| When selecting the right flooring for a bathroom, | | | | rectangular bricks know as Bejmat tiles, 4” x |
| there\'s more to keep in mind than personal style. | | | | 4” x 3/8” hexagon, and 4” x 4” x |
| Some very specific factors come into play: Is | | | | 3/8” octagonal. Moroccan field tiles works well |
| your flooring, for instance, impervious to water? | | | | in bathroom floors and walls, shower floors and |
| Will it stain easily when makeup takes a spill? Is it | | | | walls, around the bathtub, vanity top, and much |
| safe when walking across with wet feet? Given | | | | more. By being glazed tiles, Moroccan tiles are |
| those considerations, here are some of the top | | | | very low maintenance and easy to clean and do |
| contenders in bathroom floor surface. | | | | not require to be sealed like natural stone tiles or |
| Moroccan tiles also know as Zillij tiles or Moorish | | | | unglazed terracotta tiles, or the encaustic cement |
| tiles are organically handmade and hand glazed | | | | tiles. |
| clay tiles originated from the city of Fez, Morocco | | | | The other type of Moroccan tiles is the Moroccan |
| back in the eleventh century and were used to | | | | mosaic tile also known as Zillij mosaic or Zellige |
| decorate floors and walls of the sultans & | | | | tiles are available in endless geometric as well as |
| the nobles castles and palaces bathhouses, | | | | floral patterns. The art of Zillij is essentially a |
| courtyards, fountains, and much more. There are | | | | Moroccan art form. Although its roots are in the |
| two types of Moroccan tiles, the first type is the | | | | universal language of two-dimensional |
| Moroccan field tile and the other type is the | | | | mathematics, which can be traced to the Levant, |
| Moroccan mosaics also called Zillij mosaics. | | | | Egypt, and the Roman mosaics of Volubilis (the |
| Moroccan tiles are available in several colors and | | | | Moroccan Roman city), it has all the characteristics |
| hues and the most common colors are red, | | | | of a unique art form. |
| yellow, green, cobalt blue, white, brown, and tan. | | | | Forget about the fancy marble, glass tiles, |
| Moroccan field tiles are available in several shapes, | | | | porcelain and tony stone. If it\'s the hottest look |
| sizes, and colors and the most common shapes | | | | in bathrooms you\'re after, go for the Moroccan |
| of Moroccan field tiles are 4” x 4” x 3 | | | | tiles. |
| 8” square, 2” x 6” x ¾” | | | | |