Making the most of natural stone tiles

Natural stone tiles are great additions to add to your bathroom and kitchen. The natural stone is beautiful durable and long lasting. With so many varieties of textures and style to choose from, making a decision can be difficult. However, choices like granite tiles, granite floor tiles, travertine tiles, and slate tiles narrows down the selection quite a bit.

Granite tiles can be found in department stores that specialize in selling floor products such as tiles, carpet and vinyl. These tiles come in a variety of finishes and textures and costs less than most carpets. Granite tiles can be placed in several rooms in the room, but they are mainly found in rooms that receives a lot of through traffic. The tiles can be brought in do it yourself bulks or they can be professionally installed.

Granite floor tiles is easy to clean and maintain, unlike carpet which is hard to clean and easy to wear out. Granite lasts a long time. Granite is found in abundance in the earth and is usually light in colour. It is perfect for placing in the kitchen to give it a unique and elegant look. It will also look great in the bathroom to give it a modern and classic appearance. No other tile comes close to this beautiful rock which can be polished and smoothed over to give any floor a high gloss shine.

Travertine tiles are beautiful and inexpensive. Travertine is formed by the earth deposits of mineral spring and hot springs. Travertine is also a form of limestone. Since the natural colour of travertine is tan, cream and white imagine how beautiful the productions of tiles are when they are completed and installed. They look perfect in any bathroom or kitchen. They make great looking counter tops and are excellent for placing on the walls for decorations. 

Slate tiles are unique and distinctive in appearance. Slate is made from a mixture of volcanic ashes, clay and dried mud. Slate is embodied with earth tone colours and contains swirly patterns of black, blue, grey, red and copper tone. Slate is beautiful, elegant, and durable; therefore, it can be used indoors as well as outdoors. It makes great attention getters when they are used in the patio area around pools or in the garden area at home. Slate is naturally beautiful and any bathroom or kitchen that has slate tiles installed is truly gorgeous.

Now is the best time to enjoy the beauty and simplicity of natural stone tiles. The price is right, maintenance is low and there are so many styles to choose from. Your home is your biggest investment so why not treat it like the prize that it is?