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Old and New: Subway Tile
Posted by: on: October 31, 2008
If you haven’t noticed that subway tile‘s back, you haven’t picked up a shelter magazine in the last half-decade. Just about every magazine in the Home Snob‘s desktop stack has a bathroom or kitchen that’s been done in the 3″x6″ rectangular tile.
Don’t believe it? Dig these out and take a look:
- Domino, August 2008, pg. 93
- Better Homes and Gardens, September 2008, pg. 52
- Martha Stewart Living, September 2008, pg. 164
- Better Homes and Gardens, October 2008, pg. 172
- Cottage Living, October 2008, pg. 60
From the current stack, only House Beautiful managed to get through an entire issue without it, but even they’re not immune to the trend. (Click here and here to see kitchens they’ve featured with vintage subway tile for the backsplash.)
Good thing we like this trend! Subway tile is simple and versatile. Like a classic pair of jeans, it can be dressed up or down and accessorized to meet your taste. Choose your color wisely (that means white or off white, folks), and that bathroom you labored so strenuously to renovate just might survive the next redo.
When the Home Snob chose the tile for her bathroom redo, 3″x6″ tile was not yet affordable, so she sacrificed authenticity and went for a more affordable alternative: 4″x6″. Since then, 3″x6″ tile has sold so well that the price has dropped, and 4″x6″ has largely disappeared from the shelves.
3″x6″ tile can now be had for as little as $1.86 per square foot (Home Depot). Here’s the catch: it can also be had for over $12/s.f., and most of the higher-priced tile isn’t worth the extra expense.
What is worth the expense? True, square-edged, flat tiles, like they made in the old days. They take more skill to set, but they look like a million bucks. If you can afford it, go all the way:
- Honed marble is the stuff of palaces, and yet it’s available for a mere $8.50/s.f. from FloorzBuzz
- Ceramic tile is available from Subway Ceramics, www.subwaytile.com
- American Restoration Tile,www.restorationtile.com
- Designs in Tile, www.designsintile.com
- Others are listed in this article from Old House Journal.
Myriad photos are available on the web, if you’re looking for inspiration. Our favorites (so far)? Subway Ceramics’ online gallery of photos from Jane Powell’s Bungalow Bathrooms. As cheap frugal as the Home Snob is, we like the pics so much that we just might go out and buy the book.
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