--- title: brick is the new black...painted brick, that is. description: brick is the new black...painted brick, that is. image: https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576265-jpeg/blog-files/6254.white-brick-wall-eclectic-living.jpeg --- - [**](https://www.pinterest.com/cletile/) - [**](https://www.facebook.com/Tilevera/) - [**](https://twitter.com/cletile) - [**](https://www.instagram.com/cletile/?hl=en) [![cle tile logo](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cletile_March2016/logos/cle-logo-new.png?width=444&name=cle-logo-new.png "cle tile logo")](http://www.cletile.com/) [** search](http://www.cletile.com/search) [** ](https://info.cletile.com/blog-test/tile_envy/brick-is-the-new-black-painted-brick-that-is/#sidr) ## Shop by Collection ### Browse [** search](http://www.cletile.com/search) # brick is the new black...painted brick, that is. 22 May 2012 wow!! we got a record response from yesterday's tile envy subway homage. it still leaves me pondering- why all the fuss?? mind you, i know why *i* love any sized rectangle set with a "broken" joint. as a true aficianado of the modernist-rough-luxe style- i can't get enough of that clean and ever so slightly edgy appeal of a wall clad in a subway pattern. but what of all of you? surely you've got your own reasons for your subway crush. however, since i've probably been pondering this topic longer than most, let me get the discussion started with my own current theory. it's called - BRICK. i think we've gone mad for brick surfaces. and it's not a tad here or there- but that of the full-scaled walls appropriate to the archaic warehouse spaces that we've all come to love. [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576265-jpeg/blog-files/6254.white-brick-wall-eclectic-living.jpeg?width=600&height=750&name=6254.white-brick-wall-eclectic-living.jpeg "6254.White Brick Wall Eclectic Living")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576265-jpeg/blog-files/6254.white-brick-wall-eclectic-living.jpeg)   [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576275-jpeg/blog-files/buckingham-interiors-showroom-1-600x444.jpeg?width=600&height=444&name=buckingham-interiors-showroom-1-600x444.jpeg "buckingham-interiors-SHOWROOM-1-600x444")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576275-jpeg/blog-files/buckingham-interiors-showroom-1-600x444.jpeg)   [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576285-jpeg/blog-files/entrance-usa01106.jpeg?width=600&height=400&name=entrance-usa01106.jpeg "Entrance-usa01106")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576285-jpeg/blog-files/entrance-usa01106.jpeg)   [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576295-jpg/blog-files/melanie-turner-den-cococozy-white-painted-brick-graphic-drapery-curtain-1024x716.jpg?width=600&height=400&name=melanie-turner-den-cococozy-white-painted-brick-graphic-drapery-curtain-1024x716.jpg "melanie turner den cococozy white painted brick graphic drapery curtain")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576295-jpg/blog-files/melanie-turner-den-cococozy-white-painted-brick-graphic-drapery-curtain-1024x716.jpg)   [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576305-jpeg/blog-files/700_steal-this-look-australian-bath.jpeg?width=600&height=455&name=700_steal-this-look-australian-bath.jpeg "700_steal-this-look-australian-bath")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576305-jpeg/blog-files/700_steal-this-look-australian-bath.jpeg)   [![painted white brick patio](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576315-jpeg/blog-files/lincoln-barbour-photography-white-living-room-painted-brick-fireplace-eclectic-design-dog-on-sofa-driftwood-coffee-table-reclaimed-wood.jpeg?width=600&height=400&name=lincoln-barbour-photography-white-living-room-painted-brick-fireplace-eclectic-design-dog-on-sofa-driftwood-coffee-table-reclaimed-wood.jpeg "lincoln-barbour-photography-white-living-room-painted-brick-fireplace-eclectic-design-dog-on-sofa-driftwood-coffee-table-reclaimed-wood")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576315-jpeg/blog-files/lincoln-barbour-photography-white-living-room-painted-brick-fireplace-eclectic-design-dog-on-sofa-driftwood-coffee-table-reclaimed-wood.jpeg)   [![white painted brick house in the old south](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576325-jpg/blog-files/100_0965-1024x768.jpg?width=600&height=400&name=100_0965-1024x768.jpg "100_0965")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576325-jpg/blog-files/100_0965-1024x768.jpg)   [![modern white painted brick](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576335-jpeg/blog-files/03_07-069-04a-crop.jpeg?width=600&height=776&name=03_07-069-04a-crop.jpeg "03_07-069-04a-crop")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576335-jpeg/blog-files/03_07-069-04a-crop.jpeg)   [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576345-jpeg/blog-files/2b19ddb78a1d.jpeg?width=600&height=800&name=2b19ddb78a1d.jpeg "2b19ddb78a1d")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576345-jpeg/blog-files/2b19ddb78a1d.jpeg)   [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576355-jpg/blog-files/bigthingbroadway-1024x764.jpg?width=600&height=400&name=bigthingbroadway-1024x764.jpg "BigThingBroadway")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4158576355-jpg/blog-files/bigthingbroadway-1024x764.jpg) i'm not talking little pony walls or non-ambitious wainscoting. we want full-on WALLS. it's a love affair with texture right now. from gritty graphics to army boots and lace skirts we're flat out for contrasts. our favorite blogs are filled with interior photography back-dropped with painted brick walls. and from crate and barrel to design within reach every other page is staged with what may as well be the same brick wall. my current thought; 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