How To Install Tile Accent Wall

Adding an accent wall to your home can be easy and fun simply by covering it with beautiful flooring.

How to install tile accent wall.

First install the field tile with spacers. Use this detailed step by step tutorial to help make your diy cement tile accent wall installation both easy and fun. The opinions are all 100 my own. In addition to their beauty and textural impact tile walls are durable and easy to clean.

Installing a custom tile accent wall is easier than ever with today s selection of marble slate ceramic porcelain and even prepared glass mosaics and wall tiles. This post is sponsored by riad tile. Since the tile is going on regular drywall not cement board use pre mixed ceramic tile adhesive or mastic instead of thinset. Once the wall tile is dry the spacers are pulled out.

Spread it on the wall with the 3 16th v notch trowel image 1. Mark the wall at the top of the tile. Hold a tile at this spot accounting for a 1 8 inch expansion gap. This line serves as your cutting guide to fit tile along the counter.

Check out the pink circled area that is the empty wall we turned into a beautiful accent wall. The tiles to each side were cut out of scrap and are the exact size as the accent tile and are used as spacers 1. The top of the tile follows the level line all the way across for a uniform look image 2. As a reminder here is what our bathroom looked like before.

This post was originally published on september 5 2018 but has since been updated. The mastic doesn t set immediately so its easier to work with. To see where the tile will end at the top of the installation make a jury stick. Then use a level to extend the line along the work area.