Natural stone is a material that has come back very much into fashion in recent years, even if to tell the truth its charm has never faded.
Natural stone interior floors can be installed in the living room, in the kitchen, but also in environments where there is a high rate of humidity, such as the bathroom or the tavern.
The hardness and resistance of this material, in fact, make stone perfect even for humid environments guaranteeing safety and health protection.
Natural Stone Interior Floors: Charming Texture and Many Qualities
Natural materials give home interiors a unique charm thanks to the multitude of shades, colors, and styles. Natural stone interior floors create a warm and comfortable atmosphere, a particular style that is hard to find in modern homes.
The texture of a stone floor adapts perfectly to different styles, colors, and furnishings.
Natural materials adapt to all types of environments always resulting in great style, aligning both with elegant and classic furniture and with a rustic and antique interior.
Lava stone interior floors, for example, allow giving vent to one’s imagination creating a style always in fashion. Practical and functional, this type of 100% natural stone paving is extremely resistant to time, everyday wear, and heavy burdens.
Pros and Cons of an Interior Stone Floor
The main advantage of an interior stone floor is its duration. Leaving aside extremely harmful sudden events, an interior stone floor is eternal and does not require particular extraordinary maintenance interventions once a few years have passed.
Natural stone is a healthy material, which can be sanitized simply with neutral soaps and does not suffer from excessive humidity, thanks to its absorbent properties.
The negative side of stone paving concerns the high price due to the precious material and, sometimes, the difficulty of procurement.
How much does an interior stone floor cost?
Usually, a stone floor is quite expensive because sand and cement must be used for installation. The cost, however, depends on many factors, first of all, the type of stone used. To increase the expense there is also stone cutting, the type of processing, thickness, and any treatments.
Maintenance of an interior stone floor
As already mentioned, paving of a house made of natural stone does not require special maintenance, its finish is lasting over the years. With the passage of time, its natural appearance, its shades, and its irregularities turn out aesthetically even more fascinating.
However, there are treatments to be applied as a surface layer that optimize and facilitate cleaning and ordinary maintenance of stone floors. For example, stone can be treated to make it oil-water repellent to facilitate daily cleaning operations.
That said, interior floors made of natural stone are very practical and dirt is really little noticeable on them!
The Return of Stone Floors: Here Are Our Natural Materials
The market is again detecting a significant return to floors made of natural materials.
Aesthetically beautiful, with a unique and personalized appearance, stone floors recall elements of nature and colors already used for interior environments.
Our stones are:
- Travertine: warm color and chromatic variety with shades of ochre and walnut that allows it to be easily combined with other furnishing elements.
- Peperino: volcanic origin rock present in the Viterbo areas. Its shades are gray with darker spots similar to peppercorns.