Floors are one of the most important design elements in a property.
As they are visible in every room, flooring is the deciding point between a success and failure.
Therefore people tend to spend most of their times to search for the correct floor.
If you are after the most suitable flooring for your property as well, you will know what we mean.
Debating between floorboards, carpets, natural stone tiles, glass tiles, porcelain, ceramic, laminates is not an easy task.
If you have decided that natural stone is the one to go for, we would like to give some inspirational design ideas below.
Black & White Strong colours are new trend, particularly white tiles.
Shiny granite or marble tiles are the best options for these colours.
Black: Absolute black granite, Nero Marquina marble, black slate, black quartz or absolute black basalt are in this category.
If you want something with minimal variation, we can recommend absolute black granite or basalt.
On Nero marble, there will be white veins as well as yellow patches which give character to the tile.
White: Carrara white marble, imperial white granite, white limestone or white quartz are the most common types of this category.
Checkerboards: This is the most common usage of black and white coloured tiles.
In most cases we recommend Nero Marquina (black marble) and Carrara white marble for this application.
They are also available on larger formats.
Antique or Modern Travertine Travertine is another option for an impressive design.
Depending on your choice, you can go for aged - antique or contemporary travertine.
Normally in living rooms, kitchens and hallways creamy beige or light coloured straight cut travertine tiles are the preferred choices.
In bathrooms and showers light or brown coloured antique travertine can be used.
Also chipped edge (chiselled edge) travertine floors are mainly used in cottages or country homes.
Limestone You can also design beautiful places with limestone tiles.
Golden coloured Jerusalem tiles are popular amongst property developers and DIY enthusiasts.
If you are looking for something modern and minimalistic, white - creamy beige Portuguese limestone might be another alternative.
German Jura limestone floors are renowned for their durability and excellent colour choices with fossil shells on the surface.
Slate Slate tiles can be used anywhere; conservatories, kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, any place you can imagine.
Mostly they come in riven finish (textured surface).
Riven surface gives rustic look and also provides surface grip.
Slate tiles can be in different colours; green, black, multicoloured, oyster (mixture of orange, pink colours), grey are some examples.
Choose a colour which suits well with your cabinets, wall paints and appliances to get the best results.