When buying floor tiles, we should first consider our overall style, that is, the popular home improvement styles, such as new Chinese style, Mediterranean sunshine style, European country style, oriental pastoral style and so on. Family decoration involves eight series of materials and ornaments such as ceramic tiles, sanitary wares, lamps, curtains, kitchen cabinets, doors and windows, and paints. The unity and coordination of styles is extremely important, and it is the main concern to measure the grade and quality of decoration. After the style is determined, you can determine the overall tone of the tiles, and also consider some personalized needs. Attention should be paid to the structure and safety of family members such as the elderly and children.

Floor tiles are now mainly divided into vitrified tiles and glazed tiles. Now commonly known as antique bricks mostly refer to glazed tiles! Don't listen to the merchant's porcelain or water absorption. As long as it meets the national standards, it makes no difference at home.

B, how to determine the specifications of the floor tile

When considering the specifications of floor tiles, we should pay attention to the following three aspects:

First, the size of the living room, do not blindly pursue a large area of floor tiles. Generally speaking, I personally suggest using 450*450 specifications for less than 30 square meters, and 600*600 specifications for more than 30 square meters. When choosing, you have to consider the actual area that you can see after the house is decorated and put on furniture. If the visible area of people is small and the specifications of bricks are too large, it will be disharmonious.

Second, we should pay attention to building modules, try not to cut bricks or cut bricks less, and most of the noise pollution in the process of community construction does not pay attention to this problem.

The third is the price. I advocate making more investment plans when buying tiles. I think walls and floors are the skin of the home, and her quality and taste directly determine the level of home taste. The skin of the master has become artistic, and the taste of the family has also improved accordingly. Ceramic tiles are durable goods, and can not be easily replaced if you want to change them. This money should not be saved. The smaller the specifications of the same series of tiles, the higher the price, but the installation loss will also decrease accordingly. You can let the merchant lay a tile and map first to reduce the installation loss.

C, how to choose the matching products of floor tiles

The supporting products of floor tiles mainly include wavy lines, floor tiles and skirting lines.

1. wavy line: a line that is mainly used to make the living room floor more varied and looks particularly artistic. They are mainly made of some tiles with different main colors from those of tiles. Generally, dark tiles are mainly processed. Now there are antique wavy lines to choose from.

Mainly used around the ground or in corridors and other places.

2, ground flower line, corner flower: floor decorative painting made of tiles, high-end brands are equipped with many patterns to choose from, generally pay attention to when choosing, the background color of flower line and corner flower should be basically the same as other tiles on the ground!

Mainly used in the living room, dining room porch or under the coffee table and dining table.

3, kick the corner line: mainly to protect the dado.

I personally suggest that you can choose one of the following two ways to use it:

First, there is a big contrast with the color of floor tiles, but we should pay attention to choosing products of the same color as far as possible! To maintain the unity of the overall style;

The second is close to the color of the floor tile. In this case, I personally suggest that there are contrasting wavy lines around the ground.

You can buy the finished product directly or entrust the seller to process it. In general, if you use glazed floor tiles, you should choose glazed corner lines. If you use glazed tiles, you should choose glazed corner lines.

D, floor tile laying mode

At present, there are three most commonly used methods: straight paving, oblique paving and mixed paving.

Straight paving: Bricks and walls are paved in parallel, which is the most commonly used paving method.

Inclined paving: Bricks are laid at a 45-degree angle with the wall, which is relatively expensive.

Mixed paving: different specifications of tiles and different series of tile products are mixed paving. It is a way to convey postmodern style in floor tile decoration design, which breaks the convention and meets the differentiated and diversified needs of customers. It is a three-fee operation mode (time-consuming, laborious and brick-consuming), but it shows a unique personality effect.

E. Protection of Vitrified Brick Paving in Living Room

Vitrified bricks are all fired by ceramic bodies at a high temperature, so there are some tiny pores on the surface of the bricks, and stains can easily penetrate into the bricks. At present, some manufacturers solve this problem mainly by coating a layer of wax on the surface of vitrified brick to protect the brick surface and prevent it from being polluted by substances of different colors during construction and use.

Because the quality of different brands of tiles is very different, their antifouling performance will be different. Therefore, attention should be paid to protection during construction. There are mainly the following aspects:

1) First check whether the surface of vitrified brick is waxed. If not, it must be waxed before construction.

2) During construction, the constructors are required to wrap the rubber hammer with white cloth before using it (wooden hammer is the best). Bricks with poor antifouling performance will leave black marks when the rubber hammer hits the brick surface.

3) For the newly paved floor tile, you can't walk on it, and the bonding mortar is not final set, which will easily lead to uneven brick surface and weak bonding.

4) For newly paved floor tiles, the paved floor tiles must be covered with tile packaging boxes (preferably non-decoloring plastic sheets) to prevent sand from damaging the surface of the floor tiles and prevent paint, coating, glue and tea for decoration from dripping on the surface of the floor tiles and polluting the surface of the floor tiles.

5) After the whole renovation is completed, it will be easier to maintain after thorough cleaning.

F, the living room floor tile joint problem

No matter wall tiles, glazed tiles and vitrified tiles, joints must be left when paving. Let's talk a little more about this. The main reason for leaving cracks is to reduce the damage of the ground when it expands with heat and contracts with cold (settlement joints and expansion joints will be specially considered in urban construction, water conservancy, transportation and other projects). But now some ceramic tile manufacturers throw out the concept of "seamless brick" because of technical problems and interests, which violates physical common sense, and also because ceramic tile polishing consumes more energy and increases noise and dust pollution; The edge of the tile becomes more brittle because of the new stress, which is actually harmful to consumers. There are many so-called well-known brands among these manufacturers, which makes people sigh.

Generally, there are two kinds of seams left in living room floor tiles: wide seams and narrow seams.

Narrow seam: commonly used when pasting vitrified bricks. It is enough to leave a seam 1~3mm, and at the same time, it should be treated with a jointing agent close to brick color.

Wide seam: commonly used when paving antique bricks and natural bricks. Generally, the joint is 3 ~ 8 mm, so you can choose the jointing agent close to the color of the brick body or choose the jointing agent with strong contrast to treat the brick joint.

The jointing depth is generally required to be 2 ~ 3 mm into the outer surface of the floor tile. Pay attention to the smooth joints, consistent depth and straight periphery.

The aesthetic feeling of ceramic tile is reflected by the relationship between point, line, surface and light and shadow, so the joint of ceramic tile should be paid attention to.

G, about style classification

Let's talk about determining the home style first. In fact, this is the first thing to think about before the whole home decoration.

There is no fixed pattern for style classification.

To tell the truth, there are many classifications of home styles in interior design circles, such as by region, by year, by season, by age, by nationality and so on. There is no unified and authoritative classification standard. Some formulas are created by designers themselves, and the concept definition may not be clear.

I think that the natural pastoral style will be the general trend of home improvement in the future, which is inevitable after people fully realize the function of home and the dependence between man and nature with the development of society. Venetian merchant tiles are divided into European country style, Mediterranean sunshine style and oriental pastoral style, and most of the colors come from nature. After the style is established, decorative materials such as tiles can be selected accordingly.

H, the relationship between tile color and people

In my opinion, style is shaped by color, decoration, modeling and utensils.

Color can produce various effects, and the research on color abroad is also more in-depth and systematic. From Newton's "mixed color rule" to Goethe's "modern color psychology", the relationship between color, emotion and health deserves great attention.

1. Color will affect people's sense of temperature. Colors with longer wavelengths such as red and yellow give people a warm feeling, while colors with shorter wavelengths such as blue and purple give people a cold impression.

Generally speaking, red and yellow with longer wavelength tend to spread outward, while blue and purple with shorter wavelength tend to spread inward.

3. Different personalities have different hobbies for colors. Generally, men prefer warm colors, while women prefer cool colors.

There is a direct relationship between age and skin color. Judging from the development of people's color-changing ability and psychological characteristics, the younger they are, the more they like to approach the color of red tone; The older you get, the more you like to accept purple tones. Therefore, children's bedrooms are mostly decorated with solid colors such as red, yellow, blue, white and green, which has a distinct feeling, a strong feeling and a strong decorative significance. Old people's rooms should be decorated with harmonious and quiet warm colors, such as yellow and green, which have a gentle feeling and can make people feel comfortable. Young people like colors with high brightness and strong contrast, which can be in sharp contrast with walls and furniture. The four walls can also be made into two colors to increase the lively atmosphere of young people.

5, people's temperament, personality and color are also related.

For example, impatient people like warm colors, strong contrast and bright colors; Melancholy, timid and silent people like cool colors and soft and elegant colors; Lively, enthusiastic and energetic people like jumping warm colors, contrasting colors and bright colors; Rational, deep and introverted people like harmonious and steady colors.

6. There is also a relationship between occupation, literacy and color.

Cultural literacy is high, and most mental workers like harmonious, elegant, soft and cold colors; Drivers, steel workers, etc. I am exposed to chaotic and warm colors all day at work, so I should get enough visual rest and emotional relaxation in an elegant and cool room after I go home to eliminate fatigue. Doctors are exposed to too many monochromatic colors in their work, so their bedroom layout should use warm colors and contrast colors.

7. the relationship between color and personality analyzed by psychologist M.Lusher can be used as a reference.

(1) Red: the color that represents people's desire to conquer and masculinity. Most people who like red are ambitious and will actively strive for what they want, so they are action-oriented people. I am also enthusiastic about my work, but when I am too excited, I will be aggressive to the people around me.

(2) Blue: the symbol of the sea, representing the color of calmness and femininity. People who like blue are calm and upright, attach great importance to the trust relationship between people, take care of people around them, and be polite to others.

(3) Yellow: a lively, bright and warm color. People who like yellow are outgoing and have lofty ideals. They want to show their personality, but sometimes they don't want to do anything.

(4) Green: the color representing self-confidence, stability and superiority. People who like green are more stable and have strong endurance. Pay great attention to harmony with the surrounding environment, but when you need to express your thoughts, you can also express them calmly.

(5) Brown: the color representing the sense of security of family, affection and warm environment. People who like brown are gentle and generous, and are harmonious types. They are very good at dealing with interpersonal relationships. Generally speaking, such people can talk to them when they are in trouble.

(6) Purple: This color represents perceptual, mysterious and erotic things. People who like purple are romantic, sensitive, delicate and individual. In some ways, it will show narcissistic characteristics.

(7) Gray: It is a color that represents calmness, elegance and loneliness. People who like gray are mostly self-centered and not interested in others. Sometimes it seems indecisive and dependent on others.

(8) Black: It is the color that represents giving up, yielding, refusing and giving up. People who like black are more independent and have a strong desire to change the status quo. They are very diligent people, but sometimes they are not constant.

I decide the color of the living room tiles.

The decoration style is determined, and the relationship between color and people is clarified, then the color of the guest restaurant and kitchen and bathroom tiles is determined. Just to remind you, single and double color tiles are carefully selected, which is easy to be monotonous and blunt, with many artificial traces and unsightly. High-grade tiles with more than three colors are naturally transitional and gradually integrated, and the visual comfort is natural. If the overall tone meets the personality and health requirements of the family, but also shows the temperament and aesthetics of the owner, it is the best choice.

Personally, I prefer the mixed colors of blue, green and purple.