Natural stone: Top autumn 2018 trends

Natural stone is everlasting and never goes out of fashion, regardless of season, year or trend. In spite of the fact that we still cannot predict the trends for 2019, we can guarantee that this autumn, natural stone is a perfect match for your projects.

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If you’re planning a bathroom decoration, you should prepare for a lot of work. Bathroom is no longer reserved exclusively for personal hygiene, but an area for relaxation – the energy center of your home. To achieve the comfort of "home", according to your own aesthetic criteria, you need materials with a strong personality, but at the same time durable and recommended for wet spaces. Granite is among the optimum solutions for a bathroom decoration project – durable, affordable and aesthetic.

1. Granite bathroom contrasts

The autumn of 2018 highlights as innovation the black-and-white decoration with granite for flooring and walls. Usually a black granite is preferred for flooring and walls are cladded with a light colored granite, closer to white shade. The combination of black granite and white ceramic tile falls into the category of "kitsch art". It is recommended to choose smaller tile sizes and shape square. Granite cladding is sometimes avoided because of tile weight. To avoid this we can replace them with marble tiles (marble), with light, glassy color. Usually, polished finishes are used.

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2. Contrasts in granite bathrooms

Bathroom claddings are usually made with tiles from the same material. Combination of different materials is a general trend in 2018, yet accents are a novelty of this autumn. The concept applies particularly for interior claddings (especially living room), while planning for bathroom to bring a contrast of color and texture either with accessories or by claddings used as markings. If metallic accessories (stainless steel) or coloured polyamide are more popular, the stone accent tiles are new. A countertop cladded with black granite tiles serving as support for a white porcelain bathroom sink is a very interesting decoration project. Replacing some tiles from the current cladding with granite tiles (Tan Brown), (Imperial Red), (Fantastic Gold), are challenges with fine touches for a bathroom design project. Marking some areas with granite tiles and different finishes from the neighboring claddings (Fantastico Juparana), (Rosa Porrino) helps to customize your bathroom, allowing to identify a typical style of the owner.

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