🔥🏡 Discover the remarkable versatility of ceramic tiles with these innovative design ideas! From coffee tables to fireplaces, unleash your creativity beyond the expected
Ceramic tile is one of the most durable, low-maintenance, aesthetically pleasing, and affordable finishing materials. It is unjust to limit its decorative potential to just the kitchen and bathroom. We have gathered 5 trendy ideas for using ceramic tiles in interior design beyond wet areas.
1. Coffee Table
A viral trend from social media is tiling the surface of a coffee table or bedside table. For these purposes, square ceramic mosaic tiles are the best choice, as they are easy to trim and fit.
This finish will transform even the simplest and most budget-friendly construction into a striking interior element. And you can do it yourself, armed with special adhesive, a trowel, and enthusiasm.
To make the handmade piece look even more striking, use contrasting grout.
2. Kitchen Island
Ceramic tiles in the kitchen can serve not only as an aesthetic backsplash; they can also cover the countertop, decorate the edges of the kitchen set, or the windowsill.
And the trendiest option is to visually replicate the backsplash by tiling the base of the kitchen island.
For these purposes, narrow glazed tiles in a vertical layout are best. Another trendy option is classic square tiles, which have triumphantly returned to fashion.
3. Behind the Bed
It’s common to make the wall behind the bed an accent. Why not use tiles for this purpose? It’s unexpected and expressive.
For this, ribbed tiles or the same classic square ones would be suitable.
Tiles can be assembled into a decorative panel with a geometric or botanical pattern, reminiscent of wallpaper prints. The most luxurious option would be hand-painted majolica, which never goes out of style.
4. Fireplace
A fireplace tiled with so-called “azulejos” is an interior classic with a warm vintage feel.
Initially, the solution served not only a decorative purpose. Tiles helped to heat the room faster because they heated up quickly themselves. It’s still relevant for country houses.
You can tile both the outside and inside of the fireplace. This decorative technique is applicable not only to real but also to faux fireplaces, inside which you can light candles, place portable lamps, stack books, or keep indoor plants.
For fireplace cladding, Mediterranean ornaments, geometric patterns, and square tiles in matte or glazed finish would be suitable. But keep in mind, if the fireplace is used for its intended purpose, you should choose only heat-resistant ceramic. It’s also worth checking for environmental certificates to ensure no harmful substances are released when heated.
5. Living Room Finishing
An accent wall in the bedroom and a fireplace in the living room are just two examples of how tiles can penetrate residential interiors as a finishing material. You can expand its presence area.
Walls and floors tiled outside of the bathroom and kitchen – a trendy trend that came from countries with hot climates, where tiles intentionally cooled interiors. The trend is gradually taking root in our latitudes thanks to underfloor heating systems.
This trend is particularly relevant for open-plan apartments where the living room shares one space with the kitchen. If previously it was customary to join different finishing materials on the floor, trying to make inconspicuous or eye-catching transitions between tiles and laminate/parquet, now a trendy solution is considered a joint flooring without seams.
Porcelain stoneware and tiles are excellent options for this role – a practical choice for those who appreciate quick cleaning.
Ceramic tiles can also appear on the walls of the living room as an accent finish. A fashionable solution is to tile the niche in the living room, and if the niche is arched, it’s already a trend squared.
Modern collections of ceramic tiles are so diverse and aesthetic that you want to use them everywhere. But this is the option where you need to measure seven times: after all, tiles are not paint or wallpaper.
