In an Italian palazzo maybe. In a standard 2000’d tract home, it’s pretentious and completely out of character. It’s like wearing a tiara to the grocery store.

My problem with marble look is that it is usually smooth and slippery. Kitchen floors occasionally do get wet, and in the morning I'm prone on walking out to mine in stocking feet or slippers. They call 'em slippers for a reason.

I'd use it on walls (where appropriate) never on a floor.

I think it looks lovely. Just ignore the naysayers.

IMO it depends on the style of the house marble floors wheter real or porcelain have a very formal look and if you have never spent a day on tile floor I would advise to do so. They are hard on backs, knees and feet. I like them in bathrooms and laundry and even entries but i would stick to wood the same as your other floors for the kitchen. If you ask a queston on here you will get answers some of which you might think are rude but honestly you provided us very little info and so you get answers that are the truthIMO a lot better than someone going oh what a great idea and after it looks ridiculous. I have marble floors in my bedroom because I always wanted white marble floors in my semi art deco bedroom but I would not want them in my kitchen for both look and practicality.

You’ve posted no pictures of your home to even get any ideas if it’s appropriate to your home. It’s not in 90% of American homes. So you only have a 10% chance of it being appropriate to yours. Putting cheap hospital vinyl tile into a Mediterranean style home would be just as wrong as marble in most generic styleless NeoNeo Eclectic homes.

There is a time and place for everything. A ball gown to sit in the stands at a rodeo or a princess in dirty horse jeans at a gala are both equally inappropriate to tone and place. Marble chunk mosaics as were common in MCM homes would come nearer to being more appropriate to more average homes than glossy formal marble.

If you want actual help, it requires pictures of inside and outside your home, and measured diagrams, and a realistic budget for changes. That’s how a decor forum works. If you want useful help making your home’s design appropriate and cohesive , make those data points happen.

Otherwise you are just opinion shopping for someone to agree with your whim and have nothing to support or to negate your idea at all. And you ARE getting informed opinions. You just happen to not be open to the ones that disagree with you. But you won’t post anything to show that your opinion has an appropriate basis.

Design doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s an appropriate response to its surroundings. What is appropriate for a 1950 California bungow would not be the same for a 1790 Massachusetts Colonial or a 2002 tract home.

Hire a local designer to help you if you don’t want to participate. But your takeaway is that all things Pinned are not appropriate for all homes. Designing by mood swings and pop fad influences usually turns out very badly for most people's homes and their budgets.

"Random sleaze"? Really? Wow - just wow!

I can't say that I've ever seen a marble floor in a kitchen. They are usually reserved for entrance halls and bathroom, whether the marble is "real" or porcelain. I have the porcelain "marble" tiles in two of my bathrooms and love them. They are both a honed finish.

I would not want it in MY kitchen, but if you want it in yours, go for it! Why wouldn't I want it? I don't like tile floors in a kitchen - they are cold, hard and can be slippery if the dog drips water on his ears from the water dish all over the floor (mine do). I also just don't think it would go in my kitchen. I chose to carry the hardwood floor that are throughout the rest of the house, into my kitchen as well. I have a separate kitchen - no open concept.

My opinion is that fake marble tiles look like just that, fake. Except it’s pretty clear that you don’t actually want opinions, you want validation.

Wow, this got ugly real fast. Down, everyone. It’s a forum of first-world problems, not a political rally. There’s certainly nothing wrong with it in a foyer (it’s rather common, in my experience), nor in a kitchen (after all, people are throwing it all over kitchen counters, but suddenly on a floor it’s wrong?). Sure, like any finish, there’s a right and a wrong place, and suburban tract homes always present a challenge (if that’s even where you live) because they lack context, and thus have a certain Disneyland quality to them (ranch-looking but not ranches, French villa but not in France, etc.), but if that’s where you live, what are you going to do? Other than avoid obvious excesses (like McMansions), you gotta do what you gotta do. The only thing I’d say is this: the challenge with porcelain tiles is they have that rounded edge that to some people (like me) just scream “fake” (real marble slabs never have that, they are squared off). They also have an over-consistency of finish (every tile has the exact same sheen), which again is not like real marble. But that’s me. Make your peace with it, and at the very least, if you can, choose a tile that minimizes those problems (less rounded edges, a more honed finish, and one that has some inconsistent texture that doesn’t look factory-perfect in the sunlight).

I have been tile shopping lately, yes, and they still look like what they are - white tiles with "pictures" of marble veining on them. No one ever said you couldn't have an opinion - but your reactions to those with differing ideas indicates that you have already decided on your tiles and just want others to oooh and ahhh over your choices. You implied another poster was "sleezy" [sic]....

I think it can work, though i would look for one that has more warm tones in there. When marble is cool white and cool gray it just feels at odds with the warmth of a kitchen (but perfect in a bathroom).

Do you know what color soapstone you are looking at? That would impact the floor choice.

If you believe this forum is full of “random sleeze” (and just...wow to that) then why would you the opinions of said random sleeze? You’ve gotten good advice, you just don’t want to hear it. Take your tiara to the tile store and buy whatever you want, appropriateness be damned.

It doesn't look right and is not appropriate in most homes. There's your opinion, completely out of context to your home.

Design is a whole. Not isolated selections. You can't hide everything behind a curtain and expect to get anything useful other than the curtain is too shiny and formal--unless you're Carol Burnett shopping for yardage goods to repurpose for a fancy gown.

If you won't post pictures, then you won't get useful information. Design can't happen without a LOT more information. If you're not willing to do that, then you should delete this, and you need to work with a paid someone whom you do invite into your home. People do seem to give more value and weight to those they pay than those offering them free tidbits.

If you click on the link I posted there are other shots of that project with the marble look tile in the kitchen and it butts to wood floors. It can be done if designed well.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/belmont-transitional-entry-phvw-vp~94641181

I have that tile in my shower and it has COF rated for wet areas so it is not slippery. However, that being, it has a low variation rating thus pattern repeat in a large area lead to making it look off, i.e. Faux. It was an affordable porcelain option compared to others with more variations, though. It is easy to maintain and has none of the issues of real marble though which makes it a practical choice for a kitchen. Those are the pros and cons of the material you are considering. If it is the right aesthetic choice is really not for me to say.

The house I grew up in had those asbestos tiles on a cement slab. My knees, feet and hips still feel the unforgiving nature of those. Anything dropped on them was lost, shattered or broken.

Since then, I have had all different types of flooring except tile for that very reason, but, I recently installed tile in my master bathroom and the downstairs half bath, but nowhere else.

Depending on where you live, Florida vs Minnesota, can make a difference also. Florida is nice to have those cool tiles on your feet and they are easier to clean than a lot of other surfaces. Tile in Minnesota is just down right cold.

That being said, it is a very formal look and, IMHO, needs a very formal venue for it to look its best.

Everyone is doing the whole "all the flooring needs to be the same", but I disagree. I think in the powder room and mud room, your marble like can be very practical. I think in the kitchen, it is impractical. I think in the foyer, it lends itself to a very formal setting. But, this is just my opinion.

When you say you have wood floors I would say look at a porcelain tile more like the one in this photo for your kitchen and entry. You don’t fall prey to the ‘faux’ look of marble look porcelain, visually the transition to wood is less harsh so spaces seem more fluid and still looks great w a white kitchen. Keep the faux marble to the bathroom. That’s what I would do. Good luck!