A wood stain cabinet. with stain factory applied is I think the easiest to maintain. If you like white cabinets, make sure that the white is factory applied, too. Cabinets that are painted and / or stained at home, do not have as durable a finish as factory applied finishes.

I have tumbled travertine (basically a form of marble) in the master bedroom and a marble mosaic in the master bath. It is higher maintenance. It stains and it wears differently in different areas. I am not doing natural stone in my new home. There are some fantastic tiles now that mimic all the stones, and a good quality porcelain tile will be very durable. Some ceramic wall tiles are "weaker" but I have had excellent luck with porcelain tile. Granite floors. Sure. But as people have said they also require maintenance like periodic sealing etc. In a house that size you don't want a different kind of floor in every room. I would stick to one or perhaps two types of floor tile in the main rooms. You can get away with additional types on walls in the bathrooms but I would keep the floors consistent. As far as cost goes, there is a very broad range of tiles and stones. In my shopping I have found some very good high quality floor tiles for reasonable prices. Stone has priced out higher...at least the ones I have looked at. Good luck!

Nowadays builders from Delhi and NCR are shifting to places like alwar and bhiwadi for apartment construction, as delhi and NCR are not vacant for construction. So, the building materials charges have increased comparatively. Even if you save 5000 or 10000 in design fee, it won't make any difference. As, ultimately you have to bear contractor charges and building materials.

Hey Pooja, I'm thinking to create a DIY project for a multi purpose tablets with minimalist design whilst being functional.