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I’m excited to show you our checkerboard flooring that we’ve installed in our mudroom and home office additions, and introduce you to a new mini-series on TIDBITS all about black and white checkerboard flooring!
I’ve been obsessing over checkerboard flooring, and have subsequently learned a lot. This has left me with a desire to share it all with you.
WATCH THIS POST
In this 6 day series about black and white checkered flooring, I’ve covered everything you need to know including checkerboard inspiration, tile material, design patterns, tile size, where to buy checkerboard tile, and more!
Today I simply want to share a look at the checkerboard flooring we’ve installed in this mudroom/storage room/office addition that we’ve added to our house.
Since designing this pole barn home ourselves and living here for almost 3 years, we’ve determined that we desperately needed these spaces. It was well worth the loss of our side porch.
Mr. TIDBITS created a frame under this long side porch, moved doors, and added all the electrical, walls, and windows to get it ready to design.
Our wrap-around porch is pretty large, and even though we lost this side portion, we still have plenty of front porch to enjoy our incredible view.
We hadn’t actually finished the porch before making the decision to do this, since it would have required removing material that we already bought and installed. We’re waiting on a little extra siding that we need to finish the new exterior as well.
Kevin has been hard at work laying this honed black and white marble that I picked out that extends the entire length of the addition. It looks absolutely gorgeous, and I especially love how the transition looks from our kitchen and living room wood flooring into this dramatic black and white tile.
Where did we buy our honed marble checkerboard flooring?
I decided on this honed black marble tile and a honed Carrara marble tile – both in a 12 x 12 size. It looks authentic (because it is), and it is so stunning!
I ended up getting it from Stone Tile Depot, where I found the most affordable options for the real stuff. We grouted it with black grout, which I hope will be easier to keep looking nice for longer in a mudroom.
To me, this checkerboard pattern is both trendy and timeless.
Checkerboard tile is something you can find in Old World European design as well as in modern homes. It’s like a dream come true to see it coming together in my own home.
It may be some time before we finish building all the cabinetry, cubbies, shelves, and all the smaller projects needed to finish up these spaces, but I hope you’ll enjoy coming along for the ride!
I hope you’ll click around below so we can talk more about do-it-yourself living and design and more specifically, checkerboard flooring. I’d love to hear what you think of this look!
Day 1: Our Mudroom Checkerboard Flooring
Day 2: 12 Timeless Black and White Checkerboard Flooring Ideas
Day 3: Checkerboard vs Harlequin Flooring. What is the difference?
Day 4: How to Choose the Color, Material and Finish for your Checkerboard Floors
Day 5: How to Choose the right size of tile for your space
Day 6: Where to Buy Tile for Checkerboard Flooring
How has the marble floors held up in the mud room? I have four kiddos, plus a stroller and wagon to park in the mud room. Wondering if I should do a porcelain look instead? Any insight would be much appreciated!
Thank you,
Mom of 4!
Hello there….I absolutely love the checkerboard floor you put in your mud room. I want to do it in my master bathroom. I have had a very hard time finding the 12×12 honed black marble. I checked high and low in my area and even surrounding areas. I did see it on Stone Tile Depot but I have never dealt with them before. How was your experience with them? Were the sizes all identical? Was the color somewhat uniform? I know marble has some variations because of it being a natural stone. Thank you so much and I look forward to hearing from you.
Cindy Quintiliani
Yes, I know the struggle! It is harder to find, and often Stone Tile Depot sells out and you have to pre order. I did have to do that myself, and they were great to work with. Every piece is beautiful and uniform, even when we had to order a few more pieces. I’m not sure where else you could find some, other than what I shared in my post. But I have been really happy with Stone Tile Depot.
Beautiful! What brand of black grout did you use? We are about to install black and white checkerboard marble and I am afraid of the black grout bleeding into my white marble.
Would love to know this as well!!! We need to find the right black grout that won’t stain/bleed into honed carrara. Thank you!
This flooring is so beautiful. I just bought a townhouse and I am going to install it in my kitchen and front hall. I will be watching your series about it. I love it too. Can’t wait to learn more about it from you. You have always been a great inspiration to me. Lori
You have found so many wonderful things to use in your home and this certainly is one of them. I will be watching as this is so exciting.
This is stunning! I tried to talk my husband into a buffalo check (3 colors) in our new build but he really wasn’t going for it at the time. I just showed him your checkerboard marble tiled floors and he highly approved Ü Your site is always such an inspiration ♥
Your husband is remarkable! I’m sure you know that though. 🙂 Beautiful design as well. What a team!