The outdoor area of your home makes for an excellent space to entertain friends. Whether it’s your backyard or front patio, the outdoor area makes for a crucial part of your home.
If your outdoor area is overdue for a renovation or touch up, the most affordable and impactful way is investing in new flooring.
Flooring is the centerpiece of a space. Changing the flooring alone can greatly alter the mood and style of the entire outdoor area.
Here, we’ve included the top 5 flooring ideas to improve your home’s outdoor area. Browse through, find your favourites and enquire with our team to make your style dreams come true.
Mosaic tiles
Just in: colour is making a comeback!
Styling used to be all about black, white and grey – keeping it as minimal as possible. Don’t get us wrong, minimalism will forever have a place in styling. However, we can’t help but feel excited by this resurgence of fun and eye grabbing colours!
Mosaic tiles are smaller pieces of tile (made from glass, stone, marble, porcelain, travertine, metal and pebble) that are combined together to create impressive flooring designs. With a wide variety of colours, patterns and shapes to choose from, mosaic tiles are one of our favourite ways to add colour to an outdoor area.
Just as there are many varieties of mosaics there are many applications in which mosaics can be used for example such as flooring, splash backs, benchtops and even in pools. To ensure you use the right mosaic in the right location, always check with a professional to esquire its the best fit.
Timber Look Tiles
Timber, in any room, offers a stunning warm aesthetic. Paired with healthy plants and your rich green garden space – choosing timber tiles for a patio would be the pièce de résistance to your outdoor area.
Offering the same beautiful aesthetic as timber floorboards, timber-look tiles offer a more affordable and durable option to outdoor flooring.
Whilst it’s always nice to boast that you have real timber flooring in your outdoor space, they do come with a few drawbacks. Timber flooring can be more prone to scratches, dents and water damage and require regular maintenance to maintain colour and quality. To avoid these timely and costly occurrences, many choose timber-look tiles instead.
Timber-look tiles offer the best of both worlds – aesthetic (check) and durability (check). Timber-look floorboards for outdoor spaces are tough and are easy to clean and maintain – this means less maintenance costs in the short and long term.
Choosing timber-look tiles also is a great insulator and is comfortable on bare feet – making it a fantastic choice for outdoor styling no matter the weather or activities.
Stone-look tiles
Replicate the beautiful natural textures of stone with stone-look tiles.
Stone-look tiles are growing in popularity with more natural looks being highly sought after. Although we all wished we had the budget to purchase real stone tiles, stone-look tiles produce the same aesthetic with greater longevity!
Stone look porcelain is a more durable option that will involve greater costs initially but will pay off in the long run. Ceramic tiles are more affordable however, they aren’t as strong. If your outdoor space lacks sufficient cover, you might want to consider choosing porcelain tiles due to their weather resistance.
Thanks to modern manufacturing stone-look tiles offer a stunning and uncanny replica of stone tiles. Tile manufacturers have really impressed us with their expertise, recreating those small details you find in natural stone. With delicate stone veins and natural blemishes, stone-look tiles completely revamp outdoor spaces.
We have a huge range of high quality Italian made stone look tiles with a variety of finishing options.
Concrete-look tiles
Add an edgy modernity to your outdoor area with concrete look tiles.
Growing in popularity amongst interior designers and renovators, concrete-look tiles appear identical to polished concrete, offering a stunning canvas to your outdoor area styling.
On top of their appealing design, concrete-look tiles are low maintenance, long lasting and can withstand just about anything! Unlike a real concrete surface that can be damaged by harsh chemicals or acids, concrete-look tiles don’t require any special treatment.
Many of the tile manufacturers are producing larger sized tiles in their populare ranges like 1200x600mm or 1200x1200mm making the choice between concrete and concrete look tile even easier.
Slip resistant tiles
Slip resistant tiles create a safer outdoor environment for the whole family.
If your outdoor space is located beside a pool, garden or area that will experience contact with water, it’s a smart idea to install slip resistant tiles. Luckily, here at Ceramic Tile Supplies, we offer a wide selection of anti-slip tiles that vary from sizes; 100x100mm, 200x200mm, 200x1200mm, 300x300mm, 300x600mm, 600x600mm and other special order sizes.
With each slip resistant tile, there’s an accompanying slip rating that has been determined through industry recognised tests. When you purchase your slip resistant tile, you might want to consider the rating for your space, as there is such a thing as too little or too much. However, slip resistant tile ratings are only mandatory for commercial spaces.
Where to start
Now that you’ve discovered our 5 flooring ideas to improve your home’s outdoor area – it’s time to choose!
If you’re still unsure on where to start, feel free to contact our team for more information. We can provide both technical and stylistic help to make sure that your outdoor area is both safe yet, also aesthetic.
