Bathroom Room In The Early 1900s

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used as a common material for bathroom surfaces in the 1900s (Para 3). The start of the century kicked off with all white. The color white was the most readily available color at the time and white was to be considered a “clean” look (Para 3). Everybody begun putting white in their bathrooms nationwide. The more high end houses had accents of black or very pale colors like pastels. Moving to the 1920s, hexagonal mosaic sheets (very small tile placed on netting to be set in sheets) became very popular. White was still in style but with the new mosaic sheets black accents became more popular (Para 5). White wall tile was then added to this trend to complete the style. Black “pencil trim” was used in the high end houses because it was costly at the time (Para 5). The black accents and the choice of …show more content…
The next big trend moved to all black during the 80s. People started going black because it was different (Para 11). Different was better and that was the mindset many homeowners had when build during this time. It lasted for a very short time until the tile industry took off. Product availability began spanning out to materials that people never thought they would see. Stone and glass became available but did not become popular until the 2000s. Textures of tile also played a role in in a design of a bathroom or a kitchen. Larger tiles began to be incorporated into the tile designs and it allowed larger and smaller tiles to be placed together in certain patterns (Para 15). Lighter colored tile came back and now availability is to almost anything a homeowner can think of. Today tile makes or break a house. Black and Decker states in their “Remodeling Kitchens” book that tile is the hardest of all flooring material (Pg 82). It will offer the most durability but costs the most because of this. The most common types of tile according to Driscoll are ceramic and porcelain, but glass, slate, stone, and metal have also become very popular and are