Home Decorating With Natural Stone
Natural stone is a material that is imposed by this new decade in decoration. For its beauty and strength, is used in interior and exterior of houses in the city, countryside or beach.
If you are planning to make any reform or include natural stone for the design of your new home, then we give you the basic information about this material.
* Election.
Being a natural product, the appearance of the stone can vary from one plate to another and provide a noticeable difference color intensity and size of the veins in the same type of stone. To avoid an uneven effect, calls them all together before installation, so you can control the distribution of veins and observe the overall effect.
* Installation.
Getting a good result with the stone floor depends largely on proper installation, so do not hesitate to entrust this task to a professional to assess the conditions of the case. Another important point to note is that prior to paving or covering walls make sure that is done on a base level, consistent, clean and dry, otherwise they will present adhesion problems.
* Maintenance.
The stone is often shipped with a protective finish counting anti-moisture and other agents. But because of their origin, some scratch if they are beaten with objects harder. Over the years a few stones can lose polishing and become more sensitive, so, to delay this process, avoid abrasive cleaning with soap and water using only mild soap.
* Trends.
To dress floors and walls which are currently used stones large format, providing a semblance of continuity and a broader range of space. It is very important to choose light colors for low light environments (white, lime, cream, etc) and use the darker shades (slate, granite, quartzite, etc) to a small extent or bright areas.