Tiles add style

A HOME they say is a place where you explore yourself. Surrounded by the things we love It’s where we go to feel secure. Like the little black dress that always prompts compliments, fashion-conscious consumers are looking to the runways for design direction that will cause guests to ooh and ahh over their home. Tiling has become a necessary style statement these days. These are the first things that people look when they enter the house. People nowadays are not governed by word “cheap” these days. So words like cheap floor tiles, are out of fashion. Style is the new mantra.

Tiling a Wall, floor or counter top is like covering it with a shell: The result is relatively thin, yet durable enough to withstand water, dirt and traffic. Coming in all kind of shapes and sizes such toughness doesn’t sacrifice beauty.

You can always find the most  versatile, popular  and affordable yet astonishing selection of your favorite tiles. Which to buy and where to put it depends as much on how it's made as on how it looks. But as I said words like cheap floor tiles and cheap wall tiles are out of fashion. Tiles are such a wonderful things that these can easily be arranged in a work of art or can be cut into any shape or arranged in patters like swirls, circles, waves, triangles etc. For instance you can arrange some colored tiles to form an underwater theme for your bathroom.

Adding tiles to your bathroom not only add style, class and elegance to the bathroom, they are also durable and easy to maintain. They come in various styles and on those wet bathroom floors; they give you the grip so that you don’t fall down. Usually medium sized, square-shaped granite tiles with 1/8 inch close grout lines are the best choice. This ensures cost-effective usage of filler material and will also bind the tiles strongly enough to give a long lasting end result. The medium sized floor tiles will make the room look more spacious. The polished granite tiles tend to reflect some light, thereby improving the lighting in the room.

Choice of tiles

Ceramic floor Tiles

Historically these have been the main type of tile available and are used as both wall tiles and floor tiles. Ceramic floor tiles are not generally suitable for outdoor use due to the change in temperatures from season to season. However the ceramic tiles glaze used on the top surface makes it ideal for use as kitchen tiles and bathroom tiles as it prevent moisture penetration when the right grouts and adhesives are used

Natural Stone Wall Tiles

Is a collective term for a large variety of products including travertine, marble, granite, limestone, tumbled marble. As they are "natural" tiles they are often very hard-wearing (and to cut!) However natural stone tiles can also be porous and require treating or sealing before use

Porcelain Floor Tile

Porcelain Tiles are generally harder wearing than ceramic tiles and virtually impervious to water, making them frost resistant. Porcelain tiles are used either for indoor or outdoor applications, on walls and floors. Often manufactured in larger sizes than ceramic.