If you want to kick your home’s style up a notch by making a big change to a small area, consider mosaic tile.

Tile has always been a popular material in areas that tend to be wet, like showers and bathrooms, but mosaic achieves an extra special look. With lots of options to choose from, browse marble, ceramic, slate, pebble and glass with a wide variety of patterns and designs before making your selection.

In bathrooms and kitchens alike, consider adding a tile backsplash to your home. The simple renovation will allow you to get creative and tie new beautiful colors or emphasize existing ones if you so desire.

In terms of bathrooms, pebbles are very trendy at the moment. Pebbles can be incorporated into mosaics themselves, but they look even more luxurious and earthy as bathroom floors. Pebbles are truly a chic way to update the bathroom. For a dramatic look for the more modern bathroom, try adding sleek, dark black pebbles on the bathroom floor. For a spa-like look, blue, grey, tan and white assorted pebbles look relaxing-and almost nautically reminiscent of waves- on the walls or in a small mosaic framing the sink.

Current mosaic trends for kitchens include adding a little brightness. Try a brighter tile interspersed with other tones represented in your kitchen. Of course, a tile backsplash is a functional and fashionable feature to have in the kitchen, but try adding smaller tiles in artsy ways so they can complement the larger ones.

To stay current on the latest design trends for kitchens and bathrooms, visit Atlanta Real Estate Forum’s Home Trends category. We love to share creative ideas to help you get started on your remodel or new home project. Not to mention, lots of the new home builders featured on this site have beautiful model homes that you can tour virtually or in person.