Many of our customers select our various Subway tiles for design projects in their homes. Some of the most popular uses of subway tile continues to be for kitchen backsplashes and bathroom showers and in both cases subway tile is a timeless choice that will never go out of style. However, there might be one other area of the home where subway tile would make a nice design addition and that is for wainscoting for a bathroom or powder room.

Using subway tile as the wall covering for the lower half of a wall in a bathroom or powder room with a nice paint color on the upper half of the wall is a relatively cost effective way to add a unique design element to any home. The use of subway tile as wainscoting was a common design element in Arts & Crafts homes in the past. Subway tile was a good fit with this architectural style and with the large number of homeowners acquiring and remodeling these homes in the last ten to twenty years, they have in large part driven a revival in the use and acceptance of subway tile.

Installing subway tile in the standard running brick pattern is clearly the pattern of choice for those using subway tiles as wainscoting. However, interior designers have been telling us lately that some of their customers are “stacking” the rectangular tiles one on top of another to create a new twist on the more traditional look of following the brick pattern when using subway tiles. Whichever pattern you choose, consider using subway tile as wainscoting around the wall areas of your bathroom as a classic upgrade that certainly will stand the test of time.

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