The urge to take interior design cues from luxury hotels is obvious. Hotels focus on combining two factors to welcome their guests: impressing them and inviting them in. Every hotel wants guests to feel like they’re walking into a place that’s aesthetically pleasing, grand, clean, and well maintained. It’s easy for that kind of aesthetic to feel cold and antiseptic, though – so they have to match all of that with design that feels warm, reassuring, inviting, and safe. The foundation for this feeling lies in the luxury hotel flooring and surfaces.
Using Luxury Hotel Flooring and Surfaces at Home
1. Marble
Marble is always an impressive luxury flooring choice. You don’t want to start feeling too much like ancient Rome by using too flat a white marble, though. The marble tile you use should feature a lot of remarkable visual texture, while maintaining the marble’s strength and smoothness. For this, go with white carrara marble tile.
Out of all the marbles, it’s one of the most adaptable types. From flat and brushed looks to extremely polished, the darker veins running through it make every presentation look good. Carrara marble works well in traditional rectangular tiles as well as in thinner, more modern rectangles, squares, and mosaic shapes. Not only this, but white carrara marble tile is a superb choice for both flooring and walls alike.
2. Porcelain
Porcelain is another good look using a strong material that is durable, looks aesthetically impressive, and that’s easy to maintain. Porcelain slab looks ultra-modern. When using porcelain in the home, don’t be afraid to choose warmer colors than a hotel might. Your home is a more intimate space.
The design of large format porcelain tile has become much stronger in recent years, so be aware that this makes them a good choice for walls, too. They can emulate the appearance of many different kinds of natural stone, while maintaining a higher durability than many.
3. Mirrored tiles
Luxury hotel flooring goes the extra mile when it is paired with mirrored tiles on the walls. These mirrored surfaces can give a wall a bejeweled appearance. They’re used exceptionally well in accent borders or as full wall features. Their strength is how they play with the light, so don’t forget to design these in conjunction with your lighting. The combination of the two can create warm, glittering areas that feel both luxurious and deeply reassuring.
Using these three materials – marble, porcelain, and mirrored tiles – can draw the best strengths of luxury hotel design into your home. Take time on your design decisions and remember that the ideal design will be more than stunning. It will also be inviting. Work with the designers at East Coast Flooring & Interiors to find that balance, and you’ve accomplished something special!