Decorative Ceramic Tile

Ceramic Tile Patterns

Decorate Your Room Using Your Own Unique Ceramic Tile Pattern

So you've decided to use decorative ceramic tile for a floor, counter, or wall space. But have you thought about what pattern you're going to use for the tiles? It's actually a great idea to decide this before you buy the tile, so you know what sizes, color, and textures you are going to need to make your ceramic tile pattern.

The two most important things you must decide are the size and color of your tiles. In general, the size of the room should influence the size of the tile: use large tiles for a large room, and small tiles for a small room.

For colors, you can match the decor of the room, or use a completely different contrasting color instead, with the room colors appearing in a minor role. For example, suppose you're tiling a bathroom floor, and the room has yellow fixtures with white walls. Then your tiles could be yellow and white. Or you could use mainly blue tiles, throwing in some yellow and white ones occasionally, to match the room decor.

Now, back to the ceramic tile patterns. Here's a brief list, just to give you an idea of the variety of patterns available.

• Checkerboard - This is the most commonly-used pattern, but a bit boring. If you have two colors, then alternate them.
  
  
• Diagonal - Same as the above, but the tiles are at a 45 degree angle to the walls, so when you walk in the room, it looks like a diagonal pattern.
  
  
• Brickwork - In this pattern, the tiles are layed out in rows, but each row starts halfway between 2 tiles above and below. Anyway, it looks just like a brick wall.
  
  
• Basketweave - Using rectangular tiles, make a square with two tiles one above the other. Then the next square would have two tiles set vertically next to each other ... and so on.

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That's just a few of the many patterns that are possible. They're hard to describe, but not so hard to design. Think of it as ceramic tile art, and use your imagination.

There's another whole style of ceramic tile pattern - using small mosaic ceramic tile to create a design. This kind of artwork dates back to the earliest civilizations. You can create a geometrical design, or a complicated picture, if you're artistically inclined.

You can get mosaic tile patterns online, either for free or at a small charge. Or you can create your own pattern, using graph paper and crayons. Or just throw a bunch of tile into a bag and smash it with a hammer. Then put the pieces back together in a random pattern.

So you've got no excuse - you can be as creative and imaginative as you want. Use ceramic tile patterns to give your room some style.

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Shalonda

Posted 544 days ago

The other day I saw an interesting way of simulating the look of a tiled surface. It was a cement driveway, and there was a design somehow set on the surface to make the driveway look like it was covered with tiles.

Alethea

Posted 619 days ago

One of the biggest advantages of tiling a floor is that you can set them in a pattern, so that the design created provides a nice look without needing to use more than one color of tile.

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