Stickybeak of the Week: Tin Tiles Transform a Bachelor's Bedroom
Inexpensive ceiling tiles were used to create a striking and inexpensive accent wall that also moonlights as a bedhead
There’s no rule that says ceiling tiles are only allowed to dance on the ceiling. “My client loved masculine industrial style, but at the same time, he wanted his bedroom to feel really comfy,” says interior designer Nina Magon. Working within a fairly small budget, the designer had the big idea of creating a unique bedhead wall using inexpensive ceiling tiles.
A symmetrical arrangement of furniture kept the focus on the accent wall yet prevented it from overwhelming the room. Magon balanced out the tin with lots of soft textures on the bed, a shag area rug and calm light grey paint on the other walls. Brass tables add a warm metal to the mix. The designer dubbed the style ‘industrial comfort’.
Parsons End Tables: West Elm
Parsons End Tables: West Elm
Each matching tile received the same faux paint treatment in its own colour. There are six paint colours for the six tile patterns, finished with a blackening antique effect. “The antique finish kept it from looking too cold and modern,” Magon says.
Beyond the appropriate 60-cm by 60-cm scale of the tiles, several factors made the wall dynamic and interesting without looking too busy:
1) Limiting the palette to six colours and painting each matching pattern the same way.
2) Using different scales of tile patterns (15-cm pattern repeats, 30-cm pattern repeats and the wreath design, which takes up the entire 60 by 60cm).
3) Composing the tiles on a simple square grid pattern.
4) Carefully composing the different colours and scales.
Beyond the appropriate 60-cm by 60-cm scale of the tiles, several factors made the wall dynamic and interesting without looking too busy:
1) Limiting the palette to six colours and painting each matching pattern the same way.
2) Using different scales of tile patterns (15-cm pattern repeats, 30-cm pattern repeats and the wreath design, which takes up the entire 60 by 60cm).
3) Composing the tiles on a simple square grid pattern.
4) Carefully composing the different colours and scales.
Natural light from the balcony doors and the window bounces off the textured wall.
“It was really easy to do, it was inexpensive, and the homeowner and I both loved the final look,” Magon says. “I would love to do it again, but that would take away from my client’s experience of having a unique original design, so I won’t.”
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“It was really easy to do, it was inexpensive, and the homeowner and I both loved the final look,” Magon says. “I would love to do it again, but that would take away from my client’s experience of having a unique original design, so I won’t.”
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Who lives here: A bachelor in the oil and gas industry
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Size: Approximately 15 square metres
Scale was an important consideration in the bedroom. By using 60-cm by 60-cm tiles, Magon was able to create a wall that wasn’t too busy. She used six different tiles with patterns of varying scales.
She purchased unfinished tin tiles from The American Tin Ceiling Company. From there, she had a painter finish each tile. The tiles are affixed to the wall with tin tile glue.
Wall paint: Online 7072, Sherwin-Williams; Industrial Cage 3-Light Arc Rust Floor Lamp: Lamps Plus; Cosy Textured Rug (2.7m by 3.7m) and Morten Table Lamps: West Elm