Have a small room you want to look bigger? Use a trellis pattern with color-matched grout to enlarge its appearance. How about a large room that could use some visual trickery to break up a monotonous expanse of floor? Blend tile colors in a lacework pattern with contrasting grout to add texture and interest. No matter how you want to alter the appearance or scale of a room, there's a tile pattern designed to work for you.

The following provides a variety of tile patterns and borders to liven up the surfaces in any room, anywhere. The key above each pattern tells you the approximate number of pieces per 100 square or linear feet of each tile size required to create each pattern or border.

So think outside the square. Use tile patterns and let your imagination take shape!








Hints for getting started:

• Never assume a room is perfectly square - always square off from the center and begin pattern along one edge.



• To avoid rough edges on tile, always float the floor to a level state before installing tile.



• Always round the next highest footage when calculating square footage of tile needed.



• Random is not a pattern, but a specific look designed by the installer. Most random arrangements need to work on these percentages:*

12" x 12" - 60%


6" x 12" - 40%


6" x 6" - 40%

*When installing tile in a random configuration, the percentages of tile for the three sizes involved do not add up to 100%, in order to allow for different looks throughout the installation. These percentages will also allow for overage needed due to centering the layout.

• Modular patterns, if laid according to this guide, will have a solid grout frame every three feet.



• Each diagram represents nine square feet.

Alternating


67 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (67%)





66 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (33%)


 

Alternating


Horizontal


134 pcs.per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (67%)





132 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (33%)


 

Basketweave


200 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (100%)

Basketweave Horizontal


50 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (50%)





100 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (50%)


 

Basketweave Vertical


200 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (100%)

Brickwork


200 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (100%)

Brickwork


Vertical Narrow


200 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (100%)

Brickwork


Square


100pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (100%)

Brickwork


Vertical


400 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (100%)

Circular


Rectangular


200 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (100%)

Cobblestone


132 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (66%)





132 pcs. per 100 s/f/


6" x 6" (34%)


 

Corner Cut


192 pcs. per 100 linear ft.


6" x 12" (96%)





8 pcs. per 100 linear ft.


6" x 12" (4%)


*2 tiles are scored and cut to make corners.


 

Corridor


67 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (67%)





66 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (33%)

Corridor


Horizontal


200 pcs. per 100 s/f


|6" x 12" (100%)

Corridor


Vertical


100 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (50%)





200 pcs per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (50%)


 

Corridor


Layered


34 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (34%)





67 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (32%)





132 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (34%)


 

Corridor


Modular


34 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (34%)





34 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (16%)





200 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (50%)


 

Corridor Stacked


132 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (66%)





132 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (34%)

Divisible


33 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (34%)





67 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (33%)





134 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (33%)

Footpath


200 pcs. per 100 linear ft.


6" x 6" (100%)

Grid


100 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (100%)

Grid Horizontal


200 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (100%)

Mini Grid


400 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (100%)

Herringbone


200 pcs.per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (100%)

Herringbone


Inserted


112 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (56%)





178 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (44%)

Hopscotch


80 pcs per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (80%)





80 pcs per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (20%)

Interlocked


10 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 18" (15%)





33 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (33%)





67 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (33%)





74 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (19%)


 

Lacework


144 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (70%)





144 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (30%)

Pinwheel


100 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (50%)





200 pcs. per s/f


6" x 6" (50%)

Steppingstone


39 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (39%)





244 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (61%)

T-Cross


100 pcs. per 100 linear ft.


6" x 12" (50%)





200 pcs. per 100 linear ft.


6" x 6" (50%)

Trellis


46 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (46%)





88 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (44%)





40 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (10%)


 

Vectored


27 pcs. per 100 s/f


12" x 12" (27%)





120 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (60%)





56 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 6" (13%)


 

Windmill


150 pcs. per 100 s/f


6" x 12" (75%)





100 pcs. per s/f


6" x 6" (25%)


 

Zigzag


200 pcs. per 100 linear ft.


6" x 6" (100%)