Panel of tiles on the floor: design features

A solid floor covering, even from a very beautiful tile, can bring a monotony to the interior. If you lay carpets, they should be cleaned regularly, textiles will hide the beauty of the floor finish, and the design of the carpets is not provided. The output will be a panel of floor tiles.

Let us consider in more detail the methods and options for manufacturing this design element.

The floor panel is a composite center and is divided into the following types: roses, carpet and mosaic panels.

Roses - a compact symmetric pattern consisting of four tiles, each of which is coated with one of the parts of the pattern. Roseon is located in the center of a small room. A large area of ​​the floor is decorated with several roses, arranged in a geometric order, or make the roseon the center of the composition, around which the combined tile is laid in the form of a carpet.

Carpet panel You can lay out from different tiles of the same collection, or finish the floor covering with a ready-made set of tiles with a complex pattern. A pattern can occupy dozens of tiles depending on the size of the tile itself and on the size of the panel. For ease of installation, tiles are numbered and supplied with a layout scheme.

The most expensive and complex in execution are mosaic panels.. They are performed by professional finishers, as they require careful processing of every detail, precise fit of the mosaic pieces. At the first stage, a sketch of the drawing is prepared with segmentation into elements according to specified dimensions. Then from the whole tiles on the special equipment the mosaic segments of the necessary colors are cut, each detail is ground. In the canvas flooring space is left for the pattern. The final stage includes the installation of parts of the pattern on the tile adhesive.

You can learn more about mosaic panels by watching the following video.

Drawing on the porcelain is applied in various ways. The most common method of sublimated printing on ceramics. The drawing is applied on the principle of "decals", then the tile is covered with a layer of transparent glaze.

The method of hot decal has a similar technological process of drawing a picture, but instead of imprinting an image on the surface of the tiles, decal paper is glued on and burned in a furnace.

The most expensive technology is hot firing, in which case the drawing is applied with the help of special dyes, coated with glaze and burned. The pattern is fused into the structure of ceramics, does not lend itself to abrasion, has a beautiful texture.

The choice of the type of tile and pattern depends on the location of the panel and on financial possibilities.

Deciding to lay out the floor panels in the living room, we must remember that this decor will serve for many years. When changing the decor of the room will have to take into account the color scheme and pattern on the floor.

Light shades will visually increase the space, the gloss of the tile will add shine and light. Drawing for the living room is selected most ceremonial and representativeby adding gold elements to the finish.

The floors in the bathroom are often decorated with a pattern or ornament of tiles. Plumbing fixtures are mostly white in color, which is a universal companion to any color finish. Here you can give vent to fantasy. The classic is a combination of white and black. Turquoise color will be a symbol of the water element. A yellow or light green finish will make the morning treatments pleasant.

The office requires rigor and concentration, here the best solution is to use geometric motifs and neutral colors. A mosaic panel with details of gold and bright clear glass, limited by a border, does not seem boring.

A kitchen is a place where family members spend a lot of time. Beautifully decorated floor will be a bright accent and decoration of the space. A small kitchen should be decorated with roses.

For dining, a budget option would be to use tiles with a pattern in the style of patchwork for the floor panels.

You can create a futuristic interior in the kitchen with a bright mosaic carpet.

For a room in Provence style, you can lay out a panel of tiles of sea shades surrounded by brick tones.

The hall is traditionally decorated with floor panels, as the carpets can quickly become dirty, they are difficult to care for, and the floor pattern is a practical and beautiful solution. In the large hall can be located several compositions, or decorated in the form of a walkway. The hall, decorated with carpet or rose of marble tiles, will emphasize the wealth of the owner.

Balconies and loggias trim a bright mosaic with oriental flavor. Flowers, animal prints, animal figures or cartoon characters will emphasize the purpose of the balcony - outdoor recreation. For stylish modern solutions, a beautiful airy silver mosaic that imitates forged elements of a fence will be suitable.

Currently, the construction is dominated by a free layout. In one space there are various zones with functionalities: living room, bedroom, kitchen, hall. Floor panels are used for zoning to visually divide the room. Contrast solution made of polished marble looks luxurious

A stylish nuance combination highlights the dining area due to the diagonal arrangement of the tiles, framed by a border. The panel is a tile from the same collection as the main canvas of the floor, only in a different color.

The recognized leaders in the production of floor panels are Spain and Italy.With the development of technology and Russian manufacturers have achieved high quality manufacturing panels from natural and artificial stone. Designers from Russia create highly artistic collections, follow the trends of world fashion interior design.

Durability and color scheme of the pattern is provided by modern technological processes of manufacture. The fields of the Urals and the Volga region provide affordable raw materials from such producers as Cersanit, Uralkeramika, Azori, Ceramica Classic, Kerama Marazzi, Gracia Ceramica, Bellesa, Lasselsberger, Shakhtinskaya tile.

Panels at affordable prices offered by Chinese manufacturers. Roses and carpet panels have a large range of good quality products at affordable prices in China: Azzo Ceramics, Sal Sapiente, Lola Ceramics, Finezza.

Floor panel in the style of neo-gothic.

Luxurious Art Deco.

Minimalism in white.