Limestone is always in trend

When it comes to interior design, natural materials such as stone and wood are particularly popular in 2017. Limestone has been in vogue for quite some time. Limestone is versatile and therefore the perfect stone for houses and flats. Inside, it also goes perfectly with parquet flooring.

Limestone has tradition

Limestone is a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition and compaction of mud, clay, ash, fossils and other sediments. Limestone is one of the oldest building materials known to man. Limestone floors have been laid by humans for over 10,000 years - and they last that long. As early as the Stone Age, people equipped a place of worship with a limestone floor that is still preserved: Göbekli Tepe in Turkey. Greek temples and Roman palaces and villas also still delight their visitors today with their original floors. It is also interesting to note that limestone was used in most buildings worldwide before 1920, as granite was too hard to work with.

Limestone indoors

Which limestone surface is best for the interior should be considered individually. A tumbled or brushed surface is usually offered. Limestone is always white; mineral admixtures determine the final colour of this natural stone. Light limestone floors with subtle, warm tones ranging from light grey to a cream/beige colour are timeless. These colours make rooms appear brighter, friendlier and larger.

In modern houses, antique limestone floors with slightly rounded edges can be used - they balance out a lot of glass and light walls and offer a pleasant living feeling. Limestone can even be used in the bathroom, as it is pleasant to walk on barefoot and gives this room a much higher value appeal. On the floor and on the wall, a washstand can be made to measure from large slabs of the same stone to match. This was done in one of our reference projects, a villa in Lower Austria.

Limestone does not require much maintenance. Simply impregnate the floor after it has dried out. It should be noted, however, that every used limestone surface shows signs of use over time - in other words, provided it is properly cared for, it will acquire a noble patina over time, which adds to the beauty of the natural stone. "Limestone is like a good wine, it only gains in age," says Thomas Schubert, Managing Director of SCHUBERT STONE.

We are your expert for limestone

Thomas Schubert, Managing Director of SCHUBERT STONE, is considered the stone expert in Austria. Limestone has been SCHUBERT STONE's main product since 1973 and we are leaders in limestone selection for interior and exterior use for floors, steps, pool edges, system walls, quarry stone walls, facades, etc.

SCHUBERT STONE's stone centre is considered Vienna's largest exhibition of natural stone, technostone and parquet. The family business presents over 2,000 varieties for floors, walls, kitchen countertops, luxury bathrooms, terraces, walls and many other areas on 3,000m2 of exhibition space. With its in-house stonemason workshop, SCHUBERT STONE also realises individual customer wishes at the highest level and has already satisfied more than 20,000 private and public clients. Arrange a consultation appointment at the SCHUBERT STONE stone centre!