From the Floor Up

Travertine in Noce on the floor with travertine in Durango on the island and backsplash, The New American Home

Stone flooring is the perfect material for giving your living areas a spalike feel, and for bridging your indoor spaces and the great outdoors. Using the same flooring for your patio as your living room or kitchen creates fluidity and claims a piece of the outdoors as your own, which truly allows you to have your own outdoor living space.

Stone flooring is a great choice because it feels luxurious—thanks to its beautiful finishes and color varieties—but it is also extremely practical. Stone is long-lasting and low-maintenance, and isn't a material you'll have to upgrade anytime soon. When designing your seamless inside-outside transition, consider the following three tips.

Topics: Exterior Tile, Stone

Granite in Volga Blueon the countertop

Black granite countertops are perfect for creating stellar kitchen and bathroom spaces. This dependable stone is as beautiful as it is resilient. It will not only give your room a substantially noticeable face-lift, but it will also boost the overall value of your home. After all, a granite countertop is a long-term investment because this beautiful new addition will add elegance that holds value and can last a lifetime. Here are some tips to keep in mind when adding black granite to your design.

Topics: Stone, Countertop

Breathing New Life into Natural Stone

Stone tile makes homes and businesses elegant and timeless. But trendsetters definitley have a preference for certain stone styles and as time passes that changes. Here's what's hot right now and how to get it.

Topics: Stone, Design

Image features quarzite in Crystalize on the island

Wondering how to clean your quartzite countertops? Cleaning quartzite correctly will help your countertops look as beautiful as they do now for many years to come.

We stopped by and talked to the Daltile stone product development team and asked them about cleaning quartzite. Here’s what they said.

Topics: Stone

Slate tile offers natural fine grain and pleasing neutral hues that make it ideal for the fireplace surround in both trendy and traditional homes. Regardless of whether you're designing a living room from scratch or replacing an old surround in a transitional project, timeless materials like slate are well worth the investment. Let's look at a few slate tile options—and a couple of must-see stone-look tile options—for inspiration.

Topics: Stone, Design

Travertine in Petrified Forest on the floor

Why save a travertine floor for only the kitchen or bathroom? When you have the right tile and a good design plan, you can put travertine in any room of your home to create a stunning overall look. Here are some inspirational ideas that go beyond the norm.

Topics: Stone

Kitchen features ONE Quartz Surfaces Micro Flecks in Morning Frost on the countertops and Calacatta Gold Marble on the island.

The elegant look of marble has resurged in popularity, especially in modern kitchen designs. Classic marble with veining looks especially great on the kitchen countertops because it adds distinctive visual dimension to the overall design. However, if one type of marble doesn't seem to complete the look you're after when used on its own, consider pairing two contrasting marble countertop styles to further increase the depth of your design.

Topics: Stone, Countertop

Tumbled Indian Multicolor slate in a tiny mosaic makes this fireplace the center of the family room design.See more tile fireplace ideas below.

Topics: Mosaic, Stone, Design

Ambassador in Voyager Black

Stone veneer can be used on interior walls to create an authentic look that's reminiscent of a historic home. Interior stone is an impressive design choice that provides a high degree of visual impact. If you love the look of stone and want to find unique ways to add veneer to your interior design, here are some of the latest products to consider.

Topics: Stone, Wall Tile, Design

Stone a' la Mod in Contempo White marble ovals mosaic

There's nothing more classic than a white kitchen design that features a stunning marble backsplash. This look is effortlessly modern with a sophisticated feel, and is perfect for kitchens of any size. White is light, airy, and versatile, and starting with it as a base leaves room for you to add your personality into the rest of your design. Marble's natural, radiant composition is versatile, welcoming, and sleek, making it the perfect backsplash material for your white kitchen. Here are some inspirational ideas to keep in mind as you design your white kitchen.

Topics: Kitchen Tile Ideas, Stone, Design