Glass mosaic tile and glass tile

Glass mosaic tiles bring color and reflected light into a compact surface. This selection includes blue glass tile, green glass tile and quieter white, grey and beige options, with patterns ranging from square and linear layouts to hexagons, arabesques, pebbles and scales. View a sample under the room's actual lighting because clear, painted, frosted and recycled glass can read differently as the light changes.

For a glass tile backsplash, start with the pattern as well as the color. The catalog's Subway Glass Tile look includes classic and elongated layouts that can create a calm glass subway tile backsplash; smaller circular or geometric pieces make the grout grid more visible. A grout close to the tile color lets the surface read as one field, while contrast outlines every piece.

Elysium's glass and crackle-glass products are not interchangeable. The catalog notes that glass resists water and stains, and a white thinset helps translucent pieces keep their intended color. Crackle glass has a fine fractured effect beneath the face and is best treated as a wall material for backsplashes, niches and accents, with gentle, non-abrasive cleaning.

For a glass tile shower or pool, open the individual product page and follow the applications stated by Elysium Tiles; a material label alone is not an approval for every wet location. The pool-rated count below includes only products marked for that use by the manufacturer. Product pages also carry the supplier specifications and California Proposition 65 warning.