Make walls a feature

Lapicida’s new generation materials offer natural style with big impact

Increasingly, people are using decorative finishes and materials to create dramatic feature walls in the home: think marble, stone, metal, or timber to make a statement in your hallway, bathrooms, kitchen or living room.

However, the practicalities of using natural materials can sometimes be challenging in terms of access, weight and fixing, so for this reason Harrogatebased Lapicida, world renowned as stone experts, also offers brilliant ‘get the look’ alternatives in their new-generation porcelains and ceramics.

Prices for these products are extremely reasonable, too, letting decorating budgets stretch farther.

These new lookalikes offer the authentic look and texture of everything from timber, stone and marble to cement, metal and decorative tiling. Because they are lightweight but exceptionally durable, many of them can be used equally successfully on both walls and floors.

The main image shown here is from the astonishingly natural-looking and feeling Qualis Rice range of Italian porcelain tiles. Inspired by traditional ceramic design, the Qualis Rice collection perfectly captures the authentic look and feel of handmade tiles, and offers an organic, rustic feel for interior walls.

Highly versatile, the unfussy, minimalist design means Qualis Rice can be used to achieve vastly different looks, from a mid-century modern style to a warm, Mediterranean flair.

Available in three sizes, and in four complementary colourways – Natural, Blue, White and Grey – the tiles have an irregular surface with an opalescent glazed finish and can be laid in a number of different patterns.

Colours and sizes can be mixed and matched to great effect – bringing an immediate ‘wow’ factor to interiors.

Yorkshire company with a strong international reputation, Lapicida operates from an extraordinary threeacre showroom, garden and workshop complex in Knaresborough, working with top architects and designers as well as with customers all over the world.

The perfect place to seek inspiration, the showroom displays hundreds of products, indoors and out. Here, too, Lapicida’s artisan stonemasons work alongside technicians operating advanced stone-working equipment.

This melding of bespoke stonemasonry and high-tech process sets Lapicida apart, enabling it to offer bespoke natural stone alongside brilliant porcelains and ceramics for any situation and budget.

■ Lapicida offers a unique range of natural stones, porcelains and ceramic tiles, together with bespoke design and manufacturing services.

■ St James Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 8PJ.

■ Showroom open: 9am–5pm Mondays– Fridays, 9am–3pm Saturdays.

■ Free parking.

■ Telephone: 01423 400100.

■ Website: www.lapicida.com

Qualis Rice collection perfectly captures the authentic look and feel of handmade tiles.