White subway tile or decorative color for the kitchen – A spicy Boy

White subway tile or decorative color for the kitchen

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The tiled white metro tiling, emblematic for the urban underground railway of the city of Paris, is the decorative choice for the cuisine of many of you.

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As a wall decoration or decorative element for the kitchen island, this white tile, or another color, is what you have decided to integrate into the interior design of the corner where you prepare the culinary art.

Decorative metro tile for modern kitchen and design

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Why do people like subway tile and choose it for their kitchens? Because this type of traditional white tile, or colored tile, brings style to their kitchen. It is neither particularly beautiful nor particularly original and yet it seems, at a time when it is very fashionable, unique and timeless.

Decorative metro tile for a white kitchen

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This type of tile evokes a whole period of time. It evokes memories lived and events that we just heard about and inspires a retro, classy and arty atmosphere. As if the tiling could talk and tell the story of the twentieth century while singing “Another brick in the Wall” by Pink Floyd or the apotheosis of human contradiction.

Decorative metro tile for a chic kitchen

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In contrast to the Wall separating two visions of the world, this tile unites the past and the present, the old-fashioned and the modern, the grotesque and the chic. And, like him, he expresses a certain position, he shows an end and a beginning, a limit and a relaxation.

Decorative metro tile for pompous style kitchen

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This type of tile is simple. Most of the time it is white and represents a decoration really going with any type of closets and appliances. With a tile like this, the metal fridge or gray cabinets and drawers have an even more industrial look than they already had.

White metal kitchen tile with yellow objects

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This wall decoration gives a design look to everything around. Thanks to the classic white backsplash, the kitchen looks even more trendy.

Metro decorative tile for white kitchen design

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You can make this white tile, seen normally as a detail in the kitchen, an essential and fundamental element for the design touch. Contemplate the tiled floor in this original way as shown in the picture below. Together with the blue paint, it is what brings to the kitchen the Mediterranean touch.

White subway tile for Mediterranean style retro kitchen

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In the following two examples, the white tiles bring only purity and sharpness to the kitchen. It is as if he showed him respect with his whiteness and friendliness.

White subway tile for design kitchens

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Thanks to the color details to which the white or gray tiling serves as a pretty background, the kitchen takes on a more vivid appearance. The color of the joint between the two tiles also plays an important role in the overall decor.

Wall white metro tile for kitchens

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As modern as the kitchen is, this type of tile always gives it a more serious and more classic character.

Classic metro decorative tile for wooden kitchen

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The bright gray tiles are a classy decorative element. Even easier to maintain than white, this tile undeniably seduces.

Color subway tile for kitchen backsplash

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Thus, your white kitchen has a look that highlights the contrast. A more pronounced liveliness can be noticed in a kitchen where the tiles are in color.

Color subway tile for backsplash or kitchen island

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Look at this beauty: dark green subway tile, sky blue or bright lead color! The original color of the tiles allows you to combine the backsplash with truly original objects.

Color subway tile: black for the kitchen backsplash

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White or beige, the subway tile can be integrated in very elegant kitchens and contribute to the chic aspect in question.

Colored tiles for modern kitchens

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In the following photo, the color of the tiles is so pale that it changes easily nuances depending on the positioning of your eyes. If you put your eyes on the tiles next to the cupboards, it takes on a lighter shade than it presents when you observe it as a background behind all these objects in different colors arranged in the kitchen.

Underground kitchen tile in pale beige

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Underground tile for bright kitchen in pale color

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The colors of the walls, the subway tiles and the floor make this white kitchen a bright, colorful and vibrant place.

Underground tile for bright decorative kitchen

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The walls of some metro stations are covered with mosaic tiles. This type of tile, in addition to decorating your kitchen, will give it character.

Kitchen subway tile: small mosaic

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Kitchen tile reminiscent of the Grand Central Terminal

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The walls of other metro stations are totally futuristic. The mosaic used is beautiful and interesting. So, go for the tile subway of your kitchen or bathroom.

Mosaic metro in colors and copper

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Futuristic metro tile: a mosaic in colors and copper

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But do not go away from our subject anyway! The metro tiles in question here are the classic tiles that you revive thanks to your ability to recognize the value of the classic and timeless.

Decorative tile as in the metro for white kitchens

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There is nothing more beautiful than a classic white tiled kitchen arranged horizontally or diagonally.

Decorative tiles as in subways for designer kitchens

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As a partial or entire wallcovering, white tiles contrast every object of color in the kitchen.

Partial wall tile for a designer kitchen

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There is black tile for those who rely more on originality than on the classic.

Black or colored subway tile for kitchen backsplash

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The contrast in a white kitchen and garanit.

Black subway tile for backsplash in a white kitchen

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Regardless of the color of the metro tile that you choose for your kitchen, this type of tile holds the list of all kitchen tiles for the moment.

Yellowish subway tile for kitchen backsplash

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