Ceramic tiles with water resistant, easy to clean and is not afraid to mechanical damage
Ceramic tile
Material selected glazed, dense, low porosity. Especially popular "hog" - small-format rectangular tile with facet (Chamfered end edge). Stack it with a bandage, simulating a brick wall. It is sometimes used contrasting grout, to emphasize the character of the masonry.
Apron of tile with a matte surface is in harmony with glossy Pantry
Mosaic
This ceramic or glass tiles of small sizes (Smalt). Of her ornaments and lay out the whole panel. Most often used for decoration of three or four shades, but you can lay out and sophisticated multi-color images. Ornaments for the kitchen in high-tech style is created from silver or black and white mosaic. Pick up stuff from catalogs tiles on the apron for the kitchen. Engage in laying glazes must be qualified.
Working kitchen walls are lined with ceramic mosaics
Porcelain tiles
Material different from the ceramic high-density, uniform shade and large size (400 × 400 mm). Polished granite has zero water absorption that can successfully use it as tiles for the kitchen apron. Photo Tile shows the visual perception of the wall as a whole. Minimum tile joints facilitates cleaning apron.
Tip!Tile whose walls are lined with a kitchen should be flush (flush) with an apron.
plate framed mosaic area, and the rest working surface - tiles
mirrored apron
Mirrored surfaces are best suited for a small kitchen. Reflection visually expands the cramped space. However, tables and window sills should be empty. Otherwise, multiple reflections kitchen items will create the effect of clutter. Washing of mirrors, too, is not easy.
The blue rectangular tiles imitating colored brickwork
When installing, we must remember that the mirror tile has a thickness of 4 mm, and ceramic - 8 mm. If the walls are lined with ceramic, then a mirror will have to make a thicker substrate. Despite these difficulties, the mirror is often chosen as tiles for the kitchen apron. Photo tiles attracts with its striking and unusual appearance.
The kitchen is decorated in a modern minimalist style
Glass (skinali)
Glass tile made of tempered glass, 6 mm thick. Such material is stronger than the windshield glass of the machine. Its melting temperature in excess of 400 degrees. Skinali It differs ample opportunities for design. The method of printing on a tile is put any image. This can effect ice, silver, glass misted with water droplets. Often order panoramic photos of people, landscapes, cities, architecture.
Kitchen apron made of glossy tiles
- preserve the original appearance. The coating does not change color when exposed to sunlight, moisture, detergents, changes in temperature;
- hygiene. Tile is easy to wet cleaning. Tile joints are impregnated with a special compound so that they are not clogged with dust and soot.
Tip!Buy Ceramic tile for kitchen on an apron with a margin of 10%. Several pieces required to crack or be broken for various reasons. In the package there are also instances of a different hue, which spoil the whole idea. Manufacturers inexpensive tiles allow up to 5% of waste in one batch.
Apron decorated tiles using bright iridescent colors
design apron
The usual average kitchen often lay tile quiet tones - beige, sand, light gray. To somehow enliven the monotony of the walls, use a tile-patterned inserts. They are distributed over the entire area of the apron, or placed in a decorative pattern. If the insert taken from other collections, it is necessary to ensure that their thickness and dimensions coincide with background ceramics parameters. Then the clutch will look uniform.
Modern kitchen design in the milky beige
Often from a panel inserts create a classic or rustic style. The figure represented some pastoral motif, like a landscape, a house or blooming sunflowers. Such an image need symmetry and space, so place it in the center of the apron.
Frieze of tiles with country ornament attached to the wall of perfection. Strip plitochek of these can be put in the middle or on the edge of the apron.
Apron in the kitchen It formed in a contrasting dark blue
Whatever takes your fancy, or ultramarine poisonous green tile, avant-garde shades in the kitchen should be avoided. The same can be said about the black-and-white cage. This chess board very soon tired of his obsession. Apron for kitchen is in a contrasting dark blue
To obtain a working apron chosen tiled mosaic pastel shades
Tips for choosing a tile
Having made the decision to put an apron in the kitchen, you need to consider a number of important points:
- there is a rule: the larger the tile size, the more waste, and vice versa. Small parts easier to fit to the size of the site is laid out. Order large format ceramic, adding 5-8% of the total number;
- most of consumable material is a diagonal arrangement of tiles. In this case, to calculate the amount will have to add up to 15%;
- with a margin must be taken also for the reason that the tiles in other parties will necessarily vary in color and thickness;
If the kitchen is not used hanging lockers - can be oblitsevat wall tiles to the ceiling
Finally. Correct choice for tile apron - it is responsible. Cheap ceramics acid colors will soon cause a desire to change it. Removal and installation coverage will result in virtually new repair, so it is best to purchase a high quality building material at once.
