AllThingsMini Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 How realistic would it be for a Tudor diningroom (no matter what period) to have a stone floor? I have wood flooring in the livingroom and I want to use stone flooring for the kitchen, but I wonder if it would look alright for the diningroom to have a stone floor??? I'm not sure I want to use wood flooring because I don't want the wood furniture I'm going to make to get "lost". Any thoughts, opinions, ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Marie, It's your house, girl, go for it! One of our houses was built in 1906 & the diningroom floor was wood (all the downstairs wooden floors were laid in concentric squares, gorgeous), but the center was unfinished (read, use Bug Juice here) because the style was to put your Oriental or William Morris rug beneath the diningroom table. Also, I noticed when we cleaned 70+ years of heating with coal from the floors they were a lovely light golden oak color, which would be a terrific contrast to all the heavy, ornate furniture which was usually a dark stain (my grandparents' was) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judithfa Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 I also like wood floors, and Miniwax Golden Oak is a good color, but as Holly said, it's your house -- what do your little people say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 I agree - if that's what you want to do, you should do it. If it's a modern house, it could have been authentic Tudor originally and then the owners redid the floor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarinL Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Well, most likely the original Tudor building would have had a floor of beaten earth, maybe with a few tiles in strategic places (near the door and near the fireplace). Tiles were expensive back then... I'm sure that inhabitants of a later period would have put in a decent floor at one point or another, and that could be either wood or stone, whatever you prefer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Hello! I have a stone (black and white) floor in my real dining room... so it would look realistic to use stone! :-) In my dollhouse (well...it's a display cabinet to be honest ;-) ) I have a carpeted floor (it's an own designed print-out ) in the dining room and an oriental carpet under the dining table. For a tudor house I would use stone too! It's typical for that period I guess..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judithfa Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 If you want to use stone, the Brits were and still are, fond of something called Portland stone (I found reference to it in some of my books) which was a light-colored sandstone in my books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllThingsMini Posted June 2, 2005 Author Share Posted June 2, 2005 Thanks everyone for your input! You've renewed my confidence with this aspect of the house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judithfa Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Marie, your Tudor is coming along so nicely. I am glad to hear you are getting past the dining room stumbling block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllThingsMini Posted June 6, 2005 Author Share Posted June 6, 2005 Yep, I'm officially past it! I put the stone flooring down this weekend and I really like it in there. I'm glad I went with it! The best part will be the mural tho. I can't wait to have it done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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