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Industrial Trend: Create The Look With Tiles

Industrial Trend: Create The Look With Tiles

The modern industrial décor trend is one of the defining interior design movements of the decade.

If your personal style is somewhere in between sleek and rustic, co-ordinated with an unfinished edge, then this trend will be a perfect fit for you. If you’re lucky enough to live in a building with original industrial features, it can be a rich insight in to the history of the building.

What are modern industrial interiors?

This trend originated in flat conversions in old factory, warehouse and mill buildings, making use of original design features. Characteristics that would traditionally have been considered unsightly such as exposed metal beams or brick walls become focal points of a space. As well as exposed piping and brick-work modern industrial interiors can be recognised by:

How to create modern industrial walls and floors

If you aren’t one of the lucky few who live in an industrial conversion with all the original design features intact, you can still re-create this trend with some clever tiling hacks and on-trend accessories.

Capture the concrete look with grey tiles

Floor-to-ceiling concrete can be a cornerstone of some industrial spaces, and it often makes spaces appear larger by being seamless. But you don’t need a cement mixture to bring the look and feel of concrete to a space. Simply use grey matt tiles – the bigger the better! Lay them all over your floors and walls to capture the minimalist style of all-over concrete.

Make sure to match your grout to your tiles for a flawlessly seamless finish.

Use mosaic tiles for a brick effect

Exposed brick is one of the most sought-after industrial features in modern interior design. It’s easy to fake it with brick-look mosaic tiles that are practically indistinguishable from the real thing and are available in a range of colours and finishes to perfectly suit your space.

Bring a rustic edge with wood effect tiles

High-quality porcelain wood effect tiles are impossible to tell from the real thing, imitating the textures and idiosyncrasies of natural wood. ‘Reclaimed’ wood effect tiles are a great way to incorporate the rustic trend in to your home.

Floor-to-ceiling tiling is huge this year, as it gives any space a seamless co-ordinated look. Laying wood effect tiles on your floors and walls is a great way to capture the unfinished charm of an industrial space.

Because of its use for recycled, original or low-cost design features and materials, the modern industrial trend is a simple yet effective way to update your home on a budget.

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