matt or polishedThin slab, flush edge or built up to give thicknessCooking zone, modular kitchens, terraces and outdoor kitchens
QuartzLimited: scorch marks cannot be repairedUniform, regular colours, non-porous2 or 3 cm slab, square or bevelled edgesEveryday modular kitchens, kept away from hot pans
FenixGood for micro-scratches, which heal with heat; limited for deep cutsDeep matt, soft to the touch, fingerprint-freeThin, bonded to a panel, flush with the doorsMatching doors and worktops in modular kitchens, for those who want an all-matt kitchen

Step by step

How your indoor marble kitchen comes to life with Michelessi

  1. First contact and a free survey
    A floor plan, a few measurements or a photograph of the room is enough to begin. It helps to know from the outset which appliances you have chosen, where the water and power connections are and how tall the base units are, so that our first advice is already precise. In Rome, Latina and across Lazio our technicians carry out the survey free of charge; from the rest of Italy and from abroad we guide you through a remote measurement, dimension by dimension.
  2. Choosing the slabs, in person or by video call
    Stones are chosen in person at the Aprilia workshop on the Via Pontina, one slab at a time: the veining, the colour, the finish and where the cut-outs will fall in relation to the vein. If you cannot visit, you choose by video call in front of the slabs and receive samples of the stones you are considering at home; the chosen slab is shown to you once more before cutting.
  3. 3D design and quotation
    Our technical office draws the kitchen in three dimensions, with worktop, island, doors and appliances placed in your room, and marks on the drawing how the veining of each slab will run. The drawing comes with a detailed quotation, free and without obligation, and with lead times defined for your particular project; revisions are made remotely until the drawing is exactly right.
  4. Fabrication in the Aprilia workshop
    Every piece is made at Aprilia: CNC cutting, edge profiling, cut-outs for sink and hob, mitred 45° joints for the island, hand finishing and protective treatment. The stone does not leave the workshop until it is finished and, where the project allows, the kitchen is dry-assembled by us before shipping.
  5. Delivery and fitting by our own team
    In Italy the kitchen arrives with our own team: the worktops are levelled on the base units, the joints sealed flush and the connection of sink and hob coordinated with your installers. Abroad we ship in protective crating, with every piece numbered to the installation drawing, and follow the fitting with our technicians, as we did for the Dubai project.
  6. Handover and care advice
    We hand over the finished kitchen and explain how to look after it: a neutral cleaner, acids wiped away at once, the protective treatment renewed over time. We remain your point of reference afterwards, for a re-polish, an addition or a word of advice.

Further reading

Explore the indoor marble kitchen in depth

Free quote

The next step

We design and build in Aprilia, Italy and deliver worldwide — Dubai project completed

Free quotation, free site survey across Lazio

Every work in marble begins with a meeting. Describe the space and your idea, attaching measurements and photographs where you can: we prepare a 3D design and a detailed quotation, with no obligation whatsoever. In Rome, Latina and throughout Lazio the site survey is free; elsewhere in Italy and abroad we guide you through remote measuring, step by step.

Ask for a free quotation

Telephone +39 06 9275383 · WhatsApp · info@michelessi.it · Aprilia showroom, Via Pontina Km 45,350.

Have a marble sample sent to your home

The colour of a marble cannot be judged on a screen. That is why we send samples of the stones and finishes you are considering, so you can compare them in the real light of your room, against your floors and cabinet doors. Should you prefer, we will show you slabs and samples in our Aprilia showroom, on the Via Pontina.

Request your samples

Tell us which stones and finishes interest you: we reply to every request.

Write to us on WhatsApp

The quickest way to reach us is a message. Send us a photograph of the room, a measurement taken by hand or a picture that caught your eye: we reply from the Aprilia workshop with initial advice on the material, the finishes and the next steps, from survey to 3D design. Write to us in English or Italian.

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+39 06 9275383, the same number as the workshop.

Frequently asked questions

Indoor marble kitchens: questions and answers

Is marble suitable for a kitchen worktop?

Yes, with a honed or brushed finish and a protective sealer. Marble withstands moderate heat (very hot pans go on a trivet) and every slab is unique, but it dislikes acids: lemon, vinegar and wine should be wiped up promptly. For a worry-free surface we offer quartzite, granite or Dekton with the same design.

Marble or quartz: which countertop should I choose?

Quartz resists stains and scratches better but dislikes heat above 150 °C and is not a natural stone; marble is one of a kind, can be re-polished and ages well. In our Aprilia workshop we cut both, as well as Dekton, Laminam and Fenix.

How much does a custom marble kitchen worktop cost?

It depends on the stone, thickness, linear metres and workmanship (carved sink, 45° waterfall edge, profiles). The quote is free and starts from a floor plan or a photo.

Do you make only the worktop or the whole kitchen?

Both: solid marble worktops, islands and splashbacks, or the complete kitchen with our Domina, Noè, Era 02 and Volo 01 modular models, with the stone top shaped by us.

What thicknesses do you make?

Solid tops of 2 and 3 cm, monolithic islands with 45° mitred waterfall joints and sinks carved from the same slab.

Can I see the kitchen before it is built?

Yes: every project comes with a 3D preview showing the finished kitchen before cutting, and slabs are chosen in person in our workshop in Aprilia, on the Via Pontina.

Do you work in Rome and abroad?

Yes. Site survey, delivery and installation by our own team in Rome and its province, Latina and all of Lazio; installation across Italy and projects abroad, such as Dubai.

Can a marble island be made in a single piece?

The worktop can, as long as the dimensions fit within the chosen slab: every slab has its own length, and we check it in the workshop before the design stage. For longer islands, or for waterfall ends, we join slabs with mitred 45° joints that keep the veining continuous: to the eye the island remains a monolith.

How heavy is a marble worktop? Will the kitchen units take the weight?

Marble is heavier than quartz and far heavier than laminate, and a 3 cm worktop weighs one and a half times a 2 cm one. The base units of a well-made modular kitchen carry it without difficulty; on overhanging breakfast bars and islands the weight is taken by a steel frame hidden inside the unit, which we design together with the kitchen. At the survey we check any existing units and reinforce them if needed.

Which white marble suits a kitchen best: Carrara, Calacatta or Statuario?

Bianco Carrara is the most understated, with fine grey veining and a more accessible price; Calacatta has a warm ground and broad grey or golden veins, and is the most theatrical; Statuario is the whitest and purest, with few bold veins. All three should be seen in person at Aprilia: a photograph is not enough.

Polished or honed marble for a kitchen worktop?

For the worktop we recommend a honed or brushed finish: a matt surface hides the marks of use and of acids far better and feels warmer to the touch. A polished finish brings out the colour and the veining, but shows every trace sooner. We often combine the two: a honed top with polished island sides.

Can I have a marble worktop fitted to a kitchen I already own, even from another brand?

Yes. We measure the existing base units and the cut-outs for sink and hob, you choose the slab in the workshop, and we cut the worktop to those dimensions, with a matching splashback and upstand. It is the most direct way to turn any modular kitchen into a marble kitchen.

How long does it take to have a marble kitchen made?

It depends on the stone chosen, on the availability of the slab and on the complexity of the project, from a monolithic island to a carved sink. Lead times are defined together with the quotation and the fitting is scheduled with you, in step with the other work in your home.

The collection

Indoor kitchens we have built

We work from drawings and to measure: tell us the style best suited to your needs, or bring us the images you wish to draw inspiration from, and we will build your kitchen in a range of materials, with fine finishes in marble, granite, quartz and natural stone. The project can include every element you desire: burners or an induction hob, refrigerator, ovens, dishwasher, a wine cellar, wall units and anything else — made to measure where needed.

For every project we prepare a three-dimensional drawing, so you can appreciate the final result set within your own home before work begins. Below are twenty-four works chosen for their variety of stone and colour, each with its own story; the complete collection, with every story, continues in the gallery pages.

Continue the visit

Our other kitchens

Made to measure

Your kitchen
begins with a conversation

Bring us a floor plan, a measurement, a photograph of the room: our designers will draw with you the indoor kitchen that reflects who you are, from the first pencil stroke to the last handle, with marble and materials crafted in our Aprilia workshop — Italian craftsmanship from start to finish. The quotation is free, and so is our advice: write to us, or come and see us.

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