1. Make Your Walls ✨Shine✨ With a Glossy Finish

The slightly reflective surface of Coco White Glossy tile (also available in Amber Grey and Canvas) adds brightness and a sense of depth to this contemporary bathroom. Installed in a neat vertical straight stack, the tile creates an orderly surface that gives the half-wall a sense of height.

2. Choose a Matte Finish to Give Your Floors Traction

While the glossy versions of Coco tile are rated for walls only, Coco White Matte and Coco Canvas Matte are suitable for walls and floors. The matte finish provides added traction, even in wet areas, making it an excellent choice for bathroom and mudroom floors. Here, Coco White Matte tile is installed in a straight stack, creating a safe and stylish bathroom floor.

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3. Mix Finishes

A double band of vertically stacked Coco Canvas Glossy tile captures the light, creating a shiny stripe within a wall of horizontally stacked Coco Canvas Matte tile. The similar colorways maintain tonal cohesion, allowing the change in finish and layout to create subtle visual interest that uses light to highlight the unique design.

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4. Set the Mood With Amber Grey

Beautiful, undulating tones of light and medium grey create a relaxed tableau in this stylish contemporary bathroom. Installed in a herringbone pattern for a serene sense of movement, Coco Amber Grey Glossy tile evokes the tranquility of a gentle rainstorm.

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5. Add Niche Appeal

A shower niche is the perfect marriage of form and function. It provides a convenient place for toiletries while also offering an opportunity to showcase your style. Choose a complementary stone, mosaic or patterned tile for the inner portion of the niche and line it with layered trim to create a small artistic moment. Here, Arabian Pisa Oro Matte marble-look tile adorns this chic niche, framed with layers of Calacata Evora Barnes and Alison Victoria Precious Metals Rose pencil trim.

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6. Create a Sense of Movement With a Herringbone Pattern

The zig-zag of a herringbone pattern gives this soothing bathroom backsplash a dynamic sense of movement that draws the eye across the wall. The undulating tones of Coco Canvas Matte tile add distinct visual texture, further energizing the space.

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7. Show Your Stripes

Another layout with nuanced contrast, this chic bathroom features Coco White tile in alternating stripes of Glossy and Matte finishes. By maintaining a uniform, horizontal, straight stack layout, the design relies on light to create a pattern that draws the eye across the wall.

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8. Pair Coco With a Patterned Tile

The soft, subtly undulating tones of Coco White Glossy create a wonderfully neutral backdrop for a decorative patterned or mosaic tile, as seen with Morris & Co. Pure Net Cloud Grey in this elegant transitional kitchen. Framed with layers of Firenze Carrara Somerset and DURAL Plus Gold 24K trim, this charming focal point elevates the sink backsplash with intentional design. Add a picture frame feature to your shower, stove or sink backsplash to bring artistry to your tile design.

9. Add Visually Rich Expression

Rich, rust-toned veined marble-look Arabian Pisa Oro wall tile and Kasbah Cross Terracotta tile (paired with Kasbah Star Bone tile in a unique checkerboard pattern) introduce striking warm shades to this fashionable bathroom. Coco White Matte wall tile provides an elegant neutral backdrop with minute shifts in tone and surface texture, while Coco Canvas Glossy accents complement the beige shades in the marble-look tile. The result is a luxurious expression of visual complexity within a limited color palette.

10. Switch Directions

Vertical or horizontal, straight or offset, or herringbone—subway tile is an endlessly versatile style, offering a range of layout possibilities that add a sense of height, width or movement to your space. If you can’t decide between two layouts, consider combining them for a unique design, like this fashionable backsplash featuring Coco Amber Grey Glossy tile in an alternating horizontal and vertical straight stack.

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11. Complete the Look With a Complementary Mosaic

The Hampton Hermosa Octagon mosaic tile adorns the niche in this chic shower, designed by @styleitprettyhome. The natural color variation in the marble tile complements the perfectly imperfect tones and surface variations of the handmade-look tile, enhancing the minute yet complex visual texture of this stunning space.

12. Mix Patterns to Create Interest

By now, you’ve seen how varying your subway tile layout can create interest even with a single colorway. This sleek shower, designed by @stonepillarconstruction, is another example of combining layouts to create a visually engaging space. Coco Canvas Matte tile is installed in a horizontal straight stack on the left wall and in a vertical 1/3 offset on the adjoining wall. The subtle disruption adds energy without overwhelming the senses.

13. Couple Coco With White Cabinets

Coco Amber Grey Glossy tile is a lovely complement to the crisp white cabinets in this chic contemporary kitchen. The lush shade variation in these handmade-look tiles creates an expressive tableau, contrasting with the sleek cabinetry and fixtures. We love how the grey and blue tones establish a cool color scheme—gorgeously accented with gold fixtures—but Coco in White or Canvas could also be paired with white cabinets to create a warmer look.

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14. Set a Serene Scene

This stylish shower, designed by @zandcodesigngroup, is a relaxing retreat. Coco White Glossy tile, with its soothing shades and subtle surface variations, casts gentle ripples of reflected light across the tiles. While the soft white tones and glossy finish create a stunning neutral space, any Coco tile can add rich expression to your design.

Bring Your Dream Space to Life!

Ready to design a space you’ll love? Use our Tile Visualizer to see how the Coco tile will look in your home, or schedule a free design consultation and let our experts guide you in choosing the perfect materials for your project.

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