How to use tiles to bring a sense of European style to your home

For centuries, tiles have toed the line between function and form, providing a water-repellant wall and flooring solution in bathrooms, kitchens, and laundries while acting as a veritable style statement. This sentiment has stood the test of time, with Danny Semaan, director of CBFD Tiles & Bathware, driven by a vision to enable clients to create culturally and visually rich spaces in their own homes.

In particular, Danny cites a shift away from cool, calm, and muted tones towards spaces laden with texture, colour, and character. An Australian, family-owned business, CBFD is working to bring a touch of Europe to Australian homes, through high-quality, on-trend tile designs. Placing ethical sourcing and operation as well as customer satisfaction at its forefront, the second-generation family business perfectly adapts the innate heritage appeal of tiling for contemporary tastes.

The perfect way to add personality and style to indoor spaces, these are the tile trends you need to know about.

Although most of us are familiar with conventional subway tiles, the styles of today act as an elevated take on the original. For many Australians, subway tiles can be the ideal foray into the world of colourful tiling. Crafted in Spain, the Amazonia range is a ceramic subway tile that boasts a glazed rustic irregular finish, with slightly varying hues creating a relaxed, unstudied effect in bathrooms and kitchens. Subway tiles work well on kitchen splashbacks or as feature walls in bathrooms. While you can’t go wrong with a monochromatic colour scheme, more adventurous homeowners may wish to try selecting multiple colours of the same tile to create a striking effect.

An eye-catching and opulent addition to any home, statement tiled floors draw inspiration from Italian and Moroccan residences. With intricate hand-painted designs, decorative floor tiles work to lend undeniable interest and style to any home. Adorned with hand-painted florals, geometric patterns, or rustic finishes, the Renaissance and Florentina porcelain tile styles embrace this concept with aplomb, exuding heritage style while working well in classic and contemporary homes alike.

Forget paint – tiles can be a fun way to add colour to an otherwise neutral space. Powder rooms in particular serve as the ideal space to make a bold style statement, with colourful tiles in interesting shapes working to imbue the space with a sense of wonder. The Vivid Hex tile range combines a hexagonal shape with white geometric lines, allowing for the tiles to be arranged in a plethora of configurations.

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