Decorating
10 Times Beautiful Patterned Tiles Have Transformed a Room
Use intricate tile designs to add decorative details anywhere in your home, from a small alcove to a whole floor
Encaustic tiles, made from individually pigmented pieces of clay, can be a beautiful feature in your interior. You can opt for new encaustic tiles or reclaimed ones, which look spectacular with their patina and imperfections. Alternatively, achieve the same look for less with patterned tiles that look like encaustic ones. Be inspired by these stunning spaces, where patterned designs take centre stage.
Showcase an alcove
If you don’t want to cover your whole wall with bold patterned tiles, hunt out nooks and alcoves to accentuate instead. These tiles add just the right amount of contrast and colour to this beautiful rustic kitchen. The painted cabinet and blue tableware help to tie in the colour scheme.
If you don’t want to cover your whole wall with bold patterned tiles, hunt out nooks and alcoves to accentuate instead. These tiles add just the right amount of contrast and colour to this beautiful rustic kitchen. The painted cabinet and blue tableware help to tie in the colour scheme.
Define with a dado rail
You don’t have to restrict a dado rail to your living room or hallway – you can create this classic look in your bathroom or cloakroom, too. It’s a great way to bring in a decorative element without going floor to ceiling.
In this bathroom, elegant marble tiles are topped with a pretty pattern in grey and white mosaics for an understated but beautiful scheme.
Read expert tips on how to make the most of your cloakroom
You don’t have to restrict a dado rail to your living room or hallway – you can create this classic look in your bathroom or cloakroom, too. It’s a great way to bring in a decorative element without going floor to ceiling.
In this bathroom, elegant marble tiles are topped with a pretty pattern in grey and white mosaics for an understated but beautiful scheme.
Read expert tips on how to make the most of your cloakroom
Highlight a key colour
You can use your patterned tiles as the inspiration for your colour scheme. Pick out a shade from the design and use it throughout the room to create a cohesive look. This wet room has pipework and fittings that tone with the orangey-red in the tiles.
You can use your patterned tiles as the inspiration for your colour scheme. Pick out a shade from the design and use it throughout the room to create a cohesive look. This wet room has pipework and fittings that tone with the orangey-red in the tiles.
Energise with a modern palette
These Victorian-style geometric tiles perfectly suit this grand, period hallway. However, by picking out the yellow and using it elsewhere in the scheme, the owners have created a contemporary and funky space. Take your cue from your home’s original style then give it a twist with unexpected colours.
Discover more ways to add a splash of yellow to your interior
These Victorian-style geometric tiles perfectly suit this grand, period hallway. However, by picking out the yellow and using it elsewhere in the scheme, the owners have created a contemporary and funky space. Take your cue from your home’s original style then give it a twist with unexpected colours.
Discover more ways to add a splash of yellow to your interior
Create a contemporary splashback
Encaustic tiles don’t have to be multi-coloured. These two-tone geometric numbers look gorgeous as a splashback. The simple colours give the room a calm feel and set off the soft tones of the wooden cabinetry perfectly.
Encaustic tiles don’t have to be multi-coloured. These two-tone geometric numbers look gorgeous as a splashback. The simple colours give the room a calm feel and set off the soft tones of the wooden cabinetry perfectly.
Employ tiles as wall art
This bathroom has a restrained palette, which allows the beautiful floor tiles to take centre stage. The owners have emphasised the design even more by attaching a few to the wall as if they’re a piece of art.
This bathroom has a restrained palette, which allows the beautiful floor tiles to take centre stage. The owners have emphasised the design even more by attaching a few to the wall as if they’re a piece of art.
Play with patchwork
Create a fun look by laying encaustic tiles in a random patchwork design.
The tiles here give a playful and relaxed feel to this boot room. If you prefer a more subtle design, you can create a similar effect with monochrome tiles in different patterns.
Create a fun look by laying encaustic tiles in a random patchwork design.
The tiles here give a playful and relaxed feel to this boot room. If you prefer a more subtle design, you can create a similar effect with monochrome tiles in different patterns.
Fashion an outdoor room
This small space could have been left as a slightly redundant area, but the decorative tiles have transformed it. The patterned floor and wall make it feel like an outdoor room.
If you’re going to lay encaustic tiles outside, ensure you go for non-slip and frost-proof versions.
Have you used patterned tiles in your home? Share your photos and ideas in the Comments below.
This small space could have been left as a slightly redundant area, but the decorative tiles have transformed it. The patterned floor and wall make it feel like an outdoor room.
If you’re going to lay encaustic tiles outside, ensure you go for non-slip and frost-proof versions.
Have you used patterned tiles in your home? Share your photos and ideas in the Comments below.
Can’t decide between wall or floor tiles – how about both? The encaustic floor tiles here have been continued up the wall in a central panel. By pairing the vibrant design with simple white tiles, the designers have created a modern look with a traditional twist.