> that our tile is eggshell and it shows all the dirt. Just be especially
> careful about dropping things on it, because the tile is very unforgiving.


It's also very unforgiving on legs and feet. If you spend a lot of
time standing on a ceramic floor, you should have some kind of cushion-
y mat to stand on. I would take wood or any kind of vinyl tile or
other vinyl floor covering before I would put ceramic or stone or
brick on a kitchen floor.

I love my new vinyl floor, and the older inlaid linoleum (also vinyl)
it replaced. I'd put it in again in a heartbeat. It isn't at all
like the original linoleum that our grandmothers or great-grandmothers
used.

N.