Types Of Natural Stone To Consider For Your New Home

Natural stone is one of the most beautiful materials — showing varying hues and tones depending on the particular species and its origin. Rock can be carved into numerous shapes and sizes, which you can spread around your home, imbuing it with elegance and grace. Here are several types to consider for your new home.

Travertine

Travertine tiles across walls and floors give rooms a natural feel. These tiles come in earthy beige, pink, ivory, and peach, and are typically matte rather than shiny. With its homey ambience, travertine can cover living area floors, while other rock varieties can be too cold. Around bathrooms, travertine helps to provide a luxurious sense of ancient baths. A benefit is its pale hues which make a room feel larger by reflecting light.

Marble

Pieces of marble are often characterful, full of veins and streaks that create distinctive patterns. This stone, though, is relatively sensitive and can damage and scratch when across a floor. Marble countertops, however, offer a more limited and controlled surface that you can look after with regularly sealing, wiping up spills promptly, and using trivets. Across a bench, alluring marble is in the perfect position to create an attractive focal point. 

Slate

Slate tiles in dark grey, green, purple, blue, and tan form colourful and sturdy floor tiles. The hues can vary wildly within one tile, shifting between many colours to create lively flooring. However, other tiles are more uniform so that you could create subdued grey floors, for instance. Slate is highly resilient, and with a natural cleft finish, creates safe textured surfaces. This stone is also used as roof tiles, giving a classic feel to a home, which shows how sturdy and durable it is. 

Sandstone

Builders can spread sandstone floor tiles both inside and out due to their resilience. Sandstone blocks create classic retaining walls, and beautiful paved patios and pathways. The tones and patterns within this rock are more limited than some, many displaying relatively consistent neutral tones.

Granite

Granite is tough and durable and thus makes excellent kitchen countertops. It often displays a speckled appearance of relatively similar tones. For instance, a slab might have flecks of fawn, orange, brown, black, and grey, creating a warm-toned benchtop. Another piece might be dark grey, blue, black, or pink. These benchtops may either be highly polished or be honed to a smooth, matte surface. Like floor tiles, granite can create a colder feel than some other stones.