It is perhaps impossible to find a person who would not strive to make his home as comfortable and beautiful as possible. Every effort is made to find the optimal finishing option; whenever possible, the best finishing materials are selected. And the market of construction and finishing materials, together with manufacturers, following fashion trends in interior decoration and satisfying, accordingly, growing consumer demand, are offering more and more new types of finishing materials. That is why brick-look tiles are currently enjoying increased interest not only from professional designers, but also from ordinary consumers.
Brick tiles for facade
Initially, tiles imitating brickwork were used for decorative finishing of building facades or their basements. And at present, the demand for this type of exterior decoration is not falling. This is explained by the fact that the technical characteristics of brick-like tiles (high thermal insulation properties; resistance to temperature changes, mechanical stress, aggressive external environment; low water absorption) make it possible not only to reliably protect the façade or basement of a building from adverse external conditions, but also to give the building external individuality and attractiveness.
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But! The flight of design thought could not help but take advantage of the opportunity to use this finishing material with such a “live” texture and a rich natural range of shades for interior decoration. Moreover, manufacturers, in response to fashion and growing demand, began to create tiles with a very reliable imitation of almost any type of brick. This is how brick-like facing tiles began to be used, including for interior decoration.
Brick tiles in the interior
Let’s consider some types of tiles with imitation brickwork and options for their use. As already mentioned, the production technology of such tiles allows you to create them in a wide variety of shades with an external resemblance to any type of brick. For example, white brick tiles are successfully used when decorating interiors in the Gothic style or in the so-called “Russian antiquity” style, and old brick tiles are a favorite option among designers for decorating mantels, fireplaces themselves, and even sections of walls adjacent to fireplaces. Such “aged” tiles with an unusual loose surface texture allow you to recreate in the interior the special atmosphere of an ancient fireplace “with history”.
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Another successful option for using brick-like tiles is to decorate kitchens. It would seem, how can you use brick-like tiles for the kitchen? It turns out to be very original and non-trivial. For example, brick-like tiles are perfect for finishing a kitchen backsplash. Moreover, brick-look tiles can be selected for different kitchens and different stylistic orientations: red brick-look tiles will fit best into country or Provence style; For a loft or high-tech style, tiles that imitate brick with a glossy surface are suitable.
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New generation brick tiles
A new generation of brick-like tiles with unique characteristics have appeared on the building materials market – these are so-called flexible tiles that imitate the surface of classic natural brick masonry. Thanks to the composition from which such tiles are made, the final product (individual “bricks”, blocks, layers) has excellent flexibility, which allows it to be used for decorative “brick” finishing of surfaces even with the most intricate configuration, both outside buildings and structures, and inside residential premises.
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