Kitchen Wall Tiles

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Kitchen wall tiles areeasy to clean and maintain, they are durable and will last for many years tocome, plus they are attractive with many different styles available. Tiles canintroduce style and colour to your kitchen walls and floor and complement theoverall room scheme. The kitchen is the heart of the home, where a lot ofactivity takes place on a daily basis.

Materials: Kitchen tiles can be ceramicor porcelain. Both of which are more than adequate for domestic use inyour own home. Tileflair only sell a high quality tile product, so we havecomplete confidence in the tiles we sell. Glass mosaictiles are also suitable for use in the kitchen as adecorative border or stylish splashback. Kitchen floor tiles need to be astronger material (still ceramic or porcelain) as there will be more trafficand daily use.

Size: Kitchen wall tiles are usually 100 x 100 mm, but itdepends on your own taste. Another popular kitchen wall tile size isrectangular such as 100 x 300 mm, which can befixed to the wall in a brick pattern. Kitchen floor tiles range from 333x 333 mmto large format 600 x 300 mm, but there are many different sizes and styles available.

Styles: Depending on your kitchen furniture and overall room scheme, youwill need to select tiles that match and complement its surroundings. Whendecorating your kitchen it is always best to follow your heart rather than whatis in fashion, as fashion and trends change all the time and you will probablynot change your entire kitchen quite so often!

Rustic or country style kitchens use tiles to complete the overall lookand feel of the room. Rustic tiles tend to be matt, neutral colours. Matt tileshave a more natural feel to them, as they absorb light in the room like stonein the natural world does. The edges of tiles may be rounded or wavy. Rusticcharm encourages wholesome feelings and a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. Acombination of tile colours can add to the feeling of the room, such as warmorange, muted gold, beige, almond, olive and sage greens and cappuccino brown.Rustic tiles will match kitchen cupboards that are white or cream panelled orwooden, work tops that are butchers block would also suit a country style.

Contemporary kitchen tiles take a modern look and style, transformingtraditional tiles. There are no set rules as to what the kitchen will looklike, colours can be cool neutrals and they will have an air of sophisticationto them. Contemporary tiles are usually larger in sizethan 100 x 100mm, but this is no set rule. Stylecan be added through the use of scored tiles to the tile design. Warm grey, offwhite, ebony brown, charcoal black and sparks of colour can be incorporatedinto a contemporary design. There may be an understated elegance tocontemporary tile design, with added stylish features such as modern border anddecorative tiles.

Bold and bright kitchen tiles may be required to introduce some life and fun intoyour kitchen. There is no rule to say that your tiles have to be neutral andblend into your kitchen, use colourful tiles either for the entire kitchenwall, on the kitchen splashback or as a decorative border of strip of tiledcolour. There are plenty of colourful tiles on the market, a popular colourthat stands out is red, which can make a statement in your kitchen.

Classic tile choices of white can be timeless in style and will neverlook out of place or go out of fashion. You will be in your kitchen on a dailybasis, so you have to choose tiles and a style you are happy to live with everyday. White tiles can be fresh and airy, with a crisp and clean look to matchthe rest of your kitchen. Perhaps your kitchen tiles need to be understated ifyour kitchen furniture or worktops attract attention. You can still add stylethrough the texture of the tile, or fixing the tiles in a pattern such as brickstyle, or adding border or decorative tiles to the white tiles which actuallygives them more emphasis and definition.

When planning your kitchen or creatinga beautiful tile design for your kitchen, consider the above points whendeciding on the style of your kitchen and what factors effect choosing theright kitchen wall tiles for you. Specialised tile shops will be able toprovide advice and helpto guide you through making the right tile choice. Onlineshops such as Tileflair provide you with free tile samples, so you areconfident that the colour will matchyour scheme in different light to the tile showroom or picture online.

Tileflairs kitchen tile selection canbe found at: http://www.tileflair.co.uk/category-is-kitchen-wall-tiles/