How To Use Slate Tiles Like An Interior Designer?
In this article, we’ll show you how to add an earthy appeal to your homes with slate tile. As you probably know, slate is a homogeneous metamorphic rock. It is basically derived from sedimentary
Style Your Home With Slate Tiles
As the lockdown and resulting lack of outdoor living take its toll, now’s the time to start thinking about how you can bring that fresh ‘outdoor feeling’ into your home with your interior design. One way to create an earthy, sensuous indoor-outdoor aesthetic in your home is with slate tiles, which is both natural and contemporary.
For years slate tiles have been a go-to for kitchens, bathrooms, entranceways, and utility areas, which means there’s plenty of inspiration available for how to use slate in your home.
Types of Slate Tiles
Now you have an idea of how to use slate in your home, it’s time to start considering the types of slate available.
Square format
Square-shaped slate tiles are the standard and are perfect for anywhere in the home. These tiles are especially popular in entranceways and kitchens as they work brilliantly in rooms that join to the outdoors. Use these tiles in your garden and indoors to provide that indoor-outdoor appeal.
Rectangular tiles
Longer slate tiles are excellent for the bathroom as they help to emphasize the length of a room and make it seem bigger than it really is. Similarly, you can use rectangular slate tiles vertically in a shower or wet room to draw the eye down the length of the wall, which will give the illusion of height.
Mosaic tiles
Mosaics are ideal for small details like mirrors and kitchen splashbacks, but they can also help to add texture to a room when used on a scale. You can even pair mosaic tiles with larger slate tiles by using square tiles on the floor and mosaics around the bath to add another dimension to your design.
A note from our designers
If you’re striving for an interior with an air of the outdoors, make sure you embrace other design details that will help to bring your vision together. As well as using slate, you should have plenty of natural light and wood in your property, as well as foliage, like climbers and pot plants. These seem like small details, but they can make or break the illusion.
Browse our full range of Slate tiles here.