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hoosing tiled ooring can have maor design enefits, ut there are decisions to get right Here Jo Oliver of Stone & Ceramic Warehouse provides the robust case for porcelain


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looring serves as the foundation for your interior design and can ultimately impact its overall success. It is likely to be the largest surface area in a property and so its selection is important in terms of both functionality and design. There are hundreds of hard ooring materials availale in a wide choice o finishes  each with their own aesthetic qualities. Porcelain tiles are manufactured in a wide range o realistic finishes, includ- ing marle, natural limestone, wood and concrete. They are also available in a variety o sies rom traditional wooden planks to contemporary large-format sla tiles, they oer homeowners huge


scope in terms of interior design. Thanks to advances in technology, digital printing has allowed porcelain tiles to e produced with a natural variation rom tile to tile making it possible to achieve the loo you want with all the practical enefits o a hardwearing material aying the same style o ooring


throughout a property will mae the overall space appear much larger while creating a welldesigned cohesive eel ierent finishes can also e selected to help define dierent areas or eample, a stone eect porcelain wors beautifully from an entrance hall leading into a itchen and dining area, and can e easily comined with another finish


such as a wood eect in a living room his will create clearly defined areas that wor in unison with one another


TILE TYPES ood eect porcelain oor tiles create a warm and welcoming eel and are suitable for both contemporary and traditionalstyle properties e find that customers looing or wood eect tiles tend to choose warmer more realistic looing shades, rather than the cooler greys. This means they can achieve the loo o real wood ut with the practical scratch and stain proo enefits o porcelain. Wider and long planks are a popular choice as they make a room feel very spacious, or eample long plans all laid pointing towards iold doors will lead the eye outside and accentuate the room sie lternatively, i laid across a narrow room they will mae it eel wider, rather than long and thin. Herringbone


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