Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Knowing Floor Tile Design

Knowing Floor Tile Design

By Scarlet Spencer


Floor tiles are becoming popular to be used in designing your flooring nowadays because it does not only give you the opportunity to be creative and show your individuality in your chosen floor tiles and patterns, it also provides you the chance to show your artistic streak and provides many people an outlet for their need to decorate their own room or home. Aside from that, creating your own personal design for your floor tiles will provide you with a sense of pride when showing off your personally designed floor tiles to your family and friends. In picking up your floor tiles, you can either be safe or stick to what's most popular and commonly-used design or you can be adventurous and try to create a different and unique design.

There are different kind of tiles that is available to be used and this include terracotta, slate, porcelain, marble, mosaic and ceramic. When choosing what kind of floor tile to use in your own room or home, it is important that you know first whether you have a hardwood floor or vinyl floor. Aside from that, you also have to take into consideration what part of the house you are going to redecorate and place the tiles into. After that, you can then assess what type of floor tile you can use.

Below are some floor tile types:

-One type of tile that projects a certain level of exquisiteness but is typically more expensive are the natural tiles. One advantage of having this kind of tiles is their resiliency and durability.

-Stone tiles come from different materials like marble, granite, or slate.

-Hand-painted tile is a kind of tile that provides the opportunity to customers to personally choose their own design. Because they possess a specific kind of design they are also one of the most expensive type of tile.

-Ceramic tiles are more popular to be used in more decorative tile designs.

-Common stock tiles are those tiles commonly found and used in the kitchen and bathroom.

Remember to know specific information before you go ahead and buy the type of tile that you are planning ot use. You need to know what specific tile you are planning to use and the location of the house that you are planning to install the tiles into. The importance of knowing the kind of tiles that you are planning to use is for you to be sure if you know the correct way of installing that kind of floor tile because different kinds of floor tiles usually require different kind of installation process and different kind of tools to be used. Asking the sales person on how to appropriately install the floor tile that you bought is one way of making sure that you will be able to install the floor tile.

Aside from that, information regarding what part of the house you are planning to install the tiles into is also vital especially there are different kinds of tiles that are recommended for different parts of the house. For example, common stockroom tiles are typically used in the kitchen or bathroom part of the house.

In designing your own floor tiles, it is recommended that you make an illustration of the area that you are going to design. Measurement of the area in the illustration should be proportional to the measurement of the physical area. By doing this, you will be able to see how you would fit each tile into a specific area and you will be able to provide a rough estimate on how many tiles you are going to need.

The design of the room and the floor tile design that you wish to install should go along well together so that you can be sure that your room or the part of the house that you are designing will look great.




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