Patterning

This is a design option that many people don’t even consider.

Wall/Backsplash Patterns Yet it’s one of the best ways tile can be used to express a
personal style. Tile can be laid in a grid; on a diagonal;
different sizes, colors or even finishes can be combined —

tile pattern guide

the options are almost endless — and each can dramatically
change the look of a room.

Interlocked
Grid Pattern with Diamond Border Grid Pattern with Diamond Dot
10 pcs. per 100 s/f Border
12" x 18" 15%
30 pcs. per 100 s/f
12" x 12" 33%
70 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 12" 33%
80 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 6" 19% Photo features Travata in a Diamond with rug border.

Photo features Fashion Accents in a Grid pattern with Diamond Border.

Borders Key

Grid pattern.
Grid Pattern with Liner Border Diamond Pattern

Throughout this brochure, you’ll find a variety of tile

patterns and borders to liven up the surfaces in any
room, anywhere. A dark outline on the pattern indicates
where tiles begin to repeat. The key below each pattern
Diamond pattern.
Herringbone Pattern Brick Pattern Vertical tells you the approximate number of pieces per 100
square or linear feet of each tile size required to create
Alternating Border Corner-Cut Border Frame Boeder Grid Border
each pattern or border. One Tile Patterns
50 pcs. per 100 s/f 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 95 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 12" 50% 6" x 12" 100% 6" x 12" 95% 12" x 12" 100%
100 pcs. per 100 s/f (Tiles are scored and cut to make 5 pcs. per 100 s/f
Hints for getting started:
6" x 6" 50% corners) 6" x 6" 5%
– Never assume a room is perfectly square – always square
Brick Pattern with Diamond Grid Pattern with Liner and off from the center and begin pattern along one edge.
Border Diamond Insert
– To avoid rough edges on tile, always float the floor to
a level state before installing tile.
– Always round to the next highest footage when
calculating square footage of tile needed.
Lacework Pattern Windmill Pattern
– Random is not a pattern, but a specific look designed
by the installer. Most random arrangements need to Brickwork Square Brickwork Vertical
45 pcs. per 100 s/f 45 pcs. per 100 s/f
work on these percentages: 18" x 18" 100% 18" x 18" 100%
Mini-Grid Border Mini-Zigzag Border T-Cross Border Zigzag Border 57 pcs. per 100 s/f 57 pcs. per 100 s/f
18" x 18" 47% 12" x 12" 36% 16" x 16" 100% 16" x 16" 100%
200 pcs. per 100 s/f 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 6" 100% 6" x 6" 100% 6" x 12" 50% 12" x 12" 100%
12" x 18" 32% 6" x 12" 46% 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f
200 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" 100% 12" x 12" 100%
Brick Pattern Checkerboard Border
6" x 6" 50% 12" x 12" 21% 6" x 6" 18% 400 pcs. per 100 s/f 400 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 6" 100% 6" x 6" 100%
These percentages will also allow for overage needed due
to centering of the layout.
– Modular patterns, if laid according to this guide,
will have a solid grout frame every three feet.
– Each diagram represents nine square feet.
– A dark outline on the pattern indicates where
tiles begin to repeat.
To view the complete line of For more information about our products and
Photo features Village Bend with Metal Signatures in a Grid pattern with Daltile® products, visit our website at
Diamond Rug Border Border Inset Diamond Border Pinwheel Border
Liner and Diamond Insert Hexagon Pattern www.daltileproducts.com. how to use them, call 800-933-TILE or visit our Brickwork Vertical Narrow Checkerboard
200 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 400 pcs. per 100 s/f 712 pcs. per 100 s/f website at www.daltileproducts.com
6" x 6" 100% 6" x 6" 25% 6" x 6" 100% 3" x 6" 89% 67 pcs. per 100 s/f All Square Sizes
12" x 18" 100%
1200 pcs. per 100 s/f 176 pcs. per 100 s/f ©2006, Dal-Tile Corporation 01/06 SSDTTLPTGB 7834 C. F. Hawn Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75217 / 1-800-933-TILE
3" x 3" 75% 3" x 3" 11% 200 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 12" 100%
One Tile Patterns (continued) Three Tile Patterns

Cobblestone Corridor Corridor Stacked Trellis Vectored Waffle

Circular Rectangular Corridor Horizontal Diamond Grid 46 pcs. per 100 s/f 67 pcs. per 100 s/f 132 pcs. per 100 s/f Block Cartwheel Corridor Layered Corridor Modular 46 pcs. per 100 s/f 39 pcs. per 100 s/f 50 pcs. per 100 s/f
67 pcs. per 100 s/f 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 45 pcs. per 100 s/f 45 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 18" 69% 12" x 12" 67% 6" x 12" 66% 12" x 12" 46% 12" x 12" 39% 12" x 12" 50%
47 pcs. per 100 s/f 25 pcs. per 100 s/f 34 pcs. per 100 s/f 34 pcs. per 100 s/f
12" x 18" 100% 6" x 12" 100% 18" x 18" 100% 18" x 18" 100% 31 pcs. per 100 s/f 66 pcs. per 100 s/f 132 pcs. per 100 s/f 88 pcs. per 100 s/f 95 pcs. per 100 s/f 50 pcs. per 100 s/f
12" x 12" 47% 12" x 12" 25% 12" x 12" 34% 12" x 12" 34%
12" x 12" 31% 6" x 12" 33% 6" x 6" 34% 6" x 12" 44% 6" x 12" 47.5% 6" x 12" 25%
200 pcs. per 100 s/f 57 pcs. per 100 s/f 57 pcs. per 100 s/f 48 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 67 pcs. per 100 s/f 34 pcs. per 100 s/f Photo features Passaggio tile in a vectored pattern.
Photo features Cotto Antico tile in a Diamond pattern. 40 pcs. per 100 s/f 54 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 12" 100% 16" x 16" 100% 16" x 16" 100% 150 pcs. per 100 s/f 8" x 12" 32% 6" x 12" 50% 6" x 12" 32% 6" x 12" 16%
6" x 6" 10% 6" x 6" 13.5% 6" x 6" 25%
100 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" 75% 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 132 pcs. per 100 s/f 200 pcs. per 100 s/f
100 pcs. per 100 s/f 48 pcs. per 100 s/f
12" x 12" 100% 6" x 6" 25% 6" x 6" 34% 6" x 6" 50%
12" x 12" 100% 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 8" x 8" 21%
400 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" 25%
6" x 6" 100%

Windmill Woven Stripe

27 pcs. per 100 s/f 23 pcs. per 100 s/f
12" x 18" 43% 12" x 18" 50%
Corridor Vertical Herringbone (Modified) Herringbone Inserted Hexagon with Dot Clustered Trellis Divisible Modular Diagonal Modular Rectangle 29 pcs. per 100 s/f 23 pcs. per 100 s/f
Grid Horizontal Herringbone Hexagon Mini-Grid 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 57 pcs. per 100 s/f 50 pcs. per 100 s/f 94 pcs. per 100 s/f 16 pcs. per 100 s/f 33 pcs. per 100 s/f 31 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" 29% 12" x 12" 22%
17 pcs. per 100 s/f
200 pcs. per 100 s/f 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 400 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" 50% 12" x 18" 86% 12" x 18" 75% 12" x 12" 94% 18" x 18" 16% 12" x 12" 34% 12" x 18" 46% 18" x 18" 38% 112 pcs. per 100 s/f 112 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 12" 100% 6" x 12" 100% 12" x 12" 100% 6" x 6" 100% 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 56 pcs. per 100 s/f 25 pcs. per 100 s/f 54 pcs. per 100 s/f 48 pcs. per 100 s/f 31 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" 28% 6" x 6" 28%
67 pcs. per 100 s/f 33 pcs. per 100 s/f Photo features Fiorito tile in a Hopscotch pattern.
6" x 6" 50% 6" x 6" 14% 12" x 12" 25% Dots 4" x 4" 6% 12" x 12" 48% 6" x 12" 33% 12" x 12" 31% 12" x 12" 33%
67 pcs. per 100 s/f 67 pcs. per 100 s/f
12" x 18" 100% 12" x 18" 100% 112 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 12" 56%
64 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 6" 16% 134 pcs. per 100 s/f
92 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 6" 23%
120 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 6" 29%
Multiple Tile Patterns
6" x 6" 33%
Two Tile Patterns 178 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 6" 44%

Chateau Cyprus Diamond Pinwheel Hopscotch (Modified)

Hopscotch Lacework Multi-Pinwheel Pinwheel 19 pcs. per 100 s/f 27 pcs. per 100 s/f 33 pcs. per 100 s/f 24 pcs. per 100 s/f
Alternating Alternating Horizontal Basketweave 18" x 18" 43% 12" x 18" 41% 12" x 18" 49% 18" x 18" 47%
Pinwheel Modified Plain Weave Reversed Window Pane Stacked Blocks
27 pcs. per 100 s/f 40 pcs. per 100 s/f 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 80 pcs. per 100 s/f 40 pcs. per 100 s/f 70 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 19 pcs. per 100 s/f 27 pcs. per 100 s/f 33 pcs. per 100 s/f 25 pcs. per 100 s/f
12" x 12" 80% 12" x 18" 60% 12" x 12" 70% 6" x 12" 50% 55 pcs. per 100 s/f 57 pcs. per 100 s/f 34 pcs. per 100 s/f 33 pcs. per 100 s/f
18" x 18" 60% 12" x 18" 60% 12" x 18" 100% 12" x 18" 29% 12" x 12" 27% 12" x 12" 33% 12" x 18" 30%
12" x 18" 83% 12" x 12" 57% 12" x 18" 50% 12" x 18" 50%
27 pcs. per 100 s/f 40 pcs. per 100 s/f 80 pcs. per 100 s/f 40 pcs. per 100 s/f 120 pcs. per 100 s/f 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 19 pcs. per 100 s/f 56 pcs. per 100 s/f 33 pcs. per 100 s/f 21 pcs. per 100 s/f
67 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" 20% 12" x 12" 40% 6" x 6" 30% 6" x 6" 50% 14 pcs. per 100 s/f 56 pcs. per 100 s/f 34 pcs. per 100 s/f 34 pcs. per 100 s/f
12" x 18" 40% 12" x 12" 40% 6" x 12" 100% 12" x 12" 19% 6" x 6" 14% 6" x 12" 16% 12" x 12" 18.5%
12" x 12" 14% 6" x 12" 28% 6" x 12" 17% 12" x 12" 34%
67 pcs. per 100 s/f 134 pcs. per 100 s/f 144 pcs. per 100 s/f 36 pcs. per 100 s/f 162 pcs. per 100 s/f 8 pcs. per 100 s/f 20 pcs. per 100 s/f
12 pcs. per 100 s/f 60 pcs. per 100 s/f 132 pcs. per 100 s/f 32 pcs. per 100 s/f
12" x 12" 67% 6" x 12" 67% 6" x 12" 70% 6" x 6" 9% 4" x 4" 18% 6" x 6" 2% 6" x 6" 4.5%
6" x 6" 3% 6" x 6" 15% 6" x 6" 33% 6" x 12" 16%
Photo features Continental Slate in a
66 pcs. per 100 s/f 132 pcs. per 100 s/f 144 pcs. per 100 s/f
Modified Hopscotch pattern. 6" x 6" 30%
6" x 12" 33% 6" x 6" 33%

Mod. Hopscotch (Cont. Slate) del Lavoro Spiral Pinwheel Window Pane
18 pcs. per 100 s/f 18 pcs. per 100 s/f 33 pcs. per 100 s/f 25 pcs. per 100 s/f
Basketweave Horizontal Brickweave Checkered Squares Steppingstone Windmill
18" x 18" 41% 19" x 19" 44% 12" x 18" 49% 12" x 18" 38%
Stair Step Soldiered Double Weave
19 pcs. per 100 s/f 50 pcs. per 100 s/f 50 pcs. per 100 s/f 39 pcs. per 100 s/f 14 pcs. per 100 s/f 18 pcs. per 100 s/f 18 pcs. per 100 s/f 33 pcs. per 100 s/f 25 pcs. per 100 s/f
18" x 18" 43% 12" x 12" 50% 12" x 12" 50% 12" x 12" 39% 12" x 18" 86% 45 pcs. per 100 s/f 25 pcs. per 100 s/f 57 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 18" 27% 13" x 19" 30% 12" x 12" 33% 12" x 12" 25%
38 pcs. per 100 s/f 450 pcs. per 100 s/f 244 pcs. per 100 s/f 14 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 18" 67% 12" x 12" 25% 12" x 12" 57% 18 pcs. per 100 s/f 18 pcs. per 100 s/f 33 pcs. per 100 s/f 48 pcs. per 100 s/f
100 pcs. per 100 s/f
12" x 18" 57% 4" x 4" 50% 6" x 6" 61% 12" x 12" 14% 45 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 56 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" 18% 13" x 13" 21% 6" x 12" 16% 6" x 6" 12%
6" x 12" 50% Photo features Portenza tile in Diamond and Grid patterns. 6" x 12" 22% 6" x 12" 50% 6" x 12" 28% 56 pcs. per 100 s/f 20 pcs. per 100 s/f 8 pcs. per 100 s/f 225 pcs. per 100 s/f
50 pcs. per 100 s/f 178 pcs. per 100 s/f
Photo features La Costa in a Steppingstone pattern. 6" x 12" 89% 45 pcs. per 100 s/f 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 60 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" 14% 6" x 6" 5% 6" x 6" 2% 4" x 4" 25%
12" x 12" 50%
6" x 6" 11% 6" x 6" 25% 6" x 6" 15% Photo features Rocky Mountain tile in a Trellis pattern.
100 pcs. per 100 s/f 45 pcs. per 100 s/f
6" x 12" 50% 6" x 6" 11%