How To Choose Kitchen Tiles?

When it comes to kitchen designing with tiles, there are vast options and design ideas available to the home owners. The matter is just about choice, style and of course the budget. If you are planning to revamp the kitchen interior of your house and give it a all new look then before going for any kitchen tiles shopping be clear what you want in the kitchen based on the need and size of your kitchen.

 Kitchen tiles can be used on floors, walls, backsplash and countertops using specialty tiles with unique designs. Using kitchen tiles will enhance the beauty your home. You can get them in all colors, sizes and materials and mix to produce a specific design element.

 Good kitchen tile characters

 Kitchen is a heavy traffic area of the house, where there is fire, heat, heavy utensils and electronic kitchen utility equipments like mixers, ovens and fridge etc. Thus the tiles used in kitchen should be strong, durable, stain proof, heat resistant, fire resistant and anti slippery in nature. Before buying kitchen tiles you should check on these characteristics of the kitchen tiles.

 Kitchen floor tiles: For kitchen floors ceramic, slate, quarry, granite, bamboo, linoleum, Mexican tiles like Saltillo or travertine and porcelain tiles are used. All are available in myriad color, patterns and designs.

 Light colored tiles in kitchen flooring give spacious look to the kitchen but dark colors give warmth to the area also they tend to hide the hide the dirt and stain.

 Kitchen walls tiles:

Kitchen wall tiles are easy to maintain and do not stand dust. There are innumerable designs, patterns, colors, shapes and sizes in ceramic, porcelain, mosaic, glass and natural stone tiles.

 Kitchen backlash tiles:

Checkerboard, geometrical patterns, fruits, vegetables to floral patterns, there are vast design ideas for kitchen backslash. Marble, mosaic, vinyl and ceramic tiles can be creatively combined to give a unique look. 

For floors, walls and backslash of kitchens the selection of tiles should match with the overall dcor or color contrast you are using in each. Shape and size of tiles may differ with area of tiling. On walls smaller or medium size tiles are preferred. For floors larger tiles while on backslash smaller tiles are used.

 Installation is an important part of a successful kitchen tiling of wall, floor or backslash. Well prepared smooth surface ready for tiling and proper grout sealing are necessary for durable and good kitchen tiling.