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!

It totally depends upon your interior theme. Now a days polished cement floor is in as it gives quite a raw look and you can go for some combination of glass mosaics with it. Else you have so many options readily available in the market.

Hi Saranyam, You can use tiles/granite for kitchen and bathroom, while for the living room and other rooms you can select marble flooring. Marble is more durable than tiles as they long for some 25 years while tiles stay for 10-15 years. Also, Marble is stronger than tiles. But for areas such as kitchen and bathroom tiles are used because in case of stains the floor can be easily cleaned whereas marble absorbs the stains which becomes difficult to clean afterwards. Regards Team Offroad

Though I voted for the wood panels Its not the always that case it depends upon design to design. To choose any one will be injustice for other design.