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!

I am assuming you haven't finalised your wall colours and colours of any other fixed elements. In case you have finalised your color scheme you would need to see which of these colours blend well or complement with that scheme. Assuming none of this info is available, then you could look at the neutrals which go with all colours. The white tile and the 2 colours at the end would be preferable. If you want color on the floor as well as drama, you can choose from the 2nd options from both sides or even the 1st from left.

Hello there, You could really consider 300 x 300 mm tiles for pavement as they are sturdy and matt finished. Try natural stone flooring and concrete paver blocks as well. As for thickness, anything >14mm would suffice but the laying of tiles should be uniform and any minute airgap could produce large cracks due to pressure. Regards, Aurum Ideas and Spaces Bhubaneswar

The spaces look beautiful and warm. My suggestion wood be, to retain the warmth . Add some wooded flooring here and there along with some rugs. Since the whole colour pallette is creams and browns. Use a warmer shade for the rugs like a darker brown or beige or add white rugs just to break the beige monotony. Some accent furniture in black or dark brown leather would add some aesthetic as well. You can try popping in some plain red chairs as well. Try to avoid patterns in the furniture and rugs so that they don't clash with the flooring.