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Tile Trend: Do You Know About Colourful Grout?
See how grout in 7 eye-catching colours is spicing up kitchens and bathrooms
You may already know that grout comes in shades of white, grey and beige and that it can change the look of tile. For example, pairing white tiles with a similar white grout makes grout lines virtually disappear and tiles blend together. Conversely, pairing white tiles with dark grey grout reveals the shape of each tile more clearly.
You may not know that grout also comes in a variety of other hues. Colourful grout is showing up in many Ekitchens and bathrooms lately. Here are seven grout colours that are attracting attention.
You may not know that grout also comes in a variety of other hues. Colourful grout is showing up in many Ekitchens and bathrooms lately. Here are seven grout colours that are attracting attention.
A close-up of the backsplash shows that the design team paired small square white tiles with pastel pink grout. The overall effect gives off a subtle pink glow that adds just enough pop without being too distracting.
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This renovated bathroom features a wall covered in oh-so-trendy hexagon tiles. Both the tiles and the grout are pale pink. The mirror reflects the pink cabinets on the opposite wall for a cohesive look.
2. Green with envy
Here’s another bathroom featuring colourful grout. This time, lime green grout and classic white subway tiles cover the backsplash and the tub surround. The bright green walls help emphasise the green grout.
Here’s another bathroom featuring colourful grout. This time, lime green grout and classic white subway tiles cover the backsplash and the tub surround. The bright green walls help emphasise the green grout.
3. Hello, yellow
This master bathroom highlights how colourful grout can help separate or unify individual tile shapes. Yellow grout makes the contrasting white subway tiles look dimensional and the matching yellow subway tiles look relatively smooth.
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This master bathroom highlights how colourful grout can help separate or unify individual tile shapes. Yellow grout makes the contrasting white subway tiles look dimensional and the matching yellow subway tiles look relatively smooth.
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Mixing tile and grout in contrasting colours is also an innovative way to focus attention. This bathroom’s vanity wall teams light blue subway tiles laid vertically with yellow grout to make a splash in the otherwise white-and-wood space.
4. Blue beauty
The walls in this bathroom are covered from floor-to-ceiling in classic white subway tiles. White grout would have made for a monotone space, and dark grout could have felt too stark. The designer’s decision to use blue grout offers a happy medium and, with the lantern-style sconces, a subtle nautical feel.
The walls in this bathroom are covered from floor-to-ceiling in classic white subway tiles. White grout would have made for a monotone space, and dark grout could have felt too stark. The designer’s decision to use blue grout offers a happy medium and, with the lantern-style sconces, a subtle nautical feel.
5. Terrific teal
This beautiful mid-century-inspired home features lovely wood-panelled ceilings and walls, and a sleek terrazzo floor. The kitchen area includes white lower cabinets and a range wall above covered in matte black subway tiles. It’s the unexpected colourful grout, however, that really makes this kitchen stand out from the pack.
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This beautiful mid-century-inspired home features lovely wood-panelled ceilings and walls, and a sleek terrazzo floor. The kitchen area includes white lower cabinets and a range wall above covered in matte black subway tiles. It’s the unexpected colourful grout, however, that really makes this kitchen stand out from the pack.
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A close-up of the range wall shows that the matte black subway tiles are bordered by a bold teal grout. The skylight overhead helps the grout stand out even more, and the blue ceramic accessories tie the look together.
6. Orange crush
Warm-hued metallics like copper, brass and gold have been a popular material choice in kitchens and bathrooms for a while. Amplifying those metallics with a complementary grout can really make them shine. The orange grout bathroom picks up the warm copper tones in the mirror, faucet and pendant lights.
Warm-hued metallics like copper, brass and gold have been a popular material choice in kitchens and bathrooms for a while. Amplifying those metallics with a complementary grout can really make them shine. The orange grout bathroom picks up the warm copper tones in the mirror, faucet and pendant lights.
7. Radiant red
The inside of a shower is another great spot for colourful grout. Rebecca Hadley, the owner of this bathroom, couldn’t agree more. “There are so many different coloured grouts to choose from, I wanted to use them all!” she says.
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The inside of a shower is another great spot for colourful grout. Rebecca Hadley, the owner of this bathroom, couldn’t agree more. “There are so many different coloured grouts to choose from, I wanted to use them all!” she says.
Read more:
4 Sure-Shot, DIY Ways to Clean Grout on Tiles
Tell us:
Have you experimented with colourful grout? Share images and your thoughts in the Comments below.
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For this remodelled mid-century kitchen, the design team at Space Craft Joinery paired white lower cabinets with laminate upper cabinets in a delightful blush. This mix of white and pink repeats in the backsplash.