There is this strange desire among house owners who are renovating their houses or building houses anew, to make their houses look ‘new’.

‘New’ is so mercurial, temporal, elusive, that even while building the ‘new’, the ‘new’ may stop feeling ‘new’. Or right after the day of ‘house warming’, the newness may evaporate like water in desert.

Is it this desire for ‘new new new’ that makes folks select mirror-finished surface for their indoor flooring, irrespective of the material: granite, marble or vitrified tiles?

Look at this floor for example:

You would have guessed that this is granite with grains in shades of brown. If you look carefully, you might also see that it is reflective. And yet it is not mirror-finished surface. No, it is not matte surely.

Think about this.

Do you want a house that looks ‘new’, or do you want a house that feels neat and clean and cozy?

Mirror-finished surfaces often look new but also non-cozy. Beautiful perhaps but quite sterile.

The picture above shows granite flooring with a rather alluring surface finish. To my senses, ideal for indoor flooring where folks are looking for long-term beauty and warmth and a certain comfort and coziness. Mind you, this finish and feeling can’t be replicated using vitrified tiles. Perhaps not even with natural marble. Granite suits the best.

Would you try this finish for indoor flooring for your project?