How to choose a tile on a balcony or a loggia? Views, design, color, layout examples.

Features of tiling

A few basic tips:

• When choosing tiled products, the size of the internal balcony space should be considered. For example, if the loggia has small dimensions and glazing, in the form of massive double-glazed windows, the finishing material should have a minimum weight and not large shapes to avoid additional load.
• On narrow and long loggias, it is not advisable to use a tile of too large a size; here, small or medium cladding will look much more appropriate.
• For dark balconies located on the north side with limited natural light, it is better to use lighter shades.
• When arranging a loggia, which is a continuation of an adjacent room, it is recommended to choose a cladding in a single style or in harmony with the overall design of the room.

Given all the design and architectural nuances of the balcony space, it turns out to achieve a competent approach to decoration and translate all decorating ideas into reality.

Take a look examples of balcony decoration in Khrushchev.

Pros and cons

Advantages and disadvantages of tile finish.

What type of tile to choose for finishing the balcony inside?

For the inner lining, the following varieties are used:

• Porcelain tile. It is very strong, durable, able to withstand heavy loads and has a non-slip effect.
• Tile (ceramic). It contains clay, sand and water. It has a huge variety of colors and patterns.
• Quartz vinyl. It is based on quartz vinyl sand and PVC components. These products may have an additional protective and decorative polyurethane film, which can significantly improve the mechanical properties of the finish.
• Gypsum It is a unique material that is made from environmentally friendly gypsum and cement, which does not contain harmful additives.
• Wooden. It is a very high-quality and reliable cladding, with the help of which it turns out to create a truly beautiful design.
• Clinker. It has properties that are not inferior to porcelain stoneware. Clinker tiles are not afraid of temperature changes, high humidity and can vary in a variety of forms.

In the photo, brown-colored porcelain tiles on the floor in the interior of the balcony.

Ceramics are most often preferred in the design of a balcony, as it has a huge number of advantages, such as an exclusive design, an aesthetic appearance and versatility, and also becomes an excellent finishing coating for warm floors.

The location of the tiles on the loggia

Options for placing tiled finishes.

On the floor

Tile flooring is the best solution for any type of balcony, as this coating has high strength characteristics.

In the photo, the floor on the loggia, lined with colorful square tiles.

To the walls

Thanks to the huge color gamut, it turns out to apply various design experiments and form a beautiful and at the same time universal and functional design of the loggia.

Porozhek

This site can be decorated in the same style as the floor, using residual materials or using finishes with different colors and textures or mosaics. The main thing is that it is not desirable that the surfaces are glossy, since they are quite slippery.

Windowsill

The window sill trimmed with tiles is distinguished by special aesthetics and functionality and harmoniously fits into any interior solutions of a balcony room.

In the photo there is a balcony windowsill with black clinker tiles.

Slopes

The decoration of the slopes is not only a decorative function, but also practical. Often there are door or window slopes decorated with mosaic, fine metlakh tiles, ceramics, products with imitation artificial stone and other design.

The color scheme of the balcony

Due to a well-chosen shade, which should be used taking into account a comfortable stay in the room, it is possible not only to create a beautiful design, but also to radically change the geometry of space.

For example, white color makes the atmosphere light and significantly increases the area of ​​the loggia, aristocratic gray shades can look modest, elegant, elegant and very original at the same time, brown gamma is very natural, and green and yellow tones undoubtedly bring unusual freshness, naturalness and brightness to the atmosphere .

Pictured is a panoramic, private balcony with gray tiled floors.

For small balconies, light colors become a traditional solution, allowing you to visually expand the space and their pastel shades.

Partial in the photo wall decoration and a parapet with a brown tile under a brick on a loggia.

Tile Layout Options

There is also a fairly large selection of types of styling, with the help of which it turns out to create an even more non-standard interior on the loggia and solve some spatial flaws.

For example, diagonal layout allows you to visually expand the balcony, this solution is considered quite time-consuming and due to cropping, requires additional consumption of tiles. The runaway option is stacked with a displacement according to the type of brickwork, it can have a horizontal, vertical and even diagonal arrangement.

In the photo there is a rectangular wall and floor tile with a layout in the layout in the interior of the balcony.

To place the tiles in a checkerboard pattern, mainly two-color products are chosen, this option is the most classic. The layout of a kaleidoscope is a coating of different shades and textures that create a single composition on the surface in the form of a picture or panel.

Balcony design

Thanks to a variety of design solutions, it turns out truly unusual and aesthetically pleasing. beautiful design of the loggia.

In the photo there is a spacious loggia with floor and walls, wood tiled.

The stone finish looks very impressive and gives the atmosphere a special piquancy, the brick lining is able to endow the interior with a certain negligence and at the same time picturesque. Porcelain stoneware or wood-like ceramics are not only distinguished by their exquisite appearance and plausible imitation of natural wood texture, but they are also very simple and easy to clean.

In the photo, floor tiles in white marble in the interior of a modern balcony.

The tile coating for a laminate or parquet, most often has a rectangular shape, which makes it possible to create the design that is most similar to these coatings, products in the patchwork style are similar in appearance to a motley patchwork multi-colored blanket, with the help of this design it turns out to fill the space with a riot of colors and give it a positive energy. With the use of mosaics, you can add a stylish twist to the interior of the loggia and give it a costly look.

In the photo there is a small glazed balcony with patchwork style tiles.

Examples for different forms and types of balconies

When facing a certain balcony space, all its features should be taken into account.

Open

For an open-type balcony, a frost-resistant, moisture-proof and weather-resistant tile finish is suitable, during the installation of which special glue and grout for joints with resistance to temperature extremes were used. The surface of the flooring must be rough or embossed to avoid slipping and injury.

In the photo there is an open-type balcony with brown rectangular tiles on the floor.

Closed

Tiles of any kind can be used in the cladding of a closed loggia, which provides unlimited design possibilities, especially if the room is insulated.

Semicircle

A large loggia or a small French balcony in a semicircle has a beautiful appearance not only from the outside, but also from the inside. Despite the fact that such a non-standard shape and a curved parapet may differ in some difficulties during decoration, with a competent approach to the design of such a semicircular space, it turns out to form a unique design. For example, for flooring, you can choose a tile, either a standard square or rectangular shape, or use diamond-shaped, hexagonal, trapezoidal or round products.

Photo gallery

The balcony is an integral part of the apartment and therefore requires no less accurate and attractive design. With the help of tiles, which is the most common option for cladding, you can turn the most ordinary and nondescript loggia into a real decoration of the entire living space.