Decoration: 10 different ways to use Classic Tiles Metro - Known as well as subway tiles and subway tiles, these small rectangles of ceramic neat, typically with beveled edges or nibbed, have long been used in public transport systems in Europe and major cities in North America. Now they are regularly crawl into our homes. In the UK, H & E Smith made tiles for the London Underground since the 1960s and selling them to the public, too, but any tile store stock a range of subway tiles in a plethora of different colors and sizes . For the real look of the metro station, stick with plain white tiles and combine them with contrasting dark grout. Then work the look on the walls of your kitchen, bathroom, cloakroom and beyond.
Crown Point Cabinetry
Sit next to the wood
wood makes it an ideal partner for subway tiles, warm their shiny ceramic finish. The warm tones of shelves and cabinets in the kitchen tie with the color of cementing, making the walls of a room key feature of the system, as well as cabinets.
Learn what wood to use for your kitchen cabinets
wood makes it an ideal partner for subway tiles, warm their shiny ceramic finish. The warm tones of shelves and cabinets in the kitchen tie with the color of cementing, making the walls of a room key feature of the system, as well as cabinets.
Learn what wood to use for your kitchen cabinets
Roost Interior design
Pair with punchy shades
Metro tiles are versatile enough to be paired with almost any color. A spicy lime wall is the perfect culmination to sit above the neutral tiles. Match with other colorful accessories for a beautiful and bright kitchen.
Metro tiles are versatile enough to be paired with almost any color. A spicy lime wall is the perfect culmination to sit above the neutral tiles. Match with other colorful accessories for a beautiful and bright kitchen.
Maxwell & Company Architects
Make them feel modern
the uniformity of subway tiles makes them perfect for use in a contemporary setting, because they create a neat, geometric decoration. White accents, projectors and smooth wood finishes are the perfect complement in this fresh, airy bathroom.
the uniformity of subway tiles makes them perfect for use in a contemporary setting, because they create a neat, geometric decoration. White accents, projectors and smooth wood finishes are the perfect complement in this fresh, airy bathroom.
Lauren Bryan Knight
team with dark walls
dark grouting these tiles ties in well with rooms decorated in dark colors, especially dark blue, black and gray. This brooding bathroom shows how individual tiles really pop out against the dark walls and fittings.
See why your bathroom can enjoy a classic black and white pattern
dark grouting these tiles ties in well with rooms decorated in dark colors, especially dark blue, black and gray. This brooding bathroom shows how individual tiles really pop out against the dark walls and fittings.
See why your bathroom can enjoy a classic black and white pattern
intelligent Beccy Photography
Try a shower
As one of the few styles of tiles that can cover large parts of a room without looking overbearing, subway tiles are suitable for showers and bathrooms. Thank you for the careful masonry structure of the tiles, the shower was clean, minimalist look, but not obvious.
As one of the few styles of tiles that can cover large parts of a room without looking overbearing, subway tiles are suitable for showers and bathrooms. Thank you for the careful masonry structure of the tiles, the shower was clean, minimalist look, but not obvious.
Jessica Helgerson Interior Design
Please turn a corner
Use your tiles in one corner of the house to protect your walls, or simply as an interesting alternative to paint. The slightly textured brown tiles and grouting in the kitchen are an original take on the look of classic metro, and they work perfectly with the dark shelves.
Use your tiles in one corner of the house to protect your walls, or simply as an interesting alternative to paint. The slightly textured brown tiles and grouting in the kitchen are an original take on the look of classic metro, and they work perfectly with the dark shelves.
Taste Design Inc
Combine with a glow
Team your tiles with other brightest to bounce the light around and animate a space. This kitchen is the dazzling finish on the subway tiles with shelves shiny silver and cream cabinets, for a cool sunny feeling.
Team your tiles with other brightest to bounce the light around and animate a space. This kitchen is the dazzling finish on the subway tiles with shelves shiny silver and cream cabinets, for a cool sunny feeling.
LEIVARS
Keep -The classic
Metro tiles perfectly into a more traditional interior. Here, roll-top bath and period accessories brilliantly operate with the walls. Repeat similar colors around the room to create cohesion, as with this subtle green shade.
Metro tiles perfectly into a more traditional interior. Here, roll-top bath and period accessories brilliantly operate with the walls. Repeat similar colors around the room to create cohesion, as with this subtle green shade.
DHV Architects
install a tape
You do not need to cover your walls with floor to ceiling tiles to create an impact. A subtle approach works well, too. A small border with pale tile grouting looks beautifully discreet in this bright, airy kitchen.
You do not need to cover your walls with floor to ceiling tiles to create an impact. A subtle approach works well, too. A small border with pale tile grouting looks beautifully discreet in this bright, airy kitchen.
Horrigan O'Malley Architects
Use the wall to wall
classic black outline, created with dark grout, really helps subway tile to jump, but means that the white cooling ceramic, you can cover an entire room with them and the result will be wonderful, not overwhelming. This bathroom went from floor to ceiling and wall to wall, with beautiful results. Even the window was carefully framed with a border of subway tiles.
Tell us ...
Are you a fan of subway tiles? How can you use them in your home? Share your tips in the comments.
classic black outline, created with dark grout, really helps subway tile to jump, but means that the white cooling ceramic, you can cover an entire room with them and the result will be wonderful, not overwhelming. This bathroom went from floor to ceiling and wall to wall, with beautiful results. Even the window was carefully framed with a border of subway tiles.
Tell us ...
Are you a fan of subway tiles? How can you use them in your home? Share your tips in the comments.