When it comes time to select the finishes for your floors, walls, and accents, tile is one of our favorite choices at Schumacher Homes and our partners at Daltile provide an outstanding selection. Providing a vast selection of both tile and stone products, Daltile can accomplish a wide range of looks and feels, helping you bring the design and vision for each moment of your home to life right before your eyes.
Tile, and Daltile in particular, is an extremely versatile material that can be adapted to an incredible amount of spaces within your custom home. Be it bathroom floors and shower walls, kitchen backsplashes, entryway halls and accents, or your backyard patio, the way that you can weave elements throughout your home with a selection of attractive tiles while maintaining a sense of seamless design is simply astonishing. And, on top of the gratifying look and feel, Daltile products are made to last. Their materials can withstand decades of heavy traffic, be it from rambunctious children, excitable puppies, or just years of memories made with friends.
Tile is one of the simplest forms of ceramic art and has been around since the days of ancient Egypt. It’s a design element that has changed dramatically from year to year as technology has made way for more intricate patterns, colors, and textures. This constant innovation, as well as the ability to harken to an enormous history, is one of the reasons that interior designers absolutely adore tile. Daltile’s range of options has the ability to change with the times, providing a modern, chic look while maintaining a connection to the past, being on trend without risk of being a passing fad. This year, there are three outstanding trends in the world of tile and Daltile has them covered en masse.
It’s a big word, but it’s a design trend that you’ve likely noticed and probably fallen in love with when you’ve seen it. Biophilic design is the concept of architectural design work that mimics the natural environment. As our world continues to become centered more and more around technology - computer screens, plastics, and metals - there is a move to imitate nature where we can, helping ground us and find a bit of connection to Earth.
Daltile offers a plethora of tiles that answer the call when it comes to stunning wood and stone looks. Be it a glossy finished marble flooring that can combine a sense of luxury with a natural stone ideology or a glazed porcelain Gaineswood flooring that imparts a rustic wooden element to your home with outstanding durability, there are plenty of options to work through with your Schumacher Homes team if you want to place a bit of nature into your custom home design.
Blue is Pantone’s color of the year for 2020 - that classic, soothing color that reflects between the sky and the ocean. Using blue as an accent shade around your home can provide a warm and cozy, even calming effect on the design of your house. With a darker shade, it can be bold and exciting, and with a lighter one, it can be soft and satisfying.
Providing continuity and connection throughout your home can be easy when adding splashes of color here and there. Blue is just as classic as tile itself, so it’s no wonder that when trying to reach back to nature, it’s right on trend.
If you’re looking to add bold style and character to your master bathroom, kitchen, or accents throughout your home, look no further than the past. Time honored, exotic designs from Morocco and the far east are right on trend in 2020 and can convey your flair and personality when used in key moments of your custom home design motif. Whimsical shapes, such as tangrams, origami, and other geometric inspirations along with eclectic and vibrant colors really bring a room to life.
“I never really thought about using tile for dramatic effect in my house, I always just assumed tile was supposed to be simple, maybe white or stone colored, but when I was shown some examples in Daltile’s catalog my heart skipped a beat. I ended up using tile in a number of rooms in my new home to brighten things up and give the house some real energy. Honestly, I couldn’t recommend it more.” - Debby K.
Perhaps the best part of all three of these 2020 trends is that they are based in nature and history, meaning they won’t go out of style anytime soon.
Just as there are trends in colors and shapes, there are trends that you should consider when thinking about how you will design, plan, and ultimately tile your home.
Don’t just follow a trend because it’s a trend. Being true to yourself is the key to designing a custom home that will leave you and your family happy for years to come. If you don’t like blue, don’t use blue. If you don’t like Eastern designs, don’t use them. This trend is plain and simple: be yourself.
Don’t be afraid to have a bit of fun. This is your home, it’s meant to be comfortable, but also exciting and playful. Show a little bit of your quirky side. Mix and match styles. Add pops of color where it’s least expected. Find unexpected ways to use the dramatic tiles offered from Daltile. The old rules that said everything had to match or be in the same design family have been thrown out the door. Modern home design is about lively interaction between colors, textures, shapes, and aesthetics.
Sure, you might not be a professional designer, but this is your home! If you have an idea that you love - go for it! We find time and time again that our customers who go with their own customizations rather than relying on other people to tell them what they should and shouldn’t do end up the happiest with the end result. It isn’t up to your uncle or your coworker or even your New Home Consultant to tell you what the right answer is when it comes to personal taste. The choice is yours alone, and if you want floor-to-ceiling tile in your laundry room - get busy living!
All said and done, while there are trends in tile and how it is used, tile itself is timeless. It’s stylish, it’s durable, and it’s versatile. Running through the Daltile catalog will leave you with hundreds of ideas for how to adorn your floors and walls and the Schumacher Team is here to help you make the most of your dreams.
Schumacher Homes, based in Canton, Ohio, is America’s largest custom homebuilder, with operations in 32 markets in 14 states across the country. The National Housing Quality award winning company has built over 19,000 homes, customized to fit each family’s lifestyle, since its founding by Paul Schumacher in 1992. Schumacher Homes takes each customer’s inspiration and gives it a home. Each Schumacher Homes location includes a one-stop shopping design studio and model homes displaying the latest in architectural and product trends. Stop in today, be inspired and receive your no obligation price quote.