In your home, you have lots of floor tile, as well as wall tile, which is used in different areas, but generally, tile encompasses both floor and wall. How to choose the right tile for a new house, including the size, the material, and how they should match the design of your home. That's coming right up. In today's article, we are bringing you the top tips on selecting tiles.

Scale is important to take into consideration. The different sizes will make the room feel wide, longer, or taller. The different sizes really play to your advantage, no matter what you're trying to make the space. If you want to create interesting patterns with different sizes or subways, different colors, that's the thing you can do with the different scales of tiles. Next, we are going to take a look at the most important thing when choosing tiles.

Are Tile Materials Different For Walls & Floors?

You can use a lot of the same materials. Porcelain, ceramic, can be used on both floor and wall. There are some particular materials that you want to use for the only the wall, that would be glass tile. It's not something you want to put on the floor, it can be slippery, it can break, it can crack. So moving to your ceramics and your porcelains are better for both applications.

When You're Choosing Floor Tile, Which One Is The Best?

If you want the tiles are easier maintenance and easy to install. Both porcelain and ceramic are the most common. Porcelain is more durable, is not as porous, so you don't have to worry about water absorption, a little bit higher price point as well, but worth it if it fits in your budget. Both porcelain and ceramic tiles work for those applications. But people use ceramic all the time and it's just fine.

When You're Choosing Wall Tile, Which One Is The Best?

For your wall, ceramic tiles are going to be your lower price points compare to glass. A marble tile that's getting into the more detailed, more pattern, a little bit fancier. Those tiles are great for backsplashes, you can use them in small spaces and you don't have to worry about staining as much as you would for a larger surface.

Can You Use The Marble Tile As Flooring?

You can, but we don't recommend it. They are marble-looking tiles but they're both porcelain or ceramic type, so maintenance would be a big thing with the marble tile, sealing, and more. However, you can use it, it's more expensive, but not our first recommendation.

What’s The Best Tile For Your Home?

You'd have to look at your palette, your budget, your lifestyle. If you have kids and pets, you might want something more durable. If you want to have polished tiles to install in your house, but you worry about slipping, it may not be the best application in the bathroom. The best way to choose the tiles for you is to look at all those factors to figure out what suits your needs best and then checking those boxes off.

How To Choose Different Tiles For Each Room?

In terms of choosing the right one for the right room that would have to do with color. In your entry, it's probably where you put your muddy boots, you might not want something like clean and white tiles. White tiles are more suited for a bathroom. Maybe in a bathroom, it's a smaller area, you want a smaller scale tile, whereas, in a larger space, you might want something larger to suit how large that space is.

How To Match Color Tiles With The Rest Of Your Home Decor

Some people like contrast, you could do a high contrast, darker than the walls or lighter than the walls. If you want your space to feel larger, matching the same tone with the walls will make it all blend and feel bigger. It kind of boils down to personal preference and then other things you have working in that palette already.

When To Use Different Wall Materials For Different Room?

Again, personal preference, but Hanse ceramic tiles are the most durable, most versatile, easiest to clean, easiest to maintain. You could go into something fancier and special in certain areas. People emphasize that on backsplashes and bathrooms, maybe in the en suite or the kitchen backsplash that's a focal point for a lot of people. Doing something more intricate is generally for a more kitchen-suited area versus a bathroom floor.

Should The Floor Be Lighter Or Darker Than The Wall?

If you want to keep the seamless and flowing look, you can do something similar to the wall color. Some people do like a dark tile on the floor because it hides more dirt. Instead, some people like that white, light, bright feeling, but only needs to clean frequently. At last, it’s all about personal preference.