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Discover Steve Cordony’s tips for choosing tiles that bring personality, texture and balance to your home, from scale and grout to colour, pattern and finish. Explore how considered tile selections can help bring your Boutique Homes interior to life.
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When designing a new home, it’s often the smaller details that bring the entire look together.
And according to interior and lifestyle designer and Boutique Homes ambassador Steve Cordony, tiles are one of the most effective ways to introduce personality, texture and character into a space. From subtle stone-inspired finishes to statement patterns and feature splashbacks, there are countless possibilities. The key is knowing where to make an impact and where to keep things considered. Across the Boutique Homes Portfolio and Edition ranges, customers can explore a curated selection of finishes and inclusions to help create a home that feels cohesive and distinctly their own. Here, Steve shares his advice for choosing tiles that complement your interior and help bring your home to life. “Tiles are so fun, because there are myriad possibilities,” Steve says. Here are his tips for getting your selections right.Keep your selections considered
One of the most common mistakes Steve sees is trying to make every tiled surface different. While there’s always room for personality, introducing too many competing colours, patterns, shapes and finishes can make a space feel overly busy. Instead, Steve recommends choosing one or two elements to create interest.
If you’ve selected a feature pattern or colour, consider allowing the surrounding finishes to be more restrained. Keeping a consistent thread between your floor tiles, wall tiles and splashbacks can help create a more resolved and timeless interior. Classic selections can also provide greater longevity, giving you a foundation that can evolve as your furniture and styling change over time.
Think about how the space will be used
Before falling in love with a particular tile, consider where it needs to perform. Is it being used indoors or outdoors? Will it be underfoot in a high-traffic area? Is it for a bathroom wall, kitchen splashback or main living space? Once you understand the practical requirements, you can decide how prominent you want the tile to be within the room.
A patterned tile might become a focal point on a kitchen splashback, while a softer handmade-look tile can introduce subtle variation and texture. In other spaces, a natural stone or stone-look finish can create warmth without competing with the rest of the interior. It’s about finding the right balance between function and design.
Consider the scale of your tiles
The size of your tiles can have a significant impact on how a room feels. Steve often favours larger-format tiles on the floor, paired with a smaller format or more detailed finish on the walls. Larger floor tiles can help visually ground a space and create a greater sense of scale, while smaller wall tiles can draw the eye upwards and introduce texture or detail. This approach can work particularly well in bathrooms, where varying the scale between surfaces adds interest without relying on multiple colours or patterns.
Don’t overlook the grout
It might seem like a small detail, but grout can change the overall appearance of your tiles. Steve generally recommends selecting a grout colour that works closely with the tone of the tile rather than creating unnecessary contrast.
For darker tiles, this might mean choosing a deep grey grout. With warmer stone or travertine-inspired tiles, a soft creamy tone can complement the tile while allowing its natural variation to remain the focus. Taking the time to consider grout as part of your overall colour palette can make the finished space feel much more cohesive.
It might seem like a small detail, but grout can change the overall appearance of your tiles. Steve generally recommends selecting a grout colour that works closely with the tone of the tile rather than creating unnecessary contrast. For darker tiles, this might mean choosing a deep grey grout. With warmer stone or travertine-inspired tiles, a soft creamy tone can complement the tile while allowing its natural variation to remain the focus.
Taking the time to consider grout as part of your overall colour palette can make the finished space feel much more cohesive.
Make the selection process simpler
With so many materials, colours, formats and finishes available, tile selections can quickly become overwhelming. That’s where a curated approach can make a difference.
With Boutique Homes, customers can explore a considered collection of Beaumont Tiles options curated to complement the broader materials, colours and finishes available for their home.
For Steve, having selections that naturally complement one another removes much of the uncertainty from the process. It means you can confidently combine finishes throughout your kitchen, bathrooms and living spaces while creating an interior that feels connected from room to room.
Let your home’s style guide you
Your tile selections should ultimately support the overall style you want to create. If you’re drawn to a bold or expressive interior, a geometric or decorative tile could provide the perfect feature.
For something more organic and understated, Steve suggests looking towards natural textures and finishes, such as travertine or travertine-look tiles with subtle movement and variation. The finish matters too.
A polished surface can create a more refined and glamorous feeling, while matte, textured and chalkier finishes can bring softness and a relaxed, organic quality to a space. Rather than choosing a tile in isolation, think about how its colour, texture, pattern and finish contribute to the wider story of your home.
Bring your home to life
Whether you choose from the Portfolio or Edition range, Boutique Homes gives you a considered foundation for creating a home that reflects your individual style. From home design through to interior selections, each range offers opportunities to personalise your home through carefully chosen materials, colours and finishes.
As a Boutique Homes ambassador, Steve Cordony brings his interior design perspective to the selection experience, showing how thoughtful details such as tiles can help shape the character of a home. Whether your style is refined and understated or layered with pattern and personality, the right selections can turn the details of your home into something distinctly yours.
Explore the Portfolio and Edition ranges and discover what’s possible for your new home.
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