Cement Tile Design Ideas — Bathroom
Cuban Tiles Make a Perfect Powder Room
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Cuban tile patterns in a classic color palette make a perfect powder room with lots of pizazz! Cement tiles are often called encaustic cement tile or Cuban tiles; but a rose by any other name is still a rose! The Cuban Heritage Collection is a stunning line of 8" x 8" cement floor tiles that revive the historical colors and designs used in Havana and Camaguey. Each original pattern comes in three colorways: one using the original, traditional colors; and two that use more contemporary colors. For this installation, the cement tile colors used in the powder room include Heritage...
Cuban Cement Tiles for a Manhattan Bath
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Designer Celia Reiss of Manhattan, NY-based Celia Reiss Interiors recently combined her love of cement tile with her design talent when she incorporated the two into her bathroom. The 8" x 8" cement floor tiles used in this project are from our Cuban Heritage Design 140-2B 8 x 8 series. They incorporate the contemporary colors of Light Turquoise, Brown, and Caribbean Blue. Celia wisely chose not to use the border pattern for this design because the bathroom isn't big enough to accommodate both a bold border and an intricate pattern. The field pattern uses only Light Turquoise and Brown. Notice how...
Cuban Tiles Create a Tropical Splash
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In this tropical-inspired bath, Cuban Tiles are used on the floor and to create a backsplash. Cuban tiles are also called cement tiles. In this installation, Cuban Heritage Design 130-3B is used in a common cement tile size of 8" x 8". The design is anything but traditional because the Cuban tiles are used as wainscoting along the walls and includes a border design. The border row of cement tile for the wall application is custom made with a bull-nose edge that provides a finished look. The colorway shown here is very contemporary and tropical. The primary colors are cool...
Alcala Cement Tile on Bath Wall
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The beauty in cement tile patterns creates distinctive and eye-catching accents for walls and backsplash installations. Cement tiles pair well with wood and natural stone - especially when the pattern's colors complement or "pull-out" the natural materials that share the space. In this bath installation, notice how nicely the wood tones match the brown tones in the tile? The neutral colors in the stone create a balance with the bolder tile pattern that's easy to love. Our Traditional Alcala Cement Tile pattern was customized using blues and yellows that complement the browns in the tile and the wood. The pattern...
Sofia Cement Tile Refines Bathroom's Elegance
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Our Sofia handmade cement tile brings the perfect design element into any bathroom. Not only does this eco-friendly product offer refreshing bursts of color, such as Coral Red, Yellow and Sage Green, but it also adds to the timelessness of any décor. Design Idea for Cement Tile Patterns Use accent colors to create a stunning design. Considering one color in your cement tile as an accent color to really make the design pop! Notice how the Coral Red in the Classic Sofia pattern really grabs your attention and energizes the space? This color is then used in just a few...