Subway tiles

Stuart McIntyre

I love subway tiles. Always have, always will. Classic, inexpensive and graphic (and can be made even more graphic with contrasting grout colour). I thought I'd do a post today on what has to be my favourite type of tile. I have one another favourite that is a close second but I'll save that for Sunday. 

Light Locations

Design*Sponge

Lucyna

Rue Magazine

Mixr

homelife

Design*Sponge

Jeff Andrews

minh+wass

Angus Fergusson

Dane Tashima

Sunset

Mark Bolton

Hello House

Incorporated

Grzywinski+Pons

Tim Street-Porter

Domus Nova

Sunset

Comments

[Tereza]

Images 7, 15, 17,18 and 19 have everything to do with me.
I love to use these tiles in my projects.
Fabulous post, as always.
Have a nice weekend.
Tereza

[Tricia Rose]

Before I had ever heard of subway tiles I laid rectangular floor quarry tiles as a bath surround to match the bare brick walls in my Soho loft, and I loved it! Now I have the real thing (white, glazed) in the bathroom and have just tiled the laundry splashback too. When it's right, I don't change!

[Carmen Brodeur]

I love the look of Subway tiles too. Especially ones with texture, like a split face travertine tile.

[Tanya]

LOVE the Incorporated one. Makes the room look massive.

xoxo,
 T

[siobhan]

Love these - and this post is aptly timed as we're currently picking out subway tiles for a bathroom renovation ...

[Nomadic D]

Love these! Especially in white, especially in the kitchen, looks so clean and simple. Beautiful!

[Dino from World of Architecture]

Wow, what a beautiful type of green. Black ones look great too.

[cabbagerose]

great collection...thanks.

[oregonbird]

I like them with a twist -- deep beveled edges, gigantic or long and thin, a smoking color, used in an unexpected way. But they can be so dull, when used as the stolid, traditional choice! For me, it's lantern tile. Eternal. They call back to a period past and are unique enough to modernize for the future.

[Nat @ Dear Little House]

I love them too! We have white bevel-edge ones as our kitchen splashback with a dark grey grout, awesome. We're planning our bathroom at the moment and I'm thinking we might need to have some in there too...

[thecitygourmand]

I like it although it becomes all a bit too much when the tiles go up to the ceiling. A panel is much nicer.

[Kelly Rae Ehlers]

We've been obsessing about subway tiles for our new house. Awesome post!

[Jess @ Bohemia Heart]

I fully appreciate this post on subway tiles - love them.