| If you are designing a bathroom and looking are for | | | | walls, and shower walls than using only one color of |
| the right tiles to use; slate is a great material to | | | | slate may seem severe or bland. However, if you like |
| consider. Slate is a excellent type of tile to use for | | | | a monochromatic scheme of one tone of slate the |
| the bathroom if you like the look of natural stone | | | | overall effect can be very beautiful. Slate tile is |
| echoed throughout the bathroom. Slate is a natural | | | | usually used for the floors and walls of the shower |
| stone that is now being widely used as tile for patios, | | | | but there is no rule against using slate tile on a |
| floors, and bathrooms. It is becoming an increasingly | | | | counter top. |
| popular material to use because it is generally a | | | | Because of the variety of slate colors the different |
| cheaper natural stone material than tiles made of | | | | colored slate tiles can be patterned throughout the |
| marble or granite. | | | | bathroom to create some tonal variation and visual |
| Like granite and marble, slate is also made in nature | | | | interest by creating a pattern or using alternating |
| and therefore not all slates look the same. Slate | | | | slate colors that differ slightly in tone. When making a |
| ranges in color from almost black, to dark grey, light | | | | tonal pattern out of many different colored slate tiles |
| grey, grey purples, sienna orange, and earthier green | | | | it is often more visually appealing to use many smaller |
| shades of grey. Slate can also be honed or polished | | | | tiles. The variation of color can be increased by using |
| depending on the degree of finish that is preferred | | | | more smaller tiles. |
| on the slate. Polished slate can be slippery on a wet | | | | In terms of the finish of the tile, the slate tile can be |
| bathroom floor but it is no more slippery than a | | | | honed or polished. Polished slate has a more refined |
| marble bathroom floor. There is a such a wide variety | | | | texture than honed slate and can often times look |
| in the colors of slate that finding the right shade for | | | | like marble. Slate does have patterns moving |
| the bathroom is not limiting and can be a very fun | | | | throughout it and polishing the slate brings out that |
| process. | | | | natural beauty and high shine. This type of slate tile |
| There are many different choices on how to tile the | | | | looks absolutely beautiful in bathrooms when it is cut |
| bathroom with slate depending on where you are | | | | into bigger tiles so the full beauty of the stone can |
| using the slate tile in the bathroom. If the entire | | | | be appreciated. |
| bathroom is being tiled in slate including the floors, | | | | |