How to Design Stylish Parking Spaces that Wow at First Glance

With the changing lifestyle, one of the most common additions to everyday life has been a personal vehicle. It has grown to become a necessity. However, with the carying climate, the socio-economic situation and a genuine need to protect an everyday asset, a parking space has become a genuine necessity in residential and commercial settings alike. 

Creating a quality parking space that is both functional and aesthetic ensures safety of the vehicle as well as improves accessibility. Wondering what goes into creating stylish parking spaces? Keep reading!

What to look for in a Good Parking Tile?

From a traditional standpoint, concrete flooring was seen as the only suitable option for alluring parking spaces. With time, the need to add a pop of color, or texture has grown by leap and bounds. Given your budget, usage and the aesthetic parameters, here is an indicative list of what might help you narrow down your choices.

Slip Resistance

The Indian subcontinent witnesses rainfall for a good part of the year. Even in the arid regions, the monsoon season can be particularly rough. For residential areas, most Indian households are equipped with a spare water supply in the garage for odd jobs including maintaining the vehicle. Therefore, slip resistance is an important quality for residential garage and parking space amenities. Choosing a slip resistant parking tile in the garage ensures that unprecedented mishaps remain a rare possibility.

Load Resistance

An average car weighs approximately 1,300 kilograms. Even with the swiftest moves and gliding performance, the surface of any commercial or residential parking space must endure the weight with minimal wear and tear and maximum longevity. 

Scratch Resistance

With load resistance, arises the need for scratch resistance. If we do not want to entertain chips and cracks, why would anyone want to endure scratches? The repair costs can often get pretty pricey! 

Other important factors:

• Textures for grip ensure extra resilience
• Size of the parking tile depending on the floor area 
• Finish of the tile 
• Aesthetic factors like prints and colors

Types of Tiles for Parking Spaces

Make and the type of tile makes a huge difference in the overall lifetime of the installation. Here are some cherry picked parking space tiles that are the perfect culmination of functionality and aesthetics. 

Porcalain Tiles

made with a very specific type of clay, Porcelain tiles are manufactured with clay, sieved fine sand and feldspar. Porcelain tiles are fired at a higher temperature and pressure thereby making them, tsuper hardwearing, denser, and less porous. Essentially because of its meticulous manufacturing process, porcelain tiles are by its innate nature suited for a wide range of outdoor spaces. Innately well suited for parking spaces, porcelain tiles are heavier, skid resistant as well as scratch resistant. A major win-win, won’t you agree?

Vitrified Tiles

A fusion of silica and clay in 2:3 proportion, the mix of feldspar and quartz makes vitrified tiles a suitable choice for parking spaces and outdoor usage in general. The mix of hydraulic pressure and vitrification which lends the surface a unique glass like look, most forms of vitrified floor tiles are suited for parking spaces. In particular, double charged and full body vitrified tiles are ideal for indoor and outdoor use with heavy traffic. The homogeneous layers on both the types of vitrified tiles ensure that dirt and grime doesn’t collect easily, and heavy footfall or water damage does not show immediate signs of wear and tear.

Cement Tiles

Known for their slip resistance created by the porosity of the concrete, the mineral pigments and the molds create exquisite patterns on the cement body. Harnessing the natural strength of concrete and with a little creativity, cement tiles go a long, long way. If you are bored with the regular rectangular and square tiles, interlocking paver shaped concrete blocks are a nice edgy option too.

Stone Slabs

From limestone and quartz to granite and sandstone, stone slabs are perhaps one of the most popular choices for outdoor spaces. Nevertheless, the maintenance and price points often rule them out as a contender from the race. However, if you are open to the added costs, they are perhaps one of the most reliable options for a stunning parking space.

Popular Parking Tile Trends

Trying to wrap your head around popular parking decor? Following are some parking tile trends and decors that you might appreciate.

Monochrome

Monochrome parking tiles work well in a few different instances. If you are trying to bring an outdoorsy vibe to your home or want to integrate the fluidity of an indoor space with the outdoors, monochrome parking tiles work wonders. This look can be achieved with porcelain tiles, full body vitrified tiles and stone slabs with ease. If a monotonous single color is way too minimal for your taste, we also recommend choosing different tones of the same color to create a tile rug effect.

For an added contemporary flavour to your design, opt for striking colors of pastel tones that you resonate with in your color scheme. It doesn’t have to be all grey!

Detailed Floral Patterns

Detailed digital printing on a salt glazed vitrified body is yet another popular choice for quality outdoor spaces. Complementing the ethnic Indian and boho-chic aesthetics, detailed floral patterns in a continuous reproduction pattern transforms any space with its midas touch. Often digitally printed, they capitalize on precision and charming looks to generate visual interest.

Beaded Designs

Beaded designs and 3D embossing is yet another popular yet understated option for decors. Combining the goodness of pebble like designs and earthy colors including greys, terracotta, pale yellows, cream and ivory, beaded designs are popular for their optically illusive properties.

Creating a cohesive and functional parking space is not a luxury. The happiest of homes prioritize convenience and class. For everything else, MyTyles is just one text away.