Stack Bond Tile Floor

It s simple and straightforward even if it isn t fancy.
Stack bond tile floor. Straight or stack bond the most common and simplest tiling pattern. Which if you speak fluent home design is just a fancy way of saying tiles that are laid straight on top of one another in columns as opposed to offset in a traditional brick or herringbone pattern. It s 23 tiles you normally have to pay that kind of money for just one original tile so i m super happy and i was wondering how to use it in a way that seemed slightly updated but still retro. The running bond and the stack bond.
A great tip when buying your tiles is to make sure that they all have the same batch number. Straight lay pattern or stack bond straight lay grid pattern. Scott has been completely 100 percent against it for years and so throughout every bathroom and kitchen we ve ever tackled we continue to use the more. Also known as a running bond this common brickwork pattern has each tile start at the center of the tile below it.
The straight lay pattern will be one of the simplest patterns someone can choose. That got me thinking about the tile work that was going on in actual subways in the 1960s and 70s and how great that kind of stacked bond arrangement looks with rectangular tiles it s the same proportion as the tiles used in the classic running bond configuration but it reads much more modern. I decided to go for it and chose a white textured wavy surface elongated subway tile. The running bond is the most common type of brick pattern one seen in walls and buildings all over the globe.
Bricks can be stacked in a variety of ways but typically there are only two common options when it comes to installing bricks. I stacked it up to the ceiling behind my cooktop hood and above some windows. The hexagon pattern is another pattern that. This makes it a very common option especially if you will be completing a do it yourself project or are new to the tiling world.
The center of each tile is lined up with the edge of the tile above it. I ll use it in a stack bond i keep wanting to say stock bond lol pattern as edging that ll definitely update it a bit. What s old is new again and lately i ve been living for an old school tile installation style that now feels surprisingly modern. Home of thao nguyen and anthony angelicola photo by heidi s bridge.
I had seen some stacked tile in hotels and magazines and loved the look it s the one thing that kept jumping out at me whenever searching for backsplash inspiration. I ve wanted to implement a stack bond tile pattern tile that is literally stacked on top of one another as opposed to a staggered or running bond pattern for a long time. A framed accent transforms this backsplash into a statement piece. You ll see it really often used for subway tile like here in nicole ben s eclectic family pad in western australia but you can lay square tiles or more unusual shapes in a running bond as well.
Different batches may have slight colour variations that will show up in the finished product.