Natural Stone for Kitchen Floor
Stone flooring tile - Buying, installing, maintaining.
You can get some affordable ceramic tiles these days or much less than 10.00/ft. Patterns often cost more though.
The cheaper you go with natural stone (travertine in this case), the more filler there is. Honed means that it is roughed up a little bit, so it's not as slippery when wet.
You are going to want to seal a natural stone floor at LEAST once a year with a HIGH quality sealer. It's easy to do, it just wipes on. Regardless of how much you seal it, you are always going to be prone to etching. Citrus juice, vinegar, soda, ketchup, spaghetti sauce left on for any more than 5 minutes will leave a dull mark. Travertine is very porous and will absorb stains easily. (Sealers help with this though)
I've never bought tile on line before, but Daltile might be a place to start. Big box stores generally have a bit of natural stone, but it's about the worst quality you can get.
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We would love to have a natural stone as our kitchen floor. We know that granite is the sturdiest choice, but aren’t the biggest fans of the patterns. I came across Dolomite Marble, and wondered if any of you have experience with it for flooring. We also wondered about making intricate marble tiles (as pictured) which may be more forgiving than having one big slab that shows stains. I think we are just a bit scared! Is marble truly as bad for flooring as told? Any horror stories? Any positive ones? 😊