When it comes to tile, don't think square. After all, there are so many exciting tile patterns to choose from - and so many ways to use them to a room's best advantage. Have a small room you want to look bigger? Use a trellis pattern with color-matched grout to enlarge its appearance. How about a large room that could use some visual trickery to break up a monotonous expanse of floor? Blend tile colors in a lacework pattern with contrasting grout to add texture and interest. No matter how you want to alter the appearance or scale of a room, there's a tile pattern designed to work for you. The following provides a variety of tile patterns and borders to liven up the surfaces in any room, anywhere. The key above each pattern tells you the approximate number of pieces per 100 square or linear feet of each tile size required to create each pattern or border. So think outside the square. Use tile patterns and let your imagination take shape! Hints for getting started: Never assume a room is perfectly square - always square off from the center and begin pattern along one edge. To avoid rough edges on tile, always float the floor to a level state before installing tile. Always round the next highest footage when calculating square footage of tile needed. Random is not a pattern, but a specific look designed by the installer. Most random arrangements need to work on these percentages:* 12" x 12"   60% 6" x 12"   40% 6" x 6"   40% *When installing tile in a random configuration, the percentages of tile for the three sizes involved do not add up to 100%, in order to allow for different looks throughout the installation. These percentages will also allow for overage needed due to centering 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. Alternating 67 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (67%) 66 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (33%)   Basketweave Vertical 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (100%) Brickwork Vertical Narrow 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (100%) Alternating Horizontal 134 pcs.per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (67%) 132 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (33%)   Brickwork 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (100%) Circular Rectangular 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (100%) Basketweave 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (100%) Brickwork Square 100pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (100%) Cobblestone 132 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (66%) 132 pcs. per 100 s/f/ 6" x 6" (34%)   Basketweave Horizontal 50 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (50%) 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (50%)   Brickwork Vertical 400 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (100%) Corridor 67 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (67%) 66 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (33%) Corridor Horizontal 200 pcs. per 100 s/f |6" x 12" (100%) Corridor Vertical 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (50%) 200 pcs per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (50%)   Herringbone Inserted 112 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (56%) 178 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (44%) Hopscotch 80 pcs per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (80%) 80 pcs per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (20%) Corridor Layered 34 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (34%) 67 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (32%) 132 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (34%)   Grid 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (100%) Divisible 33 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (34%) 67 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (33%) 134 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (33%) Lacework 144 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (70%) 144 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (30%) Corridor Modular 34 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (34%) 34 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (16%) 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (50%)   Grid Horizontal 200 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (100%) Interlocked 10 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 18" (15%) 33 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (33%) 67 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (33%) 74 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (19%)   Corridor Stacked 132 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (66%) 132 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (34%) Herringbone 200 pcs.per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (100%) Steppingstone 39 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (39%) 244 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (61%) Vectored 27 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (27%) 120 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (60%) 56 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (13%)   Corner Cut 192 pcs. per 100 linear ft. 6" x 12" (96%) 8 pcs. per 100 linear ft. 6" x 12" (4%) *2 tiles are scored and cut to make corners.   Mini Grid 400 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (100%) Zigzag 200 pcs. per 100 linear ft. 6" x 6" (100%) Pinwheel 100 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (50%) 200 pcs. per s/f 6" x 6" (50%) T-Cross 100 pcs. per 100 linear ft. 6" x 12" (50%) 200 pcs. per 100 linear ft. 6" x 6" (50%) Trellis 46 pcs. per 100 s/f 12" x 12" (46%) 88 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (44%) 40 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 6" (10%)   Footpath 200 pcs. per 100 linear ft. 6" x 6" (100%) Windmill 150 pcs. per 100 s/f 6" x 12" (75%) 100 pcs. per s/f 6" x 6" (25%)