Terrazzo tiles in 19 color ways and 3 sizes from Daltile
Daltile snuck these in on me: Authentic terrazzo tiles. Terrazzo is a wonderful authentic retro product for mid-century renovations — and this is the first product of its kind that I have seen. To be sure, buying terrazzo tiles is gonna be a lot easier than trying to find someone to lay a complete (albeit seamless) terrazzo floor. These terrazzo tiles are available in 19 color ways, as either 12″-, 16″-, or 24″-squares. The 24″ squares are almost an inch thick.
It looks like Daltile is specifying these for living area floors — not bathrooms or kitchens or places where water would likely spill and the terrazzo could get slippery. And, you can put them on walls. Remember, this is essentially polished marble — the terrazzo are ‘marble chips’. In my mind, terrazzo always has been a floor most appropropriate for warm climates … it’s a cold surface. In fact, get yourself a 24″ square of this tile – and you could use it to roll out pie crusts, I bet! Many thanks to reader Kimberly — a new homeowner (woo hoo!) for spotting these tiles first, I saw them in her flickr photostream. Can’t wait to see your house, K! Here’s the link to the Daltile page.
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Great find Pam! This should be easier for folks to get than the other manufacturer out there, Fritztile. Fritz has many more colors, and is generally sold as commercial flooring. I wanted this in the worst way for my bathrooms, but after talking with a flooring contractor out here (CA) who said this stuff is gorgeous, but runs about $18-$25 per square foot installed.
For anyone interested, here is the Fritztile website, checkout each link on the left side menu to see all their colors/patterns.
http://fritztile.com/tile/CL-200/
While it’s certainly true that terrazzo floors are idea for warmer climes (my aunt had one installed when they built their new Florida home in the ’50s), do remember that there are those among us with just enough dumb luck to have bought a li’l ole post-modest house with radiant-heated floors. A-h-h-h…And if I had my way,’druthers, the Vermont Blue slate dining room and the steps up from the DR up to the stone floor front vestibule would be yanked done, too. I’ve had repeated estimates in the $$$$$$$$-range to restore these badly decomposed things,, which would be awfully nice. But since we already have toasty floors, the beauty of terrazzo beckons like the sirens..
When I was in college my family’s house had a beautiful terazzo floor in the kitchen. It had one seam between the kitchen area and the breakfast area.
I have to say, I did not appreciate that house like I should have. It was a beauty.
Sarah, do you know if you can use terrazzo as the flooring when you have radiant heat? Thanks, Rebecca
Oh swoon! I was just looking at a house that has gorgeous original terazzo floors (under terrible 80’s carpet). They were pitched to me as a maintenance headache. On closer investigation, they don’t seem any worse than wood on a day to day basis, and they seem to last quite a bit longer with proper care. Anyone have any feedback about care to share?
There is a 1958-built community center here in Sacramento with a two-sided grand fireplace that uses a terrazzo ledge. They used a terrazzo that is *exactly* like the middle bottom row in the swatch set above and it is stunning!
My store in Florida is a complete poured slab of terrazzo- a whole city block long! All the storefronts are built on top of the slab.
Houses have them in abundance here in Miami, and in all colors. I was thinking about the Vermont Slate flooring for my breezeway in Michigan where I have a great MCM ranch. Floor’s just concrete in there now, house has hardwood.
Any ideas? Slate or terrazzo. It does get cold in winter!
Daltile also has recycled glass terrazzo that comes in a beautiful blue. We’re looking at using Daltile’s terrazzo in our entire house here in Las Vegas. Can’t wait!
http://daltileproducts.com/series.cfm?series=291&rm=4
Cold feet? Wear slippers! An anecdote: my grandparents had terrazzo in their Florida room and I used to rollerskate there because the room was so big and unfurnished. Crashed into the piano… broke my wrist. Terrazzo can be dangerous, folks (both for your pocket book and your body!) I love the “pink champagne” one
My entire house is original solid slab terrazzo and we absolutely love it. Very easy maintainance, however, if you spill something you should not let it sit on the floor for long. Nothing different really than wood floors. It can be slippery, so be careful! Put some great rugs on the floor and you are good to go!