{"id":193711,"date":"2025-04-08T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitchenbathdesign.com\/?p=193711"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:26:18","slug":"showstopping-tile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kitchenbathdesign.com\/showstopping-tile\/","title":{"rendered":"Showstopping Tile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tile\u2019s first priority is to offer wall, floor and even ceiling protection within the humid environment of a bathroom. Fortunately, there are beautiful ways in which designers can accomplish that goal. Even something as seemingly simple as subway tile in a stunning color or interesting pattern can elevate the space. Designers also use a vast array of showstopping selections beyond that, in a dizzying array of material compositions, shapes, sizes, colors and patterns, to create spaces that range from dramatic to dreamy or colorful to classic, and everything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month, KBDN<\/em> asked designers to share projects that showcase showstopping tile as a way to elevate a bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Memorable\u2026with a kick<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When Emily van der Linde considered tile choices for this client\u2019s beach home, she wanted them to reflect a modern and elevated coastal look\u2026\u201csomething beautiful and memorable, with a kick!\u201d says the principal designer for Lacquer Design in Pensacola, FL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, the bathrooms showcase a collection of zellige and cement tiles. Each takes a turn being the showstopping moment in their respective room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe choose zellige tiles for their textured, handmade quality and the beautiful way the light reflects off of them,\u201d she says. \u201cThey remind me of the inside of a seashell or of sea glass. Cement tiles are a great choice for wet areas such as bathrooms where function has to come first, especially for floor tiles where there is a potential for slipping.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the primary bathroom 4″x4″ Absinthe zellige tile from Zia Tile clads three walls, including those that surround the freestanding tub and line the shower, which blend into each other to create a wet room effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to use tile to set the mood for each space,\u201d the designer explains. \u201cIn this room, surrounding the bathtub in the zellige tile creates a calm and serene atmosphere in an adult area of the house. We really wanted to take the design up a notch, but not be too overt with beachy d\u00e9cor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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