Five Tips for Designing with Tile
1. Design with color
- Color can change the mood of a room, highlight its good points and obscure its bad points
- Counters and walls can use tiles that complement or contrast in color to those used on the floor
- Tile can be cut into one-quarter size and alternate colors to create custom borders
2. Design with direction
- Tile can be set with a straight joint, brick joint, or patterns such as herringbone, basket weave, etc
- Change direction from straight set, to a 458 angle in another room to define different areas of the home
- Use modular sizes of tile, to create patterns
- Change sizes to delineate specific areas
3. Design with size
- Use modular tiles in two or more sizes to create multiple piece patterns.
- Change sizes within an installation to create unique effects or to delineate specific areas or rooms
4. Design with decorative factory pieces
- Tile can be installed in an “area rug” configuration
- Medallions can be tied in with the home’s architecture
- Use listellos to border or personalize any room
- Custom fabricate tiles using water jet technology
5. Design with relief and texture
- Use various textures together for unique effects
- Tile provides the ability to inset different tiles or stones
