10 ways to zone a space with tiles
10 ways to zone a space with tiles
On top of being functional, durable, and hygienic, tiles are an excellent tool for design; elevating interiors and defining spaces. There are endless ways to create visual boundaries, encourage fluid movement through rooms, and insert accents, and here are ten to get you started.
Half / Half
Pick a bold and beautiful wallpaper and pair it with a contrasting or complementary tile for a fabulously impactful finish in a kitchen, bathroom, or laundry room. Cap off the tiles and create a clean division between the two surfaces with a dado tile that suits your style.
The Bar
Create a dramatic focal in the middle of your kitchen or at the edge of your dining room with a fully tiled bar. Topping and tailing with wild colour or an enticing pattern makes a statement whilst choosing more muted tones or calming motifs can allow other interior elements to shine.
Feature Splashback Wall
Do you have a small space just before your front or back door that could use a little something? Maybe that little something could be a tiled welcome matt. Laid directly into the floor, easy to clean, and welcoming visitors with instant personality, this small feature is one you get to enjoy day in day out. Choose an old-school Victorian design to match your home, explore the magic of mosaic, get creative with colour, try transcendent trencadis in single or multi-colours shards, or go sleek with stone.
Runner
Curate pattern permanence and welcome visitors in style with a tiled hallway runner. Select a decorative motif that stands against something plain, choose a pair of tiles from the same family and place one in the centre, or create something entirely your own like a central checkerboard, bands of stripes, or a playful patchwork.
Cooker Splashback Contrast
Highlight chef central with a bold tile contrast. Keep things simple throughout the rest of the kitchen with a timeless neutral and take colour cues from your cabinets, tea towels, wall paint, or your imagination and add a similar shade where your hob meets the splashback for a personal twist on the heart of the home.
Shower Decor
If you’re picking just one tile to go in your entire bathroom but want to add your own spin, a simple contrast in a minimalist shape can be a highly effective way to add decor and a mindful focal without breaking your budget or going overboard.
Division
Create unique divisions and quirky curiosities with an unexpected tile duo. Split the room in two in whichever way you choose by selecting different styles, patterns, colours, and sizes and simply laying them side by side. You could even split the room into three, four, or more distinct spaces using this playful method.
Forced Perspective
A single border skirting a patterned tile can do wonders to force perspective and add width and length to spaces in unexpected ways. By tying together a hallway, and entrance space, a nook, or seating with a considered tile pairing a sense of cohesion is also achieved.
Outdoor Seating
Your outdoor space doesn’t have to be scattered with mismatched benches, chairs, and tables, instead you can build it into your patio, wall, and planting. Adding tile is the finishing touch that can make the space pop, as well as ensuring it can be kept clean and well-maintained.
Floor and Wall Division
Using a timeless black and white, or any other sharp contrast of your choosing, you can make a clean cut between floor and wall, adding shape and definition to your interior space. Any slight tonal variations in chosen floor decors and wall tiles can also be mitigated with the clever use of a dark border.