Floor and Decor Grout Color Ideas
Choosing grout colors can be an exciting final step when installing tile, but it's also an important decision that impacts the overall look and feel of the space. The wide selection of colors and finishes available at Floor & Decor makes narrowing down options both fun and challenging.
Whether matching or contrasting with tile, opting for a neutral hue, or using grout as an accent, Floor & Decor offers everything needed to make tiles pop. Read on for tips on selecting the perfect grout color.
Finding the Right Grout Colors at Floor and Decor
With so many grout colors and finishes to pick from, it helps to have a game plan when visiting Floor & Decor's tile aisles. Consider the factors below when choosing grout.
Benefits of Choosing the Right Grout Color
While grout serves the important purpose of locking tiles together, it also impacts aesthetics. The right grout color can make tiles look crisp, clean, and seamless or act as a stylish accent that adds character.
Dark grout beautifully contrasts light marble or stone tile while bright white grout helps subway tiles look tidy. Gray and beige grout is always a safe, neutral choice that recedes. Going with a grout shade that complements surrounding colors results in cohesive, pulled-together room decor.
Factors to Consider When Selecting Grout Colors
Those renovating always ask Floor & Decor's knowledgeable design experts what shade grout pairs best with their tiles. The answer varies based on the project.
Type of Tile
Is the tile polished porcelain, textured ceramic, glowing glass, or natural stone? Granite and marble tiles often look best with matching or neutral grout so as not to compete. Meanwhile, vivid mosaic glass tile calls for equally bright grout.
Room Decor and Color Scheme
Grout should coordinate with wall colors, furniture finishes, countertops, and flooring. For example, if redoing a bathroom in serene blue and gray, white grout ties the palette together. Using clashing hues can make rooms feel disjointed.
Personal Color Preferences
Homeowners renovating for resale often opt for universally liked white or gray grout. Those decorating for themselves might choose navy grout as a dramatic accent or install green grout in a kids' bathroom.
Grout Color Options at Floor and Decor
Floor & Decor exclusively stocks top grout brands. Their extensive selection of premixed, acrylic fortified, and epoxy grout comes in these options:
- Bright White - Cleans up light tiles for a fresh look
- Soft White - Subtly enhances any color tile or stone
- Light Grey - Pairs well with whites and dark colors
- Dark Grey - Highlights lighter tiles; ideal neutral
- Black - Creates dramatic contrast with natural stone
- Custom Colors - Special order unique hues; excellent for accents
Experts are available at local Floor & Decor stores to help point customers towards flattering grout colors for their particular tile and design aesthetic.
Mixing and Matching Grout Colors
While some installers opt to use just one grout color throughout, there's no rule saying a room can't have two or more complementary grout shades.
Using Multiple Grout Colors in One Space
Incorporating two grout colors in the same kitchen or bath can look intentional versus haphazard. For example, ordering a custom black grout for the kitchen backsplash and using standard gray grout on the floors ties the whole room together.
Contrasting Grout Colors with Tile Colors
Selecting a grout color that contrasts with tile color--such as white grout with black mosaic floor tile or gray grout with white subway surround tile--makes each element stand out. The idea is for the grout lines to define tile shape without overpowering the tiles.
Grout as an Accent
Finally, vibrant grout acts as an accent when paired with neutral tile. Imagine how much a mosaic penny tile rug would pop placed on a floor of white polished porcelain installed with lipstick red grout.
Caring for Colored Grout
While neutral grout such as white, gray, and beige hide dirt well, colored grout needs proper sealing and routine cleaning to stay looking fresh.
Sealing the Grout
To prevent stubborn staining, use a penetrating grout sealer on colored cement grout once a year. Products like Miracle Sealants 511 Porous Plus and Aqua Mix Sealer's Choice Gold protect grout from spills and dirt buildup.
Keeping the Grout Clean
Grout easily traps grease and grime, resulting in dark lines along tile joints. Prevent this by using grout-specific cleaners like Aqua Mix Grout Deep Clean and Miracle Sealants Phosphoric Acid Substitute regularly
Regrouting When Necessary
Constant foot traffic and improper sealing inevitably takes a toll on colored grout. Restore dingy, cracked grout by regrouting instead of constantly re-cleaning. Regrouting typically costs less than $3 per square foot.
Achieving Design Goals with Grout
Grout impacts the feeling a room gives off. Move a mood in one direction or another with creative grouting.
Making a Small Space Appear Larger
Installing floor tiles with matching grout lines versus contrasting grout visually helps open up tight rooms. Espresso floor tile with chocolate brown grout or large format porcelain tile with matching white grout are smart choices.
Creating a Focal Point
Sometimes a single eye-catching grout color sets a tone. Outlining a niche or tile design with one colorful grout color--nothing too crazy--focuses attention. Try crimson red outline around subway tiles or citrus green grout on a geometric backsplash.
Tying the Whole Room Together
Cohesive rooms feel peaceful and "put together." Using multiple colored grouts might sound chaotic but can provide continuity. For example, a gray wood-look porcelain floor tile, graced with frost grout to accentuate rectangular shape, flows with dove gray grout in the stone mosaic kitchen backsplash.
Finding Inspiration for Grout Colors
Stuck over deciding between beige and biscuit grout? Floor & Decor offers many idea starters.
Browsing Ideas at Floor and Decor
Spend time walking Floor & Decor's aisles examining tile vignettes showcasing gorgeous grouting applications paired with stone, ceramic, porcelain, glass, and mosaic tile options in various sizes and shapes. Snap photos of combinations catching the eye.
Looking at Design Magazines and Websites
Check out sites like Pinterest for room images with tiles and grout worth emulating. Notice colors working together and how light floors often pair with darker accent walls and grout colors for balance.
Nothing beats assessing tile and grout combos first hand, which is where Floor & Decor's design specialists come in. Set a free appointment to view installed job sites using products sold at local stores and find beautiful grout in action.