New York Subway Tiles Bathroom
Hexagon octagonal tiles.
New york subway tiles bathroom. Anna liesemeyer of in honor of design used hand painted square tiles on the floor of her bathroom and star and cross shaped tiles on the walls. Such is the case with subway tiles those ubiquitous affordable 3 by 6 inch glazed ceramics that started off in actual tunnels beneath new york city and then migrated to every single kitchen and. Though they date all the way back to 1904 and were made for new york city s notoriously not so clean public transit system subway tiles are as popular as ever in designer bathrooms and there s a. Scale chevron tiles.
Subway tiles were first seen in the new york subway when it opened in 1904 hence the name. They are glazed and glossy resists stains and easy to clean. Morrocan victorian tiles. Heins and christopher grant la farge created the distinctive 3 x 6 rectangles for the very first station of new york s then brand new subway in 1904.
It will probably not come as much of a shock that subway tile was originally designed to be placed in subways. Studio db a new york design firm uses this. The look became an instant classic and the simple easy to clean design lives on in homes around the world the tiles themselves don t have. Bathroom mid sized farmhouse master white tile and subway tile light wood floor and beige floor bathroom idea in new york with furniture like cabinets dark wood cabinets white walls an undermount sink and black countertops rustic vanity shiplap vaulted ceiling webuser 735358993.
When i first heard of subway tiles i thought it was an exclusive term reserved for the social elite designers of new york now i know better subway tiles date way back to 1904 when new york city opened its first white walled underground subways. New york subway tiles midnight grey 10cm x 20cm. They were born from a victorian fascination with cleanliness. Our first example is a traditional classic white subway tile with contrasting dark grout by spivey architects via houzz this beautiful bathroom features a full subway tile wall in the shower as well as a half wall as a backsplash behind the door.
Patchwork patterned tiles.