ᐅ Looking for light gray natural stone tiles

Buchsbaum schrieb:

There are plenty of options.

Travertine floor tiles, Carrara marble, Brač marble is a type of limestone, and there are many other Croatian limestones that are mostly available in light beige or gray tones.

Carrara marble as a kitchen floor is better suited with a stonemason maintenance contract. It hardly gets more delicate than that.
We once considered Bohus Silver granite with a matte finish for the countertop but decided to go with laminate instead, at least until the kids are older, so we don't have to replace dishes every four weeks. Maybe that stone is also available as flooring.

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Schorsch_baut schrieb:

Yes, it exists, look up Kelheimer Muschelkalk limestone. But it’s extremely expensive.

We have often read that limestone and marble are very sensitive to acids and also prone to scratches (like from stones stuck to shoes). Since there is no separate entrance area and both the kitchen and living room are part of an open-plan living space, we are thinking of something more durable like granite. We have three children, a cat, and a dog will be joining us in the new house. We are considering polished granite in light gray.

What are your thoughts on a polished surface?

Originally, we wanted gray slate, but it is very dark with a greenish tint. However, the split-face texture would be great.

With children, a dog, and a cat, I would actually recommend porcelain stoneware. Bruchtal and Villeroy & Boch offer very nice options that don’t look like imitations. Natural stones are always absorbent, and with pets, it’s inevitable that unpleasant things end up on the floor. The lighter the stone, the more likely stains from digested mice or small urine puddles will remain. Rough or textured surfaces combined with pets are really only suitable for people with housekeeping help or a cleaning obsession. Unless you like a stain patina—in that case, natural stone is obviously unbeatable.

I definitely don’t want a pee puddle in a newly built house!

Buchsbaum schrieb:

I definitely don’t want a pee puddle in a newly built house!

Then you shouldn’t keep cats or dogs at all. Or only animals aged between 1.5 and 8 years. 😉 Younger and older ones tend to have incontinence.

Not only animals... also small children... eventually the diaper has to come off, and then accidents happen more often—sometimes on the floor.