30 x 60 cm tiles Reason vs. Zeitgeist

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Benutzer200

2021-12-28 11:08:37
  • #1
90s house? That's what I associate with the picture. Old-fashioned. One of the first measures would be to tear out the tiles. Tastes are so different...
 

Bertram100

2021-12-28 11:29:24
  • #2

That is probably true. The tiles are fired/baked and are a design from the 1950s of the last century. I have furnished my house in the mid-century style. But I usually also like other small tiles, the large ones rather not.
 

ypg

2021-12-28 11:50:48
  • #3
Large tiles are, in my opinion, just mainstream, which is reflected in "getting bigger and bigger." That then has nothing to do with finding or evaluating taste anymore. At some point, "large" becomes unattractive, namely when you overdo it and it looks crammed. (two 1.20 ones on 2.50... somehow sounds illogical ;) )

I choose tiles when I want to achieve something, for example through the joints, besides other properties. It seems similar for . If I don't want joints but a durable floor, then I would choose linoleum or a seamless coating. But no tiles.

In that respect, I can only give the advice: think about what you want. And don't choose someone else's taste – because it might not be any taste at all.
 

11ant

2021-12-28 13:03:02
  • #4
No matter the format, there belongs a center in the middle and no joint. I would never split 240 into 120/120, but classically 60/120/60 (or "at worst" so that from one row to the next center and joint alternate, but never with a "joint middle strip"). That probably has to do with the same "new prudery" as the overhead buttoned-up privacy fences and the locked bathroom doors. The "Sagrotan generation" has absorbed too many TV commercials for bathroom cleaners and now can’t get the association "joint = bacteria reservoir" out of their mental movie theaters. But the jointless maniacs can be helped: with jointless coverings like, for example, terrazzo – against fear of accusations of old-fashionedness also in neon metallic ;-) Why – are you under pressure to be trendy? Perhaps a voluntary speed limit of 250 km/h will establish itself in further areas someday :) . Besides, the visual prominence of the joint rhythm can be influenced not only by turning the frequency knob but also by the contrast between material color versus joint color. And: you don’t have to "pull through" a tile format over the entire surface. For example, I could imagine alternating a row 120 wide with a row 60 wide (in a pattern with staggered joints) (or even mixing rows 120, 60, 30, ... irregularly, throwing in some "black keys" with dark 120/30 tiles, etc.). The combination "large format + grid pattern + strong material-joint color contrast" requires, in my opinion, mandatorily coordinating the entire floor plan to the joint grid as a planning grid. Then you have to have the walls placed by watchmakers instead of bricklayers, including a surveyor present continuously throughout the entire construction. Otherwise, you just don’t treat yourself. With every jot of deviation, this combination becomes aesthetic torture. Additional question (presumably) "off-topic": are there actually Yps fans here who tile light blue in a grid pattern and then grout yellow?
 

Benutzer200

2021-12-28 13:21:22
  • #5
Nah, I already found that old and unfashionable back in the early 2000s. That hasn’t changed until today. Old-fashioned and not pleasant to look at doesn’t change. It’s probably the spirit of the times that these tiles have been out of fashion for decades but still have occasional followers. I myself am even more old-fashioned and prefer parquet/floorboards ;), as have been used since the Middle Ages.
 

Nordlys

2021-12-28 13:42:43
  • #6
Why do you say old-fashioned? That is so derogatory towards the photo publisher. A simple "I don't like that" is enough. Even better, I would prefer quietly looking away.
 

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