6 Tips for Matching Your Walls and Floors

While the vibrant colours and intricate patterns of a feature wall can capture the gaze of guests, it’s maintaining a sense of balance which is essential to any interior design project. Whether you go bold with contrasting choices or opt for something subtler in your home, making sure that the overall design of your walls and floor fits together is crucial for creating the most striking interior.

From opting for a similar colour scheme throughout the room to focusing the design around a particular shape or style, making your walls and floors match will ensure visual harmony in any home. That’s why in today’s blog post, we’re bringing you 6 of our top tips to follow when choosing your floor and wall tiles.

1. Consider the overall ‘feel’ and purpose of the room

The function of a room is everything when it comes to determining the desired feel – and that’s because each section of the house will typically be used in a different way. Studies show that using interior design to create a relaxing atmosphere in the bedroom can improve quality of sleep, with everything from luxury duvets to wall art impacting on our sleeping pattern. If you’re overhauling your kitchen design, rich reds and natural wood furnishings can be a bold but fitting choice – so it’s worth considering the desired aura of the room before you get started.

2. Be consistent with your colour palette

Injecting a touch of colour is one of the quickest ways to make a room stand out, but that’s not to say that you should clad the entirety of the walls with just one colour. While a bright feature wall will do the majority of the talking, be consistent by opting for more muted shades of the same colour around the rest of the room. From small accessories to throws and scatter cushions, sprinkling some colour throughout the room will keep it consistent and comforting.

3. Use complementary colour combinations

Whether you’re channelling the Boho-chic look or looking to incorporate a Moroccan-inspired design, contrasting colours will add a new dimension to an interior. The sophistication that comes with patterned tiles makes them a much loved choice, but it’s the variation of the complementing colours in the intricate design of decorative wall tiles which makes it possible to maintain balance between contrasting colours in the room.

4. Don’t be afraid to switch up the scale

While the style and scale of tile can look incredibly effective in a wet room, it’s important to remember that you don’t have to be limited to one type of tile. In smaller rooms, opting for larger floor tiles with less grout lines will reduce visual chopping and create the illusion of a space – so why not create both differentiation and similarity at the same time, by tiling the wall with a smaller-scaled version of your floor tiles?

5. Blur the boundaries

While cladding the entirety of a room in bright patterned tiles is likely to appear overpowering, creating a feature on a section of wall with tiles that match your floor will capture the attention of guests – as well as creating a seamless transition between the floor and wall. Whether you opt for the same vibrant shades or use the same distinctive design in opposing colours on your floor and walls, channelling the idea of ‘same but different’ will always make a big impact.

6. Use accessories to tie the design together

Accessories may often be considered to be an afterthought, but this can leave many of us struggling to tie together the overall design of a room. From counteracting vertical grout lines with a distinctive dining table to drawing attention to intricate patterns with mirrors reflecting similar shapes, both contrasting and complementing accessories will tie the interior design together and create a sense of harmony in the room.

Whether it’s a bright and bold interior or a sophisticated subtle design, our 6 interior design insights mean that it couldn’t be easier to make sure that your wall and floor tiles match.

A well designed interior can add significant value to a property – so what are you waiting for? There’s never been a better time to put your newfound knowledge into practice. Whether you’re in need of eye-catching wall tiles or durable floor tiles, browse our extensive range online today!