If you mentioned terrazzo 10 years ago: Isn't it the standard for schools and hospitals? It's outdated, right?

    If you mentioned terrazzo 5 years ago: Designers and home bloggers showed off their skills like crazy, and there were many who followed the trend and failed. Be careful!

    If you mentioned terrazzo 3 years ago: It began to enter more homes and became more and more common in cases.

In 2024, when we mention terrazzo again, what should we talk about?

    The same terrazzo, some have become part of cold buildings in public places, and some have entered exhibition halls as works of art, but these are not the focus of discussion. Today's content mainly revolves around home terrazzo.

How to let terrazzo inject soul into your home?

Compared with the traditional "ancient terrazzo", what are the advantages and disadvantages of terrazzo now?

What are the beautiful homes that use terrazzo right? How to avoid failure?

After reading this article, I believe you will gain a lot.

The significance of terrazzo

Perhaps it lies in "injecting soul"

    Terrazzo is a product made by mixing aggregates such as marble, gravel, quartz stone and even more precious gemstones into cement binders to make concrete products, and then grinding and polishing the surface.

    From Italy hundreds of years ago to the present, the principle of terrazzo is similar. Why has it become popular again in recent years?

Technology improvement, gradually getting rid of "low taste"

    Rather than saying that the terrazzo that was common around us in the past was a compromise due to the high prices of tiles and floors. Today's terrazzo is not cheap, and it is a new choice for floor and wall materials, not a compromise.

    At this time, terrazzo not only brings a "patina" effect to the floor, but also has richer colors. In addition to cement, there are also epoxy resins as binders. The grinding process is constantly improving, and the performance is significantly improved.

    In terms of construction, terrazzo has also changed from the original on-site casting to the current more and more prefabricated terrazzo. Polished flat in the production workshop in advance, the stones are exposed, and cut into bricks.

    Prefabricated terrazzo has lower cost and simpler construction, which is the prerequisite for the popularization and resurgence of terrazzo this time.

Thousands of faces, integrating the personality of the owner

    Compared with other wall and floor materials, terrazzo's rich color combinations and almost non-repetitive patterns can easily become the "memory point" of your home.

    Your preferences and tastes, even your attitude towards life, can be reflected through terrazzo.

    The seamless effect of terrazzo also gives the space excellent integrity and continuity, which is very suitable for use in open or semi-open spaces.

    Compared with tiles that are easy to copy but also easy to collide, or floors that lack personality and changes, the significance of terrazzo may be that it can inject the "soul" of the owner into the home.

    There are many faces of terrazzo in many homes. There is no ready-made reference for matching, and it will not be affected by routines. It is more necessary to start from the heart and dig out the appearance of the home you yearn for.

Re-understanding terrazzo

See if it is your "goddess"

    Compared with the ancient terrazzo many years ago, the current terrazzo, especially the prefabricated terrazzo, has made great progress in performance and characteristics. Let's put aside the inherent impression and re-understand terrazzo.

Advantages of terrazzo:

Anti-slip, easy to maintain, long life, not easy to fade

    Zhai Sir believes that anti-slip is the most prominent advantage of terrazzo as a floor material. Because it is based on cement, the water absorption is obviously stronger than tiles, and the floor dries quickly after mopping. Many friends in the south also said that the floor is not easy to get damp even in the plum rain season.

    Easy to maintain is also a major feature of terrazzo. The key point of easy maintenance here is that it is not dirty (note that it is not dirt-resistant), which can reduce the frequency of housework.

    In terms of hardness, terrazzo is not as hard as tiles, so it is not easily broken, and its life is guaranteed. Some netizens even said that it has been used for 40 years.

    So families with elderly people and children can focus on terrazzo. Designer Luo Ming's home is covered with terrazzo throughout the house, and its environmentally friendly characteristics are also very suitable for floor heating.

    The retro and nostalgic feeling is also a plus point for terrazzo. Of course, this has little to do with the characteristics of terrazzo, but mainly the memory of an era.

    The office where your parents worked when they were young, the cinema you went to, and the good memories you had in school during those years are all more or less related to terrazzo floors.

    This retired couple renovated the old house for 20 years, and finally chose terrazzo as the floor material. Perhaps there is such a complex in it.

    In a sunny balcony or bedroom, terrazzo that is not easy to fade is naturally one of the first choices.

    From this point of view, compared with other floor materials, terrazzo has many advantages. But Zhai Sir still does not recommend that you buy it blindly, and the shortcomings of terrazzo should also be fully considered.

Before you buy terrazzo, you should know these points in advance

    As a veteran, Li Piaopiao, the owner of the house, once gave everyone a piece of advice: terrazzo should never be used in wet areas of the bathroom, terraces and other places where water will accumulate, otherwise it will turn over visibly.

    Although it is mentioned above that terrazzo does not look dirty and is easy to maintain, in fact, this is mainly because the color of terrazzo provides a "cover" for dirt on the ground.

    The cement base of terrazzo can seep water and play a role in anti-slip, but on the other hand, if it encounters liquid stains, it is also easy to absorb water and change color.
If you are very concerned about this, Zhai Sir recommends that terrazzo be used in dry areas at home as much as possible, and try not to use it in places that are often exposed to water such as shower areas and terraces.

    There are also places in the house where people often pass by, such as the entrance, which may be darker than other places over time. For this problem, designer Guizi uses a combination of terrazzo floor + jute carpet to reduce the pressure on the ground when entering the house.

    If you like terrazzo elements or terrazzo style, but are worried about these problems with terrazzo floors, you can focus on applying terrazzo on the facade.

    It is difficult to find things, which is another interesting disadvantage of terrazzo tiles. After all, when I was in school, I also experienced the scene of a small pen cap falling on the ground, and the classmates in front and behind me searched all over the floor.
If you mind this, but still like terrazzo elements, you can use terrazzo slabs as the background in the dining area as shown below, so that the modern and simple home will have a natural atmosphere.

    For the terrazzo rollover mentioned at the beginning, experienced designers also shared some experience with Zhai Sir for your reference. For example, it is not recommended to lay large areas, especially terrazzo with rich colors and large particles.

    Also, the beauty seams must be hidden. The integrity is the obvious advantage of terrazzo over tiles. If the beauty seams are visible to the naked eye, what is the difference between laying tiles?

    Let’s talk about terrazzo here today. If you have any curiosity or questions, please go to the comment area~

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