ᐅ Natural Stone / Shell Limestone on Stairs – How to Imitate the Look?

Hello everyone,

Yesterday I went tile shopping and also looked for options for my staircase.
I have fallen in love with a shell limestone with a brushed (smooth but textured) tread surface (top) and a roughly broken nosing (front edge).
Additionally, there should be no protruding step edge; instead, it will be miter-cut.
To make it even more challenging, my staircase has 17 steps and is 1.50 meters (5 feet) wide.
Based on a rough estimate from yesterday, the cost is about 400€ per step, which is clearly too expensive.
So I started wondering if this look could be replicated or even entirely faked with another material.

Does anyone have experience with this? Any advice? Otherwise, I’m not happy with the options I have found so far for covering my staircase.
The staircase will be cast as a concrete element inside the house, and I just need to know how thick the finish layer should be.

Best regards,
Flo

Yesterday, I went car shopping and also looked at sports cars. Now I’ve fallen in love with a Lotus. In addition, the paint finish is supposed to be made with 24k gold,… so I started wondering if it’s possible to replicate or fake that kind of look using other materials?
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Myrna_Loy schrieb:

In addition, the coating is supposed to be made of 24k gold, … so I was wondering if it’s possible to replicate or completely fake such an appearance using other materials?

You can get it cheaply wrapped. But that only works if you’re wearing at least 3 pounds of gold chains.

nullhorn schrieb:

so I was wondering if it’s possible to replicate or completely fake such an appearance using other materials?

No. Do it properly or use something else.

nullhorn schrieb:

This will be cast as a concrete component in the house, and I just need to know how high the buildup should be.

Wait and see how the staircase actually turns out first. Cast in the shell construction usually means uneven and crooked, with a lot of rework needed to achieve the correct heights.