Metro type tiles

The subway tile is known by this name because it was first seen in the London, Paris and New York subways. These cities used this ceramic coating for the walls of their subway stations. Small white tiles, with the peculiarity that they were rectangular in size and the edges of the tile were bevelled.

For a long time these models stopped being sold and it was A few years ago, with the advent of vintage fashion when subway-type tiles once again regained prominence, in this case for home decoration.

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The metro-type tile is a small-format rectangular tile. Every time the catalogs with this type of tiles are more complete, offering a great selection of colors, textures, sizes and finishes. However, vintage white tile is the most popular, and using it as kitchen and bathroom wall tiles we achieve that retro decoration that we are looking for in our home.

Where to place subway type tiles

This type of tile is especially used to renovate bathrooms and kitchens, although metro tiles are also bought for decorate commercial establishments and give it a vintage style, such as cafeterias, restaurants or shoe stores.

Subway tiles for bathrooms

< h5>Normally we will use the subway tiles to cover the bathroom walls at half height and we will paint the rest (from where the tile ends to the ceiling). Subway-type tiles are small pieces and covering an entire surface with them can burden the decoration. This way we will ensure that this does not happen and we will have a rustic bathroom.

If painting the bathroom does not seem like a good idea to you and you prefer to cover everything with ceramic, you can combine subway tiles with white tiles. This way you can place, for example, the largest tiles on most walls and use the metro tile only as decoration, in the shower or on the wall where the bathroom cabinet is.

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Subway tiles for kitchens

This coating is one of the protagonists of the catalog of kitchen tiles. As in the bathroom, the kitchen is normally not fully veneered with subway-style tiles and is combined with other sizes of tiles, with wallpaper or with paint.

< h5>The subway type tile is usually placed on the kitchen fronts, as seen in the photo of this section. They are small spaces where this tile format fits perfectly. The front of the kitchen should always be covered with ceramic, since it is characterized by being an easy-to-clean material