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Another question, are you sure you want a porous stone like this in your kitchen? Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that unless you seal the crap out of it -- and keep sealing it over and over and over and never forget about it year after year -- once you drop spaghetti sauce or a glass of wine on that stone, you're likely to have a stain. In my house, we'd seal it for a few years, and then get lax, and then have a party. Some folks will be tipsy. Someone will spill their glass of merlot and not notice or just not clean it up thoroughly. I don't notice because, well, it's a party and there's lots of people in my kitchen. Next morning, uh-oh, what's on my floor? Crap, why won't it come up?
For a kitchen I'd like something hard, like porcelain!!
We already have travertine (tumbled, unfilled) in our bathroom and our back patio and I LOVE the stone.
I noticed a lot of the homes I see in decorating magazines tend to use limestone for kitchen flooring and I love the look, probably because it resembles travertine. I know my husband I both want either a natural stone, wood or brick as a flooring material. I just didn't know if one of those stone materials takes a beating better than the other, especially when it comes to acidic foods/beverages.
I think this actually depends on your likes, and what you like better. Your style, your taste, and which one would be more practical for you, being in a kitchen, don't know if i would go with the stone, more of a beautiful Porcelain, with the look of a stone, there are plenty Porcelain tiles out there with that look, and much more practical for a kitchen. Easier to take care of, we have had them all. I would not want such a porous look in the kitchen. But again this depends on you, and what you prefer. I would visit HOME DEPOT OR LOWES, and ask questions in regards to the Travetine, or Limestone, and see what answers they have for you, but not leaving out a beautiful Porcelain tile, and at least looking at what they have to to offer.
I think this actually depends on your likes, and what you like better. Your style, your taste, and which one would be more practical for you, being in a kitchen, don't know if i would go with the stone, more of a beautiful Porcelain, with the look of a stone, there are plenty Porcelain tiles out there with that look, and much more practical for a kitchen. Easier to take care of, we have had them all. I would not want such a porous look in the kitchen. But again this depends on you, and what you prefer. I would visit HOME DEPOT OR LOWES, and ask questions in regards to the Travetine, or Limestone, and see what answers they have for you, but not leaving out a beautiful Porcelain tile, and at least looking at what they have to to offer.
Geez people, stumbled on this forum and WOW...someone suggested a vinyl floor?
Might look good in your mobile home but the cigarette burns don't come out.
Travertine is a type of limestone. I've had white limestone in the kitchen that has never been sealed and it looks like the day they installed it. I have travertine in all the baths and showers no issues either.
I would love to prefer limestone tile flooring. It is strong, durable and easy to maintain. Limestone comes in various levels of hardness; those that are harder can be durable.
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