The marble grit floors

The marble grit floors were highly appreciated and in demand throughout the 1900s, especially in the old Milanese railing houses.

However the marble grit floors, with the rise of modern style, have risked being forgotten and thus replaced, but thanks to the latest trends and the rediscovery of vintage, which has become the “new modern”, this is still widely appreciated and equally used.
The grit floor is often associated with the Venetian-style seminato, also known as the “Venetian-style terrace”, smooth and without joints.

The marble grit floor therefore represents the most well-known and appreciated type of flooring of all time, obtained through the mixture of very small fragments of marble bonded together with natural cements and oxides that allow once laid to have a truly minimal thickness.
Thanks to this structure, the floors are characterized by a very high resistance, as well as durability over time and are also particularly suitable for areas with high traffic and wear.

(see Grit floors and modern furniture article)

Marble grit floors are classified as water repellent to any type of liquid, as well as being particularly reluctant to absorb dirt and common stains, such as wine, oil and coffee. One can easily think that a vintage floor is difficult to combine in various contexts, but one of the characteristics of this floor is its flexible solution and its versatility. In fact, if well thought out and balanced, grit floors can give life to interesting solutions and unique environments.

If you have large windows from which a lot of light enters, a clear and neutral tone for the floor will make the environment even larger, classic and timeless, thus also favoring the play of colors with the design objects, which will immediately result in the eye and will be the protagonists.

A medium-light grit floor with the combination of light-colored furniture and plants and books as furniture immediately suggest a calm and peaceful atmosphere, a real comfort area with bohemian and tropical characteristics.

The real gem to complete the bohemian chic style is the suspended armchair, preferably monochromatic, in shades of beige or white.

Instead, a particular solution could be that of a light grit floor, in pastel tones with wallpaper with botanical decoration.
A Zen, botanical and tropical style, where also in this case, the floor is not only a background, but also blends everything, the details and the atmosphere, giving back to those who choose it a chic and contemporary living, bright and fresh.

For those who want to focus on the modern but want a traditional element such as the floor, can decide to focus everything on the walls.

Light grit floor, matt black walls and objects in chromatic contrast, such as using the yellow palette

As for the cleaning routine, once a week it is possible to treat the marble grit floors with wax to be diluted in water, paying close attention because it could become particularly slippery.
In order to preserve its natural beauty it is necessary to proceed with the sanding and polishing of the floor every 4/5 years.

To date, among the products with the best technical characteristics, Sib Extreme Style corresponds to the modern reinterpretation of a classic and prestigious material such as the Venetian terrazzo: it offers the same aesthetic effect but improves its technical characteristics: no joints, no cracks, infinite chromatic possibilities, low thickness (about 1 cm) and reduced application times.
Sib Extreme Style adapts perfectly to any style of furniture thanks to the infinite combinations of stones and aggregates that can be added to the mixture.