Can you have marble floor tiles in your kitchen or are they meant for bathrooms? Does anyone have them? Are they any different to normal tiles?

No idea... But I'd be looking for slip resistance in both kitchen ands bathroom. No point in them if you break your neck or the dogs end up with ruptured cruciates.

Crockery doesn't bounce off them either.

I too would worry about slipping on them.

We've got marble tiles right through the house (carpet in bedrooms and media room) and they're a pain. I'm sweeping twice a day, mopping every other day and cleaning the grout on my hands and knees every week.

They're non slip so I don't have to worry about the dogs but my youngest has broken her arm and her foot in the 10mths we've lived here after slipping over while just wearing socks (2 separate accidents).

They're also really cold in the winter and as the house is mostly open plan it's really hard to keep warm.

Not a good idea unless they are sealed and polished, because certain things (like red wine) will cause permanent staining

not marble, but i do have stone tiles in all of my downstairs, also up in the bathroom. i do not have any slip problems for me or my dogs.. also they are much easier to keep clean.

marble is porous I believe so would check that out and if they have to be sealed and also the slip problem

furriefriends is right--porous and limestone, so any acid will damage it

Changed my mind about marble...seen some nice ceramic ones. Any advice on this?

Check that they are suitable for a kitchen floor and try never to drop anything on them :-)

> Check that they are suitable for a kitchen floor and try never to drop anything on them

Haha yeah... Had them in my last place and I got through a lot of crockery, by accident.
Have them here too, and was completely gutted, found a huge Le Creuset cast-iron casserole dish (26cm) in a charity shop for £5, used it once then dropped the lid, which broke into 5 pieces..... :( Have to keep persuading myself that orange was never my favourite colour.

We have travertine - (tumbled) in the kitchen and hallway - It looks lovely and it is cool to walk on in the summer - but as someone else said cold in winter.  I do have to be careful of red wine spills - have to mop up straight away.  The area around the sink and dishwasher has to be wiped regularly because of tea and coffee - otherwise I just hoover the floor and rugs.  Ceramic tiles can be more expensive I found - we had the classic range from Mandarin Stone - but some places sold cheaper stuff that was not so good.