Hygge. You’ve probably seen this strange word floating around your social media timeline or read it on a list of the latest design trends, but what does hygge mean? Hygge (pronounced “hoo-gah”) is the Scandinavian word for coziness, comfort and well-being. By incorporating these five elements of hygge, you can foster relaxation and establish feelings of warmth in your tiled spaces.

1. Soft Textures

What says comfort more than soft textures? Adding oversized blankets and pillows to a room is highly effective because they motivate guests to lounge and settle in. Timber Trails DC created the perfect place to cozy up with a good book.

Soft textured tile can be a surprising element of hygge. While tile with a high-gloss finish expresses a modern feeling (left photo below), honed and matte finishes add more warmth with their subdued edges and texture (right photo below).

By replicating a soft touched appearance, Tessuti HD Off-White provides a subtle linen pattern and matte texture. Faux fur adds a gentle dash of luxury to complete the serene scene below.

2. Warmth

Incorporating warmth transforms an ordinary room into a gathering room. With a fireplace at the heart of your home, it will radiate warmth and comfort throughout each space. If you can’t have a fireplace, you can still achieve the hygge effect with candles and soft, warm lighting.

Surround your design with tiles that unite the fireplace with the room. Tiles with a glossy finish reflect light and draw attention to the toasty flames.

3. Uplifting Messages 

The goal of hygge is to create warm, fuzzy feelings. Display motivational sayings as artwork in a room. The message of your signage should reflect the attitude or ambiance in your home. Uplifting quotes seamlessly lighten the mood of a room. West Bay Homes created this encouraging message entirely out of mosaic tiles.

4. Color

Color plays an important role in any design because it sets the tone of the room. To revitalize your space, incorporate a color palette inspired by nature. Soft tints of grey, green, brown and pink exemplify hygge. Most of all, include tones of white throughout your home because it is the most representative color of Scandinavian chic style.

To create a feeling of luxury, embellish your design with accents of gold.

5. Nature

Bring the outdoors in with elements of nature. A common way people escape their busy lives is by immersing themselves in nature. There’s something about nature that rejuvenates the soul.

Lush leaves, bouquets of flowers or potted plants stimulate a hygge feeling in a room. The natural variations in greenery allow endless opportunities for decoration. Vibrant flowers make for great accent pieces while greenery complements the neutral colors in a room. The organic liveliness of plants inspires growth and a better frame of mind.

“Adding plants is a really easy way to bring a little bit of the outdoors in. It’s instant hygge!” – Kirsty Froelich

Growing plants in your home doesn’t require a dip into your savings account or a botany degree. The Sill is a great resource for first-time plant parents. They offer a wide variety of beautiful, inexpensive and low-maintenance plants.

Installing wood or wood look tile is another great way to bring nature into your home. Tile made of real wood creates a rustic presence and helps intensify the coziness of a den.

How can you incorporate hygge into your own home? Create a spa oasis in your bathroom with candles, fluffy robes and blush-toned tile. Complete the cabin feel in your den with the roaring flame of a fireplace, wood-look tile and accents of greenery. Boost the blissful aura in a studio apartment with welcoming signs and lush foliage. With the five elements of hygge, you can increase the sense of contentment in any space.

Need more cozy inspiration? Check out our heart-warming hygge Pinterest board and schedule a design consultation to complete your hygge home.

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If you’ve noticed blush tones working their way into decor and design recently, you’re not alone. Whether in Goop’s feature on “The Pink Revolution” or the resurgence of a retro bathroom trend, people are talking about this hue. The popularity of this soft-but-not-too-soft shade of pink has grown in a big way in the last few years, and tile has not been immune to this trend. It’s easier than you think to tile a stunning space in pink. We’ll show you the different ways to incorporate blush into your design, whether as an accent or an all-over neutral, and make it your own.

The Old Pink

If you thought about pink a few years ago, your mind might have gone to a shade of mauve popular in the ’80s or a pastel, baby pink associated with nurseries. Like most colors, it has gone through evolutions and waxing and waning periods of being in fashion. The construct that pink is only for girls has existed for years, but the connotation is certainly changing.

“Pink is not a serious color. This is why I like to use it seriously. It is lovely and at the same time it brings in a certain distance, as if the decor made fun of itself.”—Pierre Yovanovitch, designer

The New Pink

Pink has never been as accessible as it is now. The shade can be feminine but doesn’t have to be. It pairs well with both bold and soft colors. Blush softens other intense neutrals like shades of brown, grey and black and is a compromise between a bold magenta pink and a saccharine pastel color. The new pink is neutral enough to be the perfect addition to any space. The blush tile in the photo below is a large-format size, adding an element of modernity.

3 Ways to Use Blush Tile

The effect of using blush in a tile design all depends on what you pair it with. With greys and other crisp neutrals, blush is a chic addition to an elegant space, like in the colorful but refined space below. In a large format or a metallic finish, it feels even more current. Blush can be a pop of color in a neutral space or a neutral shade in a bright, colorful palette. Here are our favorite ways to incorporate blush to get the style you’re looking for.

The New Neutral

Paired with other neutrals and simple details, blush serves as a modern, warmer neutral color in your palette. The below shower is a chic twist on a soft, all-over color that adds just the right amount of interest to a space. The textured design pops out from the rest of the shower without interrupting the simplicity of the monochromatic look.

We love the color palette in the image below. Soft grey, charcoal and white pair beautifully with the blush hues of Columbus Pink.

The pink tile below is so soft that it truly is a neutral. The overall effect is relaxed, chic and subtle.

Modern Elegance

London’s iconic Sketch restaurant is the perfect example of blush epitomizing modern elegance. Glittering gold and rose gold details, elegant finishings and blush pink are a winning combination. The shade is more welcoming than grey tones and feels utterly contemporary.

The color combination of blush and gold, especially in the subtle metallic paint splatter pattern below, is effortlessly chic yet fun.

Bold Accent

Combined with magenta and other bright colors, as seen in the photo below, blush works well with bold colors, livening up an otherwise neutral room. The abstract pattern of the glass tile (based on this colorful fabric) from the Annie Selke for The Tile Shop collection lends a playful, bright feeling to the shower.

If you just want to dip your toe into playing with blush, you can keep your tile design neutral and add pops of color with accessories, like the stool in the image below. The burnished gold finishings and crisp neutrals define the space in classic style with blush making the space feel current.

Here’s another way of incorporating a touch of blush into your design. Not only is it reflected in the art glass tile in the en suite, but the coordinating bedding and accessories allow blush to unite the space.

The Versatility of Blush

Just because blush is a trendy color doesn’t mean that you can’t make it your own. Using the Color Market Blush tile as our foundational pink hue, we set out to show how different a blush-based color palette can be using two designer collections from Pottery Barn as our inspiration.

This first mood board is undeniably elegant. Monique Lhuillier’s collection features hints of rose gold and a pared-down, modern color palette that benefits from the warmth and pop of color that blush adds. Crisp white, soft grey and cream round out the coloration of the collection.

It’s hard to believe the same shade of blush is the foundation for these two distinct color palettes. Turquoise blue, magenta and lime green accents cause blush to act as a neutral. Paired with bright, bold accent colors from the Lilly Pulitzer collection and a crisp white marble, this mood board exudes fun in a grown-up way.

Whether a dash of pink warms up your elegant space or a bright and colorful accent adds much-needed interest, today’s blush is far more versatile than the hues of the past. Explore our “Think Pink” Pinterest board for more inspiration.

Source of Pierre Yovanovitch quote: Architectural Digest

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