Splashbacks, full room tiling, floors, feature walls and more, there's so many tiles, so many styles and so many different looks you can achieve. We have put together a few of our favourites to show you what's in style. Even straight forward metro/subway tiles have evolded to offer many styles colours and designs, from bevelled edges to fully textured and that's before we get to the huge choice of sizes and colours. Whilst tiles are common in bathrooms and becoming more popular in other areas of the home below are 5 of our favourite tiling looks to transform your kitchen. 1. Metro/subway Metro tiles are also known as subway tiles and have been around for years. Initially designed for use by contractors building subways, these small sized tiles were highly versatile, ideal for the curved ceilings and walls in the London underground and similar subways. They have now evolved to offer hundreds of colours, sizes and more and is probably the most used tile today, especially in
Choosing your new flooring can present you with a huge array of options. There's alot of choice, firstly carpet or hard floor? Here we are looking at just a few of the hard floor choices. To help you decide how to complete your next project. Laminate Laminate is one of the cheapest options when looking at hard flooring, its available in a wide variety of colours and styles, varies thicknesses, and available to suit most budgets. It's relatively easy to fit for a competent DIYer and a straight forward job for tradesperson. There's alot of suppliers and costs can start from as little £6 per square metre. There are some extras that will boost the project cost, good quality underlay, scotia edging strips and door bars will add to the materials costs. Depending on the sub floor (surface your laying the laminate on) it may require some attention, loose floorboards should be fixed, if concrete a level surface is a must. In some areas of the house you may require a moisture barrier