Unique Tiles for Accent Spaces

House flippers often go for the same tiles - white or grey, square or rectangle. When your home is a labor of love suited to your own tastes, tiles are a great place where you can show off your individual style. These looks are unique and full of character - perfect for a home and a homeowner that wants to wow with accent tiled spaces.

Photo courtesy of Mercury Mosaics.

Mosaics can come in all shapes and sizes, sometimes opalescent and solid like the image above, other times you can recreate a Grecian scene above your stove. Whatever you style, mosaics definitely say something about the home owner; intricate, fabulous, and eye catching.

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We love wood look tiles for many reasons - they can create warm spaces in places where wood otherwise isn’t suitable (the bathroom or shower), they are consistent in their look as they’re all printed the same, and you can get virtually any shade, texture, or color that you want. Wood look tiles are great for floors, kitchens, bathrooms or other spaces and are particularly perfect for places with high humidity like Florida, where the tiles also help to keep your body and home temperature cool.

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What’s more fun than polka dots? These handmade tiles are unique and definitely turn heads as there are almost no other commercially available polka dot tiles. Perfect for high end children’s bathrooms or anywhere you want to get fun, they’re wonderful in their imperfect polka dots, creating interest in their lack of uniformity.

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Tiles don’t only come in ceramic or porcelain. For quick renovation jobs or houses with heavy style, these antique tiles made from tin are a great addition to complete a rustic French farmhouse look.

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You’ve seen mosaics with small geometric patterns above but how about large geometric pattens? Perfect for large rooms or floors where smaller mosaics may start to look busy. Large geometric patterns are more contemporary or modern, perfect for a variety of today’s high end homes.

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There was minimalism, and now there is maximalism. Embraced by top designers and celebrities, maximalism is exactly what it sounds like: layers of color, shapes, patterns and textures. A rustic application of the bright, vibrant maximalist look is the Talavera tile most seen from Mexican artisans.

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We love all things terrazzo. The right terrazzo is fun, bright, clean and modern. You can dress terrazzo up in different shapes or colors, but this look goes great in any style of home and any room of the house where you want a unique tile application. Because most terrazzo is made custom, there’s no denying your tiles will be an authentic look just for you.