apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

I noticed a lot of 3-dimensional tile patterns at the show like the one shown in the main picture. I kept thinking that they looked really cool, but that they would be a pain to clean.

i love travertine, i have it in my house in different places, the 3D tiles that i used are in my fireplace, they look awsome. And the smooth tiles for the floor are the best bet for a clean surface. Its very easy to decorate since everything is earthtones.

I second Mattab's comment, cleaning looks near impossible.

Maybe if you just use a dust broom designated just for the walls? I remember having walls like this in house back in the 70's when I was a kid. Very textured stones.

I like the Frank Lloyd Wright-ness of the first image. But imagine them after a few years, when all of that very porous stone has soaked up all of the grease and dust of normal life.