This isn"��t a new idea by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a great one. If you lay natural stone slabs carefully, you will have a good stable floor when you"��re done, and a room that"��s one heck of a conversation piece. At one time of course, people used the "��real"�� deal natural stone; a bit harder to work with, but produced superior results. Nowadays, the flooring industry offers commercially produced stone tiles which means you have a far greater variety to choose from when it comes to deciding what you want.

Here is something else that a lot of people really aren"��t aware of, and that is natural stone flooring is just about the only material on the flooring market that actually "��improves"�� with time. You certainly can"��t say that about a lot of other flooring material. It offers stability and durability and withstands the test of time. Take a long hard look at prehistoric houses in a museum, the ones with natural stone flooring. See how good they still look, and how modern?

If you have kids and dogs and relatives and neighbors in and out all the time, you have high traffic areas that would benefit from natural stone flooring. The nice thing about the wear and tear is that it adds a certain patina to the floor and gives it more character. Natural stone is also really easy to clean and will maintain its good looks for decades.

Did you know that natural stone flooring can come from three different types of stone? If you took geology at college, you"��ll remember that the three are metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary. So as an example of sedimentary stone, you"��d be looking for limestone and travertine; igneous would include granite and metamorphic would cover marble and slate.

One thing to keep in mind is that replica stone is not real stone. It"��s also referred to as reconstituted stone, which gives one the impression of adding water and watching it reconstitute. These tiles are just not like the real thing no matter what anyone says. This isn"��t to say the product isn"��t good, because some of them are, they just don"��t hold a candle to real stone.

If you"��re interested in man-made stone tiles, those are an option for your flooring gig as well. They"��re new and well, some people just prefer that thought of using new material rather than something that took about 300 million years to make. However, nothing honestly compares to Mother Nature"��s product; real natural stone. Besides, it"��s sustainable, gorgeous and looks great for years and years.