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Midcentury modern bathroom tile floors – two new choices from Daltile

pam kueber — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:59:58 +0000

From Midcentury bathroom flooring choices

Retro style mosaic floor tile choices — suitable for midcentury bathroom floors – easily available from major manufacturers – continue to grow. Prowling around this weekend, I spotted these two new options from Daltile: They are part of the Folio One collection and are another take on a pinwheel mosaic. Next: I’m researching hexagonal tiles suitable for a 50s 60s bathroom floor.

Daltile mosaics – really nice – click here
Penny rounds from Modwalls – click here
B&W – pink source and more – click here
American Olean Chloe is a nice choice – click here
I love the 60s and 70s style tiles from S.J. Masters – click here

From Midcentury bathroom flooring choices

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Tile designs for your retro bathroom

pam kueber — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:43 +0000

I’m always on the lookout for examples of how to use basic 4″ square tiles in ways to add flair to a retro renovation bathroom. Humblelabor, a flickr friend, has a wonderful little collection of time images going – with a few featured here today.

In this simple design, glossy 4×4s are combined to wonderful effect. But, be careful if you are cutting them in half to create a triangle, to keep the ’sharp’ cut side close to the edge of the room. Once cut, this edge will not have the same smooth finish as a normal molded tile. It will be scratchy or worse on your bare feet. Use a really good tile cutter to get the edge as smooth as you can.

This floor uses 1×1″ mosaic tiles – again, making great use of triangular-shaped pieces to create a snazzy design.

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