Building your own home is a unique one-of-a-kind experience that most of us dream about doing in our life time. Often those who have taken the plunge into designing and building their own home are faced with countless design decisions. For example, what wall colors are to be used with what flooring? Do these appliances match the countertops? Are my cabinets in my kitchen going to be outdated in just a few years? I could continue this list forever but I think you get the just of what Im saying.

As a kid I watched my parents struggle with these decisions as they tried to design and build a 5500 square foot home in California. I remember the specific discussion about how the interior walls were going to look. The decision was made to use lots of wall paper in different colors and pattern to cover the majority of the interior walls. At the time wall paper was the in-thing and considered to be more of an elegant choice in wall coverings. Today some 20 years latter, my folks no longer live in that home and the first thing the buyer of the home did was to rip out all the now outdated wall paper. My parents lost thousands of dollars in sale price do to the outdated wall paper. How could they have known that when the decision was made to wall paper that in twenty years no one would like wall paper? My parents didnt understand or have the foresight to choose wall coverings that would stand the test of time.

The question is, how can one who is designing a new home avoid using current decorating trends that will be outdated in a few years? I dont think I have the complete answer to all the decorating trends problems but let me give you some insight into the world of copper decorative tile.

As early as 6000 B.C., copper was used for making beautiful jewelry worn by Egyptian pharos and was considered a precious metal. Once the Egyptians learned how to hammer native copper into sheets they made tools for building and ornaments like to adorn the buildings they made. Copper tile was chosen for beautifying Egyptians buildings because of the resistant qualities that copper tile possesses to deep corrosion, in that it will not rust. In damp air, copper tile turns from a reddish-orange to a reddish-brown color. Today we find examples of aged copper on homes with copper rain gutters, copper tile accents in tiled floors and walls, and copper awnings. These copper pronunciations beautify and add uniqueness to the home giving the home owner creative control over continuously changing decorating trends of today. Copper tile like hard wood flooring in a home is a timeless design that will not expire.

Current trends have taken copper tile to new places in our own personal Egyptian palace we call home. Decorative hand carved copper tile are finding there way into elegant tile designs as center peaces to larger ceramic tiles patterns. Entryway tiled floors, kitchen backsplashes, bathroom tiled floors, tiled bathtubs, fire place mantles, and other tile covered surfaces are being beautified by homeowners with copper tile. One of the most popular places in the home to use copper tile is in a kitchen backsplash. With todays new stainless steel ovens that are made to look old fashion and vent hoods to match, a copper tile inlayed backsplash has become the only way to properly finish the kitchen design. Copper tile can be used to frame in an area just above the oven making a picture framed area that is perfect for larger copper tile center pieces.

In conclusion copper tile is a time tested home decor design that will not disappoint the home owner for years to come. With copper tile designs the home, the home owner will retain more equity in the home for when it comes the time to sell.