The floor in the furnishing of a house is of fundamental importance: it is in fact the business card of a beautiful home that respects itself, as well as giving functionality and practicality to the rooms. Nothing better than a marble floor will give the interiors a touch of class and lasting beauty, along with properties such as resistance and hygiene. But how furnish a house with a marble floor, already in itself very elegant and authoritative, maintaining taste and refinement? Here are some tips for creating winning combinations
Marble floor: which one to choose?
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Furnish your home with a marble floor will give any room a touch of class and prestige. But, first of all, which marble to choose? On the market there are different types, which have various shades of color. Black or dark marble is perfect for decorating large spaces, especially those in baroque or classic style; But that’s not all: modern homes with large windows, lots of natural light, large designer mirrors, and light walls and furnishings can also sport a dark marble floor. On the other hand, white marble will fit perfectly in more contemporary homes, perhaps combined with innovative materials such as glass or steel, to make everything very shiny and bright. Different veins and shades can be the protagonists if you want in a slightly more eccentric home, with colors that are also very strong for a more pop style, or with slightly retro geometries and designs for a more vintage style.
How to decorate your home with a marble floor
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Furnish a house with a marble floor it can be exciting, but also delicate. In fact, the choice of such a preponderant starting point inevitably conditions the style of the furniture and accessories. If the marble is white or black, substantially uniform, you can also aim for minimalism, leaving the floor with its leading role and choosing a few linear and clean furnishings, perhaps even suspended so that the view of the floor is interrupted as little as possible. A choice of character for environments with a contemporary taste.
The classic furniture in dark wood or in warm shades will instead perfectly match a light marble in shades of beige, while those who love the classic and tradition will not give up the beautiful marble floors decorated with geometric designs to match antique wooden furniture, embellished with handmade decorations. Even those who love retro style will find some ad hoc patterns for their home, such as the classic rhombuses in the timeless black and white combination, in memory of the magnificence of the palaces of the past.
Modern furniture with a marble floor
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As mentioned, the marble floor does not only recall the classic style of furniture. On the contrary: its brilliant finish makes it perfect even for modern or even contemporary environments. Design elements of our time will look great for example with a white marble floor or with a bolder shade such as red or green, in stark contrast to the surrounding furnishings to be chosen instead in more neutral shades.
Polished, lacquered, resin-coated, steel, or transparent surfaces in glass or plexiglass, can pair beautifully with a marble floor; square shapes, lines without frills, few accessories but of impact (such as an important vase, a particular mirror, even with sinuous lines), are modern elements that can be perfectly matched with a marble floor.
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Furnish the living room with a marble floor
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Before choosing the marble floor for your home it will be appropriate to evaluate the rooms in which it will be placed. It will be perfect in the classic or antique living area, as in the dining room or living room; but also in modern living rooms, accompanied by a sofa with a bold design, and seamlessly towards shiny and dazzling kitchens. In classic wooden kitchens you prefer a marble with the warmest shades of pink and orange, while in modern kitchens with shiny surfaces the very elegant gray or imperishable white are perfect. To avoid marble floors in the bedrooms, because it is a cold material and not very prone to inducing sleep. In the bathroom it will be perfect thanks to its particular water resistance. The bathrooms with marble floors also use the same material for the wall coverings.
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