The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Wall Tiles for Your Home
Have you ever wondered what role the wall tiles in your decor plays? Installing wall tiles in your decor be it in commercial as well as residential applications can have a major impact on the overall ambience of the place.
For this reason, it is essential to pick the best suitable wall tiles for your decor as per the preferences and applications. However, the overall process of picking out the ideal wall tiles for each and every section of your place can be a chaotic process.
Due to the plethora of choices available it often becomes a difficult and chaotic process to identify which wall tiles are suitable for which area. To assist you with the process, we have drafted this go-to guide with key pointers. These will help you have a better understanding in terms of which wall tiles are suitable for your different sections of decor.
Let’s glance through it!
Why Add Wall Tiles?
As we have already mentioned, adding wall tiles can help to accentuate the overall look of your place. But these tiles play an important role beyond just being a decor item. Adding wall tiles plays a utilitarian purpose as well, some of the major benefits of adding these are listed below:
● Protect the walls from water, heat, dust and dirt damage. This further enhances the life of the walls and allows you to have a sturdier structure for a longer time.
● Adding wall tiles for outdoor walls or on terrace such as the Cladding tiles or cool-roof range of tiles by H&R Johnson allows to keep the temperature comparatively low inside the place.
● Adds to the decor and ambience of the place and helps to uplift the overall energy as well.
● Wall tiles are also added to accentuate the wall with tiles such as digitally printed 3D wall tiles.
● These are highly durable and can last for a long period of time with proper care.
● Eco-friendly option as compared to the toxic elements found in paints and are also a cost-effective approach considering the frequent need of repainting the walls.
Moving forward, not that we have already established the needs and advantages of adding wall tiles to your decor, here are a few additional points. As mentioned above, each section requires different categories of wall tiles and features to be considered while choosing the final pieces.
Wall Tiles for Living Room
If you are looking for ideas and inspirations to look for adding wall tiles to your living room space, here are some pointers to help you with the process.
● For a luxurious appeal to your living room walls, you can go with large format tiles. With H&R Johnson’s Porselano range of glazed vitrified tiles here are some size ranges that you can explore: 80x160cm, 80x120cm, 60x120cm, 20x120cm, 60x60cm.
● Another key point to consider here is to look for the finish of the tiles that you are adding. Most commonly available finishes are- Glossy, Matt, Satin, Rocker, and High Polished. Here you can also go with wooden textured, marble finish or natural stone look tiles.
● Adding mosaic tiles is another option that you can explore and install for your living room walls. These are a great addition to be added for a creative approach.
● Another element to be considered is the durability of these wall tiles. Ensure that you are installing high quality tiles for the living room walls.
Wall Tiles for Bathroom and Kitchen
When it comes to adding wall tiles for bathroom and kitchen, there are a few common points that need to be considered.
● First and foremost is the size of the wall tiles. Depending on the installations in your kitchen and bathroom, you can pick the ideal size of the wall tiles that you wish to install.
● Next element to look for is the water-resistance. Having wall tiles with high water resistance is required for both kitchen and bathroom as both the places are exposed to water which can deteriorate the tiles.
● Stain and scratch resistant wall tiles are further recommended to be added to the bathroom and kitchen wall tiles.
● Here you can explore different finishes such as glossy, matt, satin and polished as well. For creating different and unique decors you can also mix and match with two contrasting finishes as per your own preference.
● Explore the H&R Johnson range of wall tiles for adding both bathroom and kitchen wall tiles.
Available Trends to Follow
Now that you have a basic understanding of what to look for in wall tiles when picking out tiles for different sections of your place. Here are some trends that you can explore and add to your decor.
● Ceramic Wall Tiles for Bedroom
For adding to your bedroom, you can explore the ceramic wall tiles with their wide range of designs, patterns and finishes available. Since ceramic tiles are not highly water resistant (in comparison to vitrified tiles), these are an ideal fit to be installed in sections that are not exposed to water such as bedroom walls.
Here you can create alluring decors by adding unique and appealing wall tiles with appealing designs and patterns.
● Monochromatic GVT
For your living room, kitchen or even bathroom space, you can never go wrong with a monochromatic theme of wall tiles. Glazed vitrified tiles are highly water, stain and scratch resistant which makes them an ideal fit for bathroom and kitchen space.
With the wide range of options available with Johnson Porselano (80x120cm, 60x120cm, 20x120cm, 60x60cm, 30x60cm & 40x40cm) and Johnson Marbonite (big format- 80X160 cm, 60X120 cm, 80x80 cm, 60x60 cm).
● Stone Finish Outdoor Tiles
Who doesn’t love a nature inspired outdoor garden wall or basic outdoor walls. These can be easily created by adding stone finish wall tiles. These are highly water resistant and offer a raw, warm and welcoming touch to the decor.
● Marble Finish Luxury Wall Tiles
For a luxurious and grand wall decor you can add marble finish wall tiles. These are available with H&R Johnson Porselano collection. Some of the most common designs here to explore are: Alpha Staturio, Aveo Beige, and Aveo Grey in polished finish with a size range of 80x120cm.
Concluding Thoughts
From the above mentioned points it can be seen that adding wall tiles can be made into a simpler process by focusing on a few key elements. This would help you figure out which options to be installed in different sections of your place.
Based on these points you can easily pick the ideal wall tiles and start adding them to your decor and uplift the overall ambience of your place. Explore the wide range of options available with H&R Johnson and get your ideal wall tiles today.