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I remember about 10 years ago the big thing in tiling a floor was to place the tiles at an angle. Are people still placing floor tiles at an angle, particularly in the bathroom? My husband says it makes the room appear larger, but I don't know, I kind of like them set on square.
We did 800 sq ft of our main level on-point (tile at an angle) and absolutely love it. I don't know if it makes the space appear larger, but I like that it's not typical. Our master bath is also on-point.
We had the bathroom in our previous house tiled at an angle, and we also loved it. It really did make the room look bigger. It's an optical illusion thing...
Our bathrooms are tiled with the tiles set at a 45 degree angle. The corners of each 12" tile are clipped and a small 1" square accent tile is placed there (actually in one of the rooms they used 4 small mosaic tiles). That adds a nice touch - something you couldn't do laying them out square.
I always put the tile on point in small spaces, and I use at least an 18x18, matching the grout closely to the tile, and using a very thin grout line, it really is an optical illusion.
You can look at it another way. If your walls are not completely square or even your kitchen island or peninsula is not square to the wall then your tile grout lines will not be parallel to the out of square wall or cabinet. This stands out like a sore thumb.
We have all been in homes and looked down at the peoples floor and the end tile is one inch wide and on the other end of the room the end tile is two inches wide. I could hardly hold in the laughter.
But if you do it in diamond pattern as I call it, this will hide small imperfections in room squareness.
You can look at it another way. If your walls are not completely square or even your kitchen island or peninsula is not square to the wall then your tile grout lines will not be parallel to the out of square wall or cabinet. This stands out like a sore thumb.
I'd venture a guess that this is the main reason people started laying tile on the angle.
I've done a fair amount of remodeling and renovating of older homes, as investment and rental properties. It never ceases to amaze me how virtually nothing is actually square.
Floor tiles laid on a 45 degree angle is a good way to camouflage that.
It is really amazing that new homes are not square which just shows sloppy work in the carpenter trades how.Have a frienhd that does trim work and cabinet etc and he says the average is terrible.
It is really amazing that new homes are not square which just shows sloppy work in the carpenter trades how.Have a frienhd that does trim work and cabinet etc and he says the average is terrible.
I bet he's being generous in his assessment.
Last year I installed a new L-shaped counter top in a rental house. One simple miter. On an 8' run, the kitchen was a full 1" off square on BOTH ends of the counter top.
It's a little tough to fudge that one into fitting properly!
DH was a glazier for many years, he was always tslking about how new construction was always out of square, it made his job even harder.
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Our master bath is also on-point.
