How to choose a tile for a balcony or loggia? Types, design, color, layout examples.

Features of tiling

A few basic tips:

• When choosing tile products, the size of the inner balcony space should be taken into account. 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 in order to avoid additional stress.
• On narrow and long loggias, it is not advisable to use tiles that are too large, here a 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 finishes in 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.

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

Take a look examples of finishing the balcony in Khrushchev.

Pros and cons

Advantages and disadvantages of tiling.

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

For interior cladding, the following varieties are used:

• Porcelain stoneware. It is very strong, durable, able to withstand heavy loads and has an anti-slip effect.
• Tile (ceramic). It contains clay, sand and water. Possesses a huge variety of colors and patterns.
• Quartz vinyl. It is based on quartz-vinyl sand and PVC components. These products can have an additional protective and decorative polyurethane film, which can significantly improve the mechanical properties of the finish.
• Plaster. It is a unique material made of environmentally friendly gypsum and cement that 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 room. Has properties that are in no way inferior to porcelain stoneware. Clinker tiles are not afraid of temperature extremes, high humidity and can differ in the most different shapes.

In the photo, brown granite on the floor in the interior of the balcony.

In the design of the balcony, ceramics are most often preferred, since it has a huge number of advantages, such as exclusive design, aesthetic appearance and versatility, and also becomes an excellent finish for warm floors.

The location of the tiles on the loggia

Tile placement options.

On the floor

Tiling the floor is the best solution for any type of balcony, since this coating has high strength characteristics.

The photo shows the floor on the loggia, tiled with multi-colored square tiles.

On the walls

Thanks to the huge range of colors, 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

The area can be decorated in the same style as the floor, using leftover materials, or using finishes with different colors and textures or mosaics. Most importantly, it is not desirable for the surfaces to be glossy, since they are quite slippery.

Window sill

The tiled window sill is distinguished by its special aesthetics and functionality and harmoniously fits into any interior solutions of the balcony room.

In the photo there is a balcony window sill finished in the form of black clinker tiles.

Slopes

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

Balcony colors

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 the space.

For example, white color gives lightness to the atmosphere and significantly increases the area of ​​the loggia, aristocratic gray shades can simultaneously look modest, sophisticated, elegant and very original, the brown range is especially natural, and green and yellow tones undoubtedly bring extraordinary freshness, naturalness and brightness to the atmosphere. ...

The photo shows a panoramic closed balcony with a floor decorated with gray tiles.

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

The photo shows a partial wall decoration and a parapet with brown brick tiles on the 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 disadvantages.

For example, a diagonal layout allows you to visually expand the balcony, this solution is considered quite laborious and, due to trimming, requires additional tile consumption. A run-up option, fits with an offset like brickwork, it can have a horizontal, vertical and even diagonal arrangement.

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

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

Balcony design

Thanks to a variety of design solutions, a truly unusual and aesthetically pleasing result is obtained. beautiful design of the loggia.

In the photo there is a spacious loggia with floor and walls, faced with wood-effect tiles.

Stone finish looks very impressive and gives the atmosphere a special piquancy, brick cladding is able to endow the interior with a certain carelessness and at the same time picturesqueness.Porcelain stoneware or woodgrain ceramics are distinguished not only by their exquisite appearance and a believable imitation of the natural wood texture, but are also very simple and easy to maintain.

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

A tile covering for a laminate or parquet, most often has a rectangular shape, which makes it possible to create a design that is as similar to these coatings as possible, patchwork-style products, externally similar 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 an expensive look.

The photo shows a small glazed balcony with patchwork floor tiles.

Examples for different shapes 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-resistant and weather-resistant tile finish is suitable, during the installation of which special glue and grout for joints with resistance to temperature extremes was used. The surface of the floor covering must be rough or embossed to avoid slipping and injury.

The photo shows an open-type balcony with brown rectangular tiles on the floor.

Closed

In the cladding of a closed loggia, tiles of any kind can be used, 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 in decoration, with a competent approach to the design of such a semicircular space, it turns out to form a unique design. For example, for floor cladding, you can choose tiles, either in 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 an equally neat and attractive design. With the help of tiles, which is the most common cladding option, you can turn the most ordinary and nondescript loggia into a real decoration of the entire living space.