The tiles look surprisingly like real deal marble (as you’ll see in the projects below yourself), and they’re $1.75 per square foot, plus they’re reversible for renters.

In the author Huma Qureshi’s kitchen by Pluck, simple pink and white tiles installed in a checkerboard deliver a decorative punch. Richard Chivers An alternative to stone slabs is ceramic tile.

Floors are made from second-hand marble, cut into different shapes and sizes. The mosaic floor includes colours of dark jade, orange, yellow, cream, white, grey and black.

Graça Apartment, Portugal, by Fala Atelier Tiles of veiny white marble cover the floor of this long and narrow living space, located inside a 19th-century Lisbon flat renovated by Fala Atelier.