Choosing a ceramic tile for the kitchen, you should pay attention to its strength and durability. This is due, first of all, to the fact that this room has increased requirements for cleanliness and hygiene, so the tile is often washed and cleaned using chemicals.
Especially carefully choose a ceramic tile for the kitchen, which will be used on the floor, it must have the highest (fifth) level of abrasion, it is much larger in thickness than the wall.
Different kinds of ceramic tiles
Often, a ceramic tile under the stone is chosen for the kitchen because it has a rough surface, this is the least traumatic variant for a room in which water can get on the floor.
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Ceramic tiles for kitchen cladding are chosen taking into account the fact that it is suitable for interior works and is moisture resistant, such qualities as frost resistance for interior works are not needed, so do not overpay extra money for unnecessary properties.
The design of ceramic tiles for the kitchen can be very diverse. Modern design styles allow the use of different textures, a variety of color solutions, sizes and shapes of tiles, it gives the room a cosiness, and all items, both furniture and decor look against its background much more interesting and richer.
For finishing walls in the kitchen, both matt and glossy ceramic tiles are used. Matte tiles do not have such a gloss as glossy, but it looks more "quiet" and allows you to focus on furniture and interior items, being the backdrop for them.
Matte ceramic tiles of large sizes can be used for floor finishing, it is less susceptible to mechanical damage, cracks, chips, and looks "nobler" and elegant, emphasizing the aesthetic taste of the owners.
If matt tiles are chosen for flooring, the walls, at the same time, can be finished with any surface material, you just need to take into account that glossy tiles on the walls look better in the room, the windows of which look to the north side, otherwise there will be too many glares cutting the eyes .
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A very fashionable and popular option for ceramic tiles for the kitchen is the ecological tile in retro style - Provence , it retains the simplicity of form, natural materials predominate (wood, stone, ceramics components) and light colors. Such a tile often bears vegetable motifs, it depicts fruits and vegetables, ware items, it creates a kind, warm atmosphere of a French village house located in the province of Provence.
Such material is often used as decorative decoration on the walls, in the interior of the kitchen. Outdoor tile Provence - it is often an imitation of natural stone, as a rule, it is sold as a general collection with a wall, made in one style.
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In order to decorate the apron in the kitchen, you can use ceramic tile mosaic, it is an excellent alternative to the traditional full-format finish. The form of the mosaic can be different: rectangular, hexagonal, round, triangular, in the form of rhombuses. Also, the mosaic can have modules of one color or be a "mix", that is, consist of both different shades of the same color, and be completely multicolored.
Ceramic tiles for mosaic for the kitchen, can look like a finished, factory, mosaic panel on which a picture or a pattern is laid out. Such panels from mosaic elements can be used as an apron over the surface of table-tops, or in the form of decorative finishing on walls opposite to the working wall.
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