Remodeling 101: White Tile Pattern Glossary - Remodelista
Simple, unpretentious, and cost-effective, white ceramic tile is the white T-shirt of the kitchen.
The Classic Subway Tile
Subway tiles can be square, but the most familiar size and shape is the three-by-six-inch rectangle.
Classic white subway tile in an inset backsplash from Steal This Look: Minimalist English Kitchen.
In this kitchen, subway tiles are laid horizontally in an offset brick pattern, also called running bond.
Photograph from A New England Kitchen by Way of LA.
A backsplash with offset subway tiles, here laid vertically instead of horizontally.
White subway tile in a laundry room from Kitchen of the Week: The Ultimate Staff Kitchen in NYC.
Subway tiles take on a fresh look when they’re laid in a herringbone pattern that runs diagonally.
Alternate Subway Tile Patterns
The tiles in this backsplash are twice as long as standard subway tiles.
Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
Los Angeles designer and blogger Sarah Sherman Samuel finds yet another way to do herringbone laying subway tiles at...
...right angles parallel to the walls and ceiling Photograph from Rehab Diary A Spare Bedroom Turned Glam Master Bath
Photograph via Mod Walls.
You can even buy parallelogram-shaped subway tiles and lay them in a chevron pattern.
Photograph by Chris Tubbs.
Square Tile
In a London kitchen, designer Charles Mellersh laid square tiles with a matte finish in an offset pattern.
White square tiles in a Swedish kitchen from Kitchen of the Week: An Industrial Yet Romantic Swedish Kitchen.
In this kitchen by the Australian architecture firm Own & Vokes, subway tiles were laid vertically in an offset pattern.
Mixing Patterns
A backsplash with alternating rows of horizontal and vertical tiles from Kitchen of the Week: A Striking Before/After in Venice, California.
While most of the tiles are offset in this kitchen by Netherland designers Ina Matt a stacked row of different sized tiles creates...
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