Kitchen apron from a tile

The finishing of a part of the wall near the working area in the kitchen is called an “apron”, because it has the same functions as this piece of household clothing - it protects the wall from splashing of fat, water, food particles during its cutting, and other contaminants.

The main requirement for an apron - resistance to detergents, the ability to remove pollution without any extra effort. And, of course, an attractive appearance. Various materials are used for this purpose, including wood, stainless steel, artificial stone, and even tempered glass. But kitchen apron from tiles remains the most traditional and most popular today.

Ceramic apron for the kitchen has a lot of advantages:

• optimal price-quality ratio;
• resistance to high temperatures, as well as to temperature changes;
• resistance to aggressive chemicals;
• resistance to mechanical damage;
• opportunity to diversify kitchen apron design;
• long preservation of invariable appearance;
• ease of cleaning.

All it does kitchen apron from tiles most attractive for the zealous mistress. Do not forget about the shortcomings, but they, of course, are. And the main one - high labor costs for laying tiles. In addition, this work requires skill, and often can not be carried out independently.

Options

Tile apron design in the kitchen limited only by your imagination. Consider what options are possible.

• Square

Even the simplest, square in terms of monochromatic tiles can be made very beautiful. ceramic apron for the kitchenit is enough to choose colors suitable for the interior and lay out stripes of different colors and widths along the working surface, or lay the tiles in wide vertical stripes.

• Combination

Kitchen apron from a tile it looks very advantageous if it is monophonic, the color of the kitchen is combined with a narrow figured “border”, or it is complemented with tiles of the same size but decorated with a pattern.

• Single large patterned tile

• Multicolored

Tile apron design in the kitchen can be created using different shades of the same color, or combine contrasting colors.

• Mosaic

Very impressive looks small tiles of different colors, from which laid out the "mosaic" panels with the image of flowers, kitchen utensils.

• Multicolored brickwork

• Solid brickwork

Finishing kitchen-living room 19 sq. M. meters tiled, imitating solid white brick.

• Patterned tiles

• Space

Laying out ceramic apron for the kitchen from a multi-colored tile in the form of diagonal, transverse or vertical stripes will help visually change the space, expand it, or even out the proportions.