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If you’ve been looking into redecorating your house in the near future then maybe you should think about replacing the tiles in your bathroom or kitchen too. The bathroom and the kitchen are rooms of the house that influence the whole feel of the house, so it is a good idea to make sure the kitchen and bathroom look good.

When fitting tiles to the bathroom and kitchen, one of the most common designs that people choose to fit to their walls are mosaic tiles. Mosaic tiles are often small and randomly coloured, but usually the random colours are predetermined around a specific colour, like blue, or green, for example. Try to find a matching colour for you bathroom if you’re getting a mosaic tile. If the colours in your bathroom are mostly greens, then try to get green tiles too, as these will fit in nicely with the colour of other items in the bathroom. The same applies to the kitchen and other colours.

When choosing wall tiles for your bathroom or kitchen, it is important to make sure that you get the right type of tile, as well as the right design. When a tile is described as a kitchen or bathroom tile, it usually means that it will be waterproof and durable. This is important because when using the kitchen or the bathroom, it is certain that at some point water will splash onto the tiles. If the tiles were not waterproof, the water could cause damp behind the tiles, which could cause the plaster on the wall to become soggy, the sealant to break, and inevitably, the tile to fall off the wall. To prevent this from happening, waterproof kitchen tiles and bathroom tiles have a coating over the ceramic, so that the water cannot penetrate through the ceramic tile itself.

The metro is an underground rail system which is most commonly found in large cities. Depending on your location, you may also hear is being called ‘the subway’ or ‘the underground’. These tunnel systems are very popular in large cities enabling commuters to easily travel across the city with ease and without dreaded city traffic or slow paced tourists. Many cities including London, have multiple metro rail lines which stop at numerous locations across the city. With the frequency and speed of trains as well as the relatively low riding costs, metro lines are considered a great transport network to use.

Surprisingly, perhaps, elements from the underground metro design have been taken and are now used aesthetically in the home. Original and modern reprints of metro signs have great artistic value and add a quirky edge in home decoration designs. You can now find many copies of signage in canvas picture form as well as the more ‘traditional’ metal plating. Even the tiling used in these underground tunnels has been transformed into a contemporary style statement.

Metro wall tiles are available in wide variety of colours from sleek white through to bold primary colours. White metro tiles offer a bright finish – ideal for a crisp contemporary feel. In contrast cream metro tiles offer a softer finish with a warmer feel. Cream metro tiles could work very well in more natural room designs but still offering that modern finish. Cream metro tiles are also perfect for those who are not quite brave enough to use the bolder tile colours. These beveled tiles work well in both bathrooms and kitchen areas and can give an instant lift to any redecoration project.

If you’re looking at designing your home, you’ve probably considered dozens of various tile designs and types. There may be a whole range of names and variations and this can prove confusing to first-time buyers. For now, we’ll focus on a single type of tile to help give you a little boost. The tiles in question are metro tiles, and knowing how to use them in your home design can help make or break the aesthetics of your house.

Simply put, metro tiles are designed to resemble stone or brickwork. They tend to be unadorned, simple in their colour schemes and very Spartan in their overall aesthetic.

Where do such tiles fit into your home? Well, that depends on your tastes and preferences. Metro tiles can come in a wide array of colours, they are by their nature minimalist in appearance. They can be used to help accentuate other tile types, for example by forming a clear border between different designs or fixtures, yet their simplistic natures mean they’ll probably want to be used sparingly. Otherwise, you may end up muting the effect your main design will have on the room.

On the other hand, the tiles’ uniform and plain natures do have a very good optical effect when used as the main choice of tile. The main trick they’re capable of is making a room seem much bigger than it actually is, a trick that is amplified if the metro tiles are a particular bright colour that can more easily reflect light. Used to good effect, they can exaggerate certain parts of your kitchen or bathroom and draw emphasis to those areas, without actually distracting from them.

Another advantage can be found in the fact that metro tiles are usually completely smooth and of one colour. This makes cleaning them easier. It’s very easy to spot stains and smears on them, and their glossy surfaces means that cleaning them is a simple matter of wiping them over with warm soapy water and a clean cloth. This makes metro tiles ideal for a kitchen or bathroom, which frequently encounters a variety of spilled substances and general dirt. Likewise because these tiles are of identical design, they’re very easy to replace if they become damaged or hopelessly stained. They can be bought in bulk, thus ensuring you’ll always have a few spare tiles on hand if you need them.