Colored floor tiles in interior design

Floor tiles are a fairly popular flooring. And this is no accident. This material is quite wear-resistant, easy to clean. In addition, it has a fairly wide range of colors, which allows you to choose a coating to almost any design decision.

How does the colored floor tile look in the interior and how to fit it into the interior correctly?

Colored floor tiles have quite a few types. First, it is divided by production technology.

Here there are three main types:

• Clinker. It is made of clay without the addition of any coloring pigments, as well as plasticizers. Such tiles are usually terracotta, brown or beige. Suitable for installation in both residential and outdoor areas. Differs in durability and total absence of glaze on a finishing layer.
• Tile. This is a ceramic tile, which includes clay, sand, and mineral additives. The tile is strong enough, but not suitable for rooms with a large influx of people. Thanks to the use of colored glaze, this facing material can have any color, including ornaments.

• Porcelain stoneware. This material is durable and wear resistant. They can finish the floors even in large supermarkets, where there is a large number of people. Its colors are also quite wide, and this material will be able to decorate any interior.

The choice of colored floor tiles in stores is quite wide. Here you can find plain samples, while their shades can be completely any:

• white and black;
• pastel colors, such as pink, blue;
• bright saturated colors, such as scarlet, lemon, emerald.

The choice of colored floor tiles should depend on several factors:

• It is necessary to determine what the load will bear the floor in this room. Based on how many people will be in the room at a time, how much furniture will be installed, it is necessary to determine the type of flooring.
• Depending on the purpose of the room and your own preferences, you need to choose a tile covering. Remember that the matte tile is perfect for the bathroom, as it prevents wet feet from slipping, but it is not recommended to stack it in the kitchen, as it is hard to wash the rough surface. Gloss, on the contrary, will contribute to slip and can be extremely traumatic. But removing dirt from such a coating is much easier than from textured matte material.

• The color of the floor should be combined with the decor of the room. Here it is better to use the rules of color and choose standard combinations, for example, gray - pink, white - blue.At the same time, the color floor can become both a basic background of the room and an accent in it. In the second case, the coating will require any support, for example, a vase or pillows on the sofa to match.
• Colored tiles on the floor should also support the style of the room. A bright floor with geometric lines in a classically decorated room or a tile in Turkish style in high-tech and minimalist styles will look pretty ridiculous.

In classic interiors, the flooring imitating parquet laid in the form of various patterns looks good. Also, the floor will be quite original, decorated with tiles with coloring for various minerals, for example, malachite.

If you choose a multi-colored tile, then you should prefer simple patterns in the form of small rhombuses or twisted lines. And quite often with the help of multi-colored tiles in the classics on the floor fit imitation of the carpet, around which monochrome basic elements are used.

In modern styles, the floor can be monochrome, unusual bright colors, have a pattern over the entire area or also be decorated in the form of a carpet. A combination of tiles of several colors is often used here or a panel is manually created for a specific design decision.

So, for the high-tech style it is peculiar to cover dark reserved shades with a large geometric pattern, rolling from one element to another.

For the style of pop art is usually laid bright contrasting tiles of several colors.

Colored tiles can be stacked in one of several ways:

• Usual. Here the elements of the coating are laid parallel to the walls. This method is suitable for laying both single-colored and multi-colored tiles. In the first case, you can use contrasting putty seams to make the coating look more original.
• Diagonally. This method is suitable for any color coating. In this case, the tile joints run along the diagonal of the room. When buying a cladding material here you need to take into account the increased consumption of elements, since the tile will have to be cut a lot.

• In the run. This installation imitates brickwork.It is more suitable for solid elements. In this way it is quite interesting to lay tiles of different colors.
• Artistic styling. Here, with the help of elements of different colors, whole works of art are created. This method requires high skill and time consuming and material.

For the original design of the floor, designers often use colored tiles in their projects. Here are some original ideas that will interest you.

• With the help of colored tiles on the floor are separate zones. The floor around the pool is decorated in blue and blue and the gym area is decorated in warm shades of yellow and orange. These colors are connected on the wall, where they overlap with each other.

• The blue tile on the floor in the bathroom is diluted with small decorative elements to match the walls, and the plinth on the ceiling echoes the color of the floor.
• Bathroom, decorated in the style of Provence, complemented by floral "carpet" on the floor, which is supported by a curb on the walls.

In the next video you are waiting for the secrets of choosing ceramic tiles on the floor.