All flows, everything changes, and today the finishing materials today appear hopelessly outdated. Only stone, wood and ceramics remain in demand, although they need a modern arrangement.
To originally arrange the walls and floor, you can use tiles with varying degrees of gloss or with different ornaments
The high degree of detail of the decor makes porcelain tiles indistinguishable from natural samples
Figure and texture of tiles of porcelain stoneware Fabric collection (Estima Ceramica) for walls and gears reliably reproduce denim fabric
Designers are increasingly used by color grouts, but the universal is still considered white. It is suitable for ceramic tiles of any colors, and small mosaic elements on a white background become more brighter and expressive
To decorate the facing, the base tiles are complemented by decorative elements that have arbitrarily, or create panels, borders, friezes
To calculate the number of tiles, you need to know the area of the faced surface and the laying scheme
Tiles of an unusual form from the Curvytile collection (Equipe Ceramicas) after laying resemble puzzle
A bright accent of the bedroom interior will be vintage tiles with a rhythmic ornament, and a neutral background - elements with barely distinguishable decor
Ceramic facing withstands high humidity and direct contact with water, retains decorativeness under the action of cosmetic and cleaning products.
Despite the location of the ceramics of the natural colors, it is impossible to miss the opportunity to make the interior brighter and contrast
Cefficers of Urban Collections (Vitra) imitates a natural quartzite
Each marble tile from the Capri collection (Estima Ceramica) has a unique appearance
Frost-resistant ceramic materials with water absorption below 3%
We are surrounded by many ceramic products: from dishes and plumbing devices to roofing tiles and bricks. Even among floors and walls, ceramic tiles are leading due to durability, practicality and other useful properties, the degree of importance of which depends on the site use.
Thus, resistance to abrasion and hardness are important for guards of the hallways, halls, living rooms; invulnerability for aggressive chemicals and ease of care - in kitchens and bathrooms; Resistance to moisture, sharp temperature differences - on balconies and open terraces. Moreover, the widest choice of formats, shades, textures convert ceramics into one of the essential decorative materials.
Living room
Photo: Vitra.
Friendly gatherings, leisure in a family circle pass here, so the design of the living room should contribute to creating a festive atmosphere. Reflect fashion trends in the design of fabrics and clothes forces wall tiles. And the floors lined with this material can be indistinguishable from exquisite marble, granite, onyx or piece parquet with a brilliant lacquer coating, as the aspect as the surface of the brushed massive board, and cozy, like Patchwork patterns. But the main, solid and durable ceramics will be a hope of danger threatening with other outdoor living room covers. The focused load of the legs of heavy furniture, female stiletto shoes, randomly spilled wine, tea, coffee will not leave any traces on the tiles.
Today, a concisely decorated ceramic tile is in demand, as well as a decor, imitating natural materials: stone and wood. But the most popular trends are a variety of stripes, from simple lines to geometric patterns; Mixes from strips of different thicknesses, as well as decors resembling parquet drawing "Christmas tree". All of them are ideal for the design of vertical surfaces. Our company's specialists have developed many new collections that will help implement current ideas. Interesting visual effects gives a combination of tiles of various colors and formats, as well as surfaces with different degree of gloss, in different refracting light.
Julia Budanova
Deputy Marketing Director of Estima Ceramica
The decorative capabilities of ceramics expands the mosaic. Using small tessers, you can make not only flat, but also various curvilinear surfaces.
Kitchen
Photo: Vives
To originally arrange the walls and floor, you can use tiles with varying degrees of gloss or with different ornaments
Choosing finishing materials for the kitchen, should take into account their practicality. Walls, Paul, Worktops, lined with ceramic tiles, have a resistant "immunity" to household chemicals and food acids, and the kitchen apron in close proximity to the stove easily transfers the effects of high temperature and getting the rolled spray oil and fat.
Looking for order in the kitchen, you should not clean the tiles, especially shiny, abrasives and brushes with wire bristles. At the same time, ceramics will help to revive and decorate the kitchen interior. In this case, all factors are important: the shape and size of tiles, textures and combinations of colors, decorative elements and nuances of their location. Original solutions are attracted, so everyone who is ready for experiments can make the kitchen interior with modern and stylish.
Bedroom
In this private room, everything should be configured on a full-fledged rest, which means that a ceramic tile and porcelain stonewares that imitate classic wallpapers and fabrics will be very useful. Fancy ornaments and regenerated patterns of vintage canvas, rough textile texture, convex lines, voluminous edges - is it not a decent alternative to short-lived and not too practical paper coatings or tissues on the walls of bedrooms? Even only a ceramic floor or fragmentary wall cladding will become one of the important components of the comfort.The brick finish, in demand in country houses and retro style lofts, is experiencing a new peak of popularity, in a slightly modified version. Elements copy only the shape and drawing of brick masonry, so they are appropriate in the interiors of different styles. We offer bright tiles with a clear ornament, performed in the manner of crafted ceramics. The combination of basic elements with bulk decoratives, simple laying methods (with displacement, zigzag and tree) open space for creativity. Fans of the classics will suit the porcelain stoneware, the color and texture of which reproduce natural stone and simple, laconic decors. The flavor of the Italian province in the interior of the dining room or kitchen will bring modern interpretations of decors in the form of a geometric ornamental mosaic or an openwork pattern.
Eugene Houses
Senior Marketing and Advertising Specialist Vitra Tile
Bathroom
Ceramic tile is one of the most hygienic materials. On its surface, the colonies of microbes and bacteria do not multiply, which, by the way, cannot be said about interlocking seams. However, due to the use of rectified tiles and "seamless" laying, as well as the arrangement of forced ventilation, it will be possible to cope with this to you.
Due to relatively high thermal conductivity and heat capacity, ceramic lining seems cold. But it is easy to solve the problem, providing a heating system under the tiled coating of the bathroom. And if you choose a tile with a non-slip, textured surface, you can safely walk on the floor barefoot.
Hallway, terrace
In various zones of apartments, ceramic materials experience different loads. Therefore, by resistance to abrasion (PEI index), they are divided into five groups. In the bathroom, where they go barefoot or in slippers, it is preferable to lay the PEI II group tile.In the hallway, where sand and chemical reagents fall, - PEI III or IV groups. It is still more attentive to treat the choice of tiles for outdoor cladding and be sure to ask the frost resistance of the material (it is called its ability to withstand multiple alternate freezing and thawing without loss of strength and signs of destruction). According to this parameter, the porcelain stoneware leads. It is able to withstand the abrasive effect of sand and dirt, as well as climatic surprises, while maintaining decorativeness. It is this material that is usually used outside the house together with special frost-resistant adhesive compositions and grouts.
In purity
Cleaning products containing hydrofluoric acid and its components can damage the surface of ceramics, so it is undesirable to use them. The polished cladding negatively affects aggressive cleaning with abrasive materials. Some universal cleaners leave a fatty film on the surface of the tiles, which attracts dirt and makes the surface with slippery, which is unsafe in the bathrooms and kitchens. The optimal solution is to use special cleaning products for ceramics, before purchasing others, you should carefully examine the information on the packaging.
