Have you ever been in a situation of despair—like you’ve lost all hope? Meaning, doing everything but nothing seems to work?
Similarly, have you ever tried elevating your classic white tiles but still are too bland and ordinary?
That’s why white porcelain tiles are here as your best backdrop for your room remodel without doing complete renovation.
So, let’s now explore not so popular yet creative ways to use them advantageously!
Textured Porcelain: Beyond the Smooth Finish
Let’s begin with the basics. Not all white-colored tiles are identical. There are a variety of them like matte and glossy ones.
Here’s now how you’ll combine these two for contrast: leverage their balance by putting an equal amount of them in your space.
You have two choices then for your pattern—a traditional one for a classic style or an irregular one for a modern finish.
However, if you’re into a subdued but a graceful effect, porcelain tiles like wave-textured, linen, and stone-look tiles are the perfect for your space!
Moreover, 3D porcelains are designed to give you that exquisite vibe to your space.
But more importantly, these kinds of tiles are most applicable, for example, for your kitchen backsplashes, bathroom floors, and fireplace surround.
Patterned Layouts: Playing with Tile Arrangements
Monotonous tile patterns are boring. Here are thereby a number of suggestions to level up your rather bland space.
You can apply chevron or herringbone tile designs to give a directional feel to your area. On the other hand, diagonal or basketweave layouts can make your space—like your small bathrooms—come into view as voluminous.
However, if you want that tailored and patterned effect, combining your small and large tiles would do the trick.
These patterns alone for your white tiles can now stand on their own—without requiring anymore additional fixtures for your space.
Subtle Color Accents: Mixing Tones within White
Let’s face it. White tiles are not all the same—even in terms of their undertones. Among the undertones you can choose from henceforth are warm or cold ones.
Generally, the former is composed of yellow, orange, and red shades while the latter ones are violet, green, and blue.
Nonetheless, combining cool and warm white tiles give you that upper hand and yet delicate contrast.
So, to achieve that overlaid effect without affecting your white tiles, interchanging between satin and glossy coated ones gives you that illuminating ambiance.
However, if you’re more inclined to a luxurious yet ecological feel, marble-look porcelain tiles with soft veins can give you that vibe.
High-contrast Grout for Definition
Grout is as important as your white tiles. They can go together like bread and butter.
That’s how important grout colors are since they have a lasting impact on your tiles’ vibe.
So, for your grout consideration options, metallic grout—like bronze, silver, or gold—definitively gives you that well-designed feel for your opulent bathrooms.
Dark gray or charcoal grout color, on the other hand, induces that up-to-date and distinguishing look from your white tiles.
Moreover, taupe and beige colors provide you that light-hearted and natural feel for your tiles.
But more importantly, for the preservation of your grout, clean it once in a while alongside keeping it dry and sealing it properly.
This means applying vinegar, baking soda, rubbing alcohol, or cleaning chemicals among others to eliminate germs in it.
Use a grout sealant to prevent it from molds—besides resealing your high-traffic areas at least once a year (while every five years maximum for low-traffic ones).
Finally, always use protective glasses, masks, gloves and other equipment for your safety in using abrasive chemicals.
Porcelain Mosaics: Small Tiles, Big Impact
If you want to enhance accent areas in your space, you can do so without using other shades. All you have to do is complement your white tiles with porcelain mosaic ones.
Among the particular areas you can apply this kind of tile is the surrounds of your sinks and mirrors to achieve that framed effect.
You can even use them inside your shower niche to enhance it. Additionally, you can utilize them as your consolidated feature wall. This unified wall piece breaks the monotony of your white tiles surrounding it.
Nevertheless, to highlight more its beauty, you can alternatively leverage different patterns like geometric designs, hexagons, penny rounds, and the like.
Wood-look Porcelain for Warmth and Contrast
Among the most perfect pairs of white tiles are wood-look porcelain ones. They’re like two feet traveling together.
It’s because porcelain is water resistant than real wood. Consequently, it lasts over time in your bathroom.
Moreover, wood-look tiles provide you that spa-like ambiance alongside its heartwarming look.
So, if you were to pair the two in your bathroom, apply both of them as flooring. Hence, you can do even half-wall paneling so as to prevent your white-tiled room from being monochromatic.
Large Slab Porcelain for a Luxe Aesthetic
Large-format white porcelain tiles have a lot of advantages. Having a cohesive look is one of them.
Now, you can leverage them to expand your small bathroom in a visual way. Bookmatching them also—like white porcelain panels—brings out classiness to your space.
Furthermore, applying only minimal grout lines offer you a unified design. It’s because marble-look white porcelain slabs are almost the same as real marbles—and yet, the former is cheaper.
Thus, your key to making your space roomier is not using a 24 x 12 layout but even larger, that is, using XL format tiles or 1,200 x 1,200 or more.
Don’t Lose Hope to Reach Your Dream White Tile Design
There you go. You’ve just read how you’ll make your white tiles even more interesting.
Just don’t give up with your dream design—hoping that you’ll achieve that in the right time. As the American author and motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia says, “As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move, and the map to move by. . .”
So, if you need more assistance about your white tiles, contact us at Otile and we’ll give you the help you deserve.
