Yearly Archives: 2020

** Due to the latest Tier 4 restrictions, unfortunately, we have had to close earlier than intended for Christmas shutdown. **

OUR SHOWROOMS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR RETAIL. We remain open on 21st and 22nd December until 5:30pm for trade customers and customer collections only.

All orders placed online after 11th December may not be dispatched until the new year. Please call our sales team on 01234 324598 prior to ordering, if you need your order before Christmas.

Our online sales hotline re-opens on Monday 4th January 2021 While we remain in Tier 4, we will only be open for trade customers and online business.

Marabese Showroom: Bedford

Lucio is based at the Marabese showroom in Bedford and has been working in the industry for 18 years. We asked him about his favourite recent installation, and he chose a kitchen that he designed and supplied to J&M contractors. The customer’s budget was around £20,000.00. Lucio says:

The kitchen was simple to install and actually only took just over a week to complete. The main challenge we had to overcome was the design and installation of the drinks/display cabinet which was recessed within the wall.

We are open through Lockdown!

** UPDATE ** Our showrooms will be reopening as usual and returning to full opening hours from Wednesday 2nd December. We will be open on Saturdays from 9am to 4pm starting from Saturday 5th December. **

We are open through lockdown but will be making some changes.

Our three showrooms will be open Monday to Friday only – we will be closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

From Thursday 5th November, our opening hours will be:
8:30am - 5:30pm (Monday - Friday)

In order to keep our customers and staff safe, we have implemented the following measures to be followed in our showrooms at all times:

Face masks must be worn at all times by customers and visitors.
Social distancing must be maintained at all times.
All customers and visitors must sanitize their hands on entrance.
For any customers/visitors who would like a face to face meeting, we will carry out temperature checks before the meeting can start.
All customers/visitors must check in using the NHS app on entrance. If you don't have the app, please leave your contact details at the counter. 

This project's brief was to create a seamless living space whilst maximising natural lighting, keeping the surroundings bright and airy. The areas of renovation started with the main entrance, which carried through to various bathrooms, all following the same theme. The colour scheme was chosen around different beiges across a blend of wood and stone/concrete effect tiles.

To achieve the unbroken view in the larger floor areas, we went with Porcelanosa’s Bottega Caliza tile. With its beige concrete effect in a natural finish, it offered exactly what the client was hoping for in terms of style, and the large 120 x 120cm format, in turn, meant fewer grout lines.

Richard Hayes joined us at Marabese in November 2019. In this blog entry, he will be sharing one of his Specification Projects based in Bedfordshire featuring the Delice Gris tile:

Aiming to set up and move forward the Projects Department of Marabese's business has brought with it some interesting and enjoyable challenges. Introducing a new specification supplier into a vastly competitive marketplace was not going to be easy; creating a strong brand and reliable reputation was the key. Tapping into my years of experience was vital to getting the results we all wanted as a business.

This project was to transform a living space into a warm and welcoming environment, using mellow grey and taupe colours. 

Showrooms will open on Monday 11th May

We are pleased to announce that we are to re-open on Monday 11 May, at 8:30am.

For the immediate future, our three showrooms will be open Monday to Friday only – we will remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

The company has instilled various safety measures:

Only one customer will be permitted in the showroom at any time
Customers will be required to sanitise their hands upon entry to the building (hand sanitiser will be provided by the company)
We would prefer for all visitors to wear face masks inside the shops
The 2-metre distancing rule must be obeyed at all times – we have marked the areas on the floors and fitted plastic screens at the counters

Due to latest government restrictions, our showrooms are now closed.

For any customers who urgently need prepaid orders, we have provisions in place for these to be collected between 9 and 10am on Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th and Friday 27th March only.

For further information, please email info@marabeseceramics.com

Emails will be monitored during this closure. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Marabese Showroom: Milton Keynes

In our last blog in this series, we heard from Chloe who told us about the kitchen she designed for her home. This time we’ve moved onto Dez Ferguson who is also based in our Milton Keynes showroom, where he specialises as a Bathroom Designer. Dez's designs can be seen far and wide; also all over Bedfordshire since he previously worked from our Bedford store.

Dez has created countless dream bathrooms while he’s been in the industry for the past 20 years, so it wasn’t easy for him to pick a favourite design. However, one that recently stood out for him was a bathroom designed for a customer locally in Milton Keynes.