Another pretty little tray

A few weeks ago, I made a little tray out of scrap wood. Then I decided to go poke around the flooring section of Home Depot and discovered they had 4x12 carrara marble tile, so I bought a bunch of that. I picked my favorite one and used the remaining mahogany I had to make this little tray for the kitchen. I LOVE carrara marble, but it's so fragile that it would have driven me batty having it in the kitchen as countertops. So I compromise and use it as an accent wherever I can.

I went with a darker stain, so it wasn't quite so orangey as the first one (though I love the vibrancy of a natural orange-toned wood.) I thought the dark would complement the color of the marble more. 

I also used spray lacquer on the marble and the wood, so any olive oil drips wouldn't discolor the marble. So far, so good.

It's so pretty; it makes me happy every time I look at it.