As is known, ceramic tiles areexcellent (and, it should be noted, relatively inexpensive!) finishing material, with which you can create not only aesthetic appearance in the interior, but also to make use of an imitation of natural materials. How can competently use the simulation of surfacing material?

The very clay, which is made ofCeramic tiles, is a fairly plastic material that can reproduce almost any type of surface. Add color oil to the clay mixture - and you will get a variety of imitations for metal, leather, tapestry, wood, wallpaper, etc.

Of course, the false »natural» cover is neverWill not replace this material (for example, wood or stone). However, in some cases such »fakes» will come very much even to the place - for example, in bathhouses where one wants to preserve the atmosphere of »woodiness», or in rooms with high traffic, when real parquet becomes an expensive pleasure. Tiles for metal or leather will look no less cool than its prototype - and it will all be much cheaper!

»Wooden» tiles

It can be an imitation of a parquet, board floorsOr just a drawing-imitation wood. In the first case, there may be modules of strictly specified sizes - and if such a tile is stacked end-to-end (without trowels), the imitation of the parquet will be more than successful, creating the illusion of a solid wooden covering. In the second case - only the reconstruction of the picture of the wooden floors. By the way, such a tile can be not only for the floor, but also for the walls.

It looks beautiful in the »wooden» tiles intarsia - mosaic decorations, pieces of which can arise from a single pattern.

»Metal» tiles

? Zavchina and patina, cold shine of steel and warm withBronze - all this recreates the usual ceramic tiles with a glazed surface of certain shades. With the help of tiles, you can convey not only the smooth surface smoothness, but also etching, aging, forging metal.

»Textile» tiles

This tapestry, and jeans, and linen, and satin. Tapestry is created by a relief surface, the »satin» coating uses a glossy image on a background in semi-matt tones (as a rule, various floral or floral motifs are used to emphasize contrasts). The jeans are produced by the usual ceramics of blue color with a relief of the fabric, machine stitch, rivets, and the flax »form» roughly coiled yarns. If the drawings are very successful, then a feeling of draping surfaces with a real cloth is created - and you want to touch your hand to feel the rough touch of the material.

»Wallpaper» tiles

Perhaps the most popular imitation is decoupage. This newspaper clippings, and road maps, and just composed words, everything is interesting and pretty nice looks!

A version is easier to tile under the wallpaper -When the main is not the material, namely the design of the walls: »dark bottom, bright top», at the bottom of the strip, border, at the top - flowers on a light background. You can talk about this imitation as much as you like, but the fact remains - tile-imitation of wallpaper is considered one of the most common finishing materials.

»Leather» tiles

Typically, the imitation of the skin - animal skins. This crocodiles, and zebras, and a leopard with a giraffe - you can collect a »zoo» in his apartment!

The mosaic looks particularly impressive in the bathrooms. After decorating the walls, install Curbstones with a sink for a bathroom, Shelves and other elements of functional design and you will get a unique design that all your friends will envy

Mosaic tiles

Mosaic is the same tile, but inReduced version. And it is very fond of designers, because the contrasts of »large and small» forms can be played at will, improvising and creating. The most common variant of the mosaic is the size 20x20 mm, pebbles, broken crumbs. Designers prefer to cut tiles into small uneven shapes, then to lay them on the surface chaotically or semicircularly, directly and on a curved surface (non-standard podiums, columns, etc.) - this is cheaper than a real mosaic, and looks much more interesting.