When selecting tile flooring, we often see customers spend a lot of time finding the perfect style and color, which is exactly what you should do. Finding the right tile for your home is essential to creating the perfect room you’ve pictured in your head.
However, once customers select their tile, they often quickly grab some grout and are on their way. While grout’s main purpose is to fill the gaps and hold your tile in place, it also plays a large role in the appearance of your flooring.
Your grout will have color and will make your tile flooring look one way or the other. Here’s a list of what to think about when deciding on the grout for your tile.
Blend In
As mentioned before, your grout isn’t only going to fill the gaps and protect your tile joints, it’s going to partner up with your tile for design. If you don’t want your grout to steal the spotlight from your tile, then consider taking a color or tone that will blend nicely with your tile. You will want something that will mimic the look or shade of your tile. If you’ve got dark grey tile, selecting a lighter tone for your grout isn’t the way to go if you’re looking for subtle appearance for your grout.
Stand Out
Quite the opposite, if you want your floor to pop and catch some eyes as your guests walk in, then using your grout as a contrast to your tile is the way to go. A light grout with a dark tile or the opposite — a dark grout with a light tile — will certainly do the trick. Keep in mind, having a contrast with your grout will emphasize the size of your tile, so if you’ve got large tile in a small room, it may make that room feel smaller.
Two-Tone
So what happens when you have two different colored tiles that are contrasting in the room? You don’t want to select a grout that will blend with one tile and contrast with the other, so what do you do? Many times, it’s good to go with a grout color that is contrasted to both tiles, but perhaps matches well with another color within that particular room. Maybe you could mimic the colors of your counter tops or your base boards.
The color of your grout is a major player in the appearance of your floors. Contrasting, blending in, standing out; these are all options you should consider. So don’t just grab the first grout to see on your way out. Take your time, decide what look you are wanting and make a decision.
