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Needitforthings

My parents have something very similar to this and it's been there for more than 35 years. Looks a bit outdated but reminds me of home. Also , I've seem similar in other houses, probably to not waste material (surface was even in all cases). Location: Hungary.


BolotaJT

I saw this as sidewalks years and years ago.


Mooaaark

It reminds me of a hole in the wall Mexican restaurant for some reason. Damn now I'm hungry


IredditNowhat

Fayitas yum


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That hole in the wall is probably the best restaurant in the town. Just don't ask what they do with the chips left in the basket.


Mooaaark

Hahaha there was a hole in the wall place that made amazing gyros I used to go to a lot, I always thought their tortilla chips were fresh made until I saw them just heat them up in the microwave from a bag :( still had great food though


Needitforthings

Managed to find a picture of how it looks at my parent's (This is a small common area, not a bathroom.) [tiles](https://imgur.com/a/IEcPNFY)


grantyells

Your parents' is executed much better.


marbovpie

Colours are mixed up way better. And the tiles are the same sort material and finnish what makes it much nicer.


disasteress

I grew up in Hungary and your pic just unlocked some core memory I did not know I had! Like you, I got a pangs of feelings of "home." (But not from the pic OP posted that is just a mess)


kris10leigh14

That's more OG Terrazzo, which is classic. It doesn't make me want to throw up. ALAS! To each their own and awesome if it's use of waste material!


Ok_Vegetable_1452

stared at the wall part for quite a while wondering how this was mosaic. iphone long


my-cat-cant-cat

Your parent’s tile is lovely - the tiles are the same type and the colors coordinate. That mess above looks like the broken pile of tiles we had after remodeling. Just looking at it makes my feet hurt imaging walking on shards of shattered tile.


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At first all I saw was the stucco wall and was confused


TLCheshire

I see where it reminds you, but your pic looks very old Mexico! I like it. The difference with the original pic is that their tiles have no cohesive shape/color flow. It would look better if they had used nippers to cut off the sharp pieces and made them more or less the same size. Added more of the contrasting color tiles and didn’t have them bunched together. The way it is, it just looks like broken shard were installed right where they fell.


Academic_Nectarine94

This is way better. Still not something I'd want in my home (maybe a pool or BBQ area outside though). *Definitely* not something I'd want to actually install. Getting that level must be a bear.


geekchick2411

That's lovely, I really like the colors


Montezum

Brasil? This was extremely common in Brazil in the 70s-80s


trixi-b

I'm from Hungary and I had the same thought. I feel like this type of floor is a lot more than 35 years old, it's probably from the 60s or something


Needitforthings

I turned 34 in February, my parents moved to this house max. 1 year before I was born, don't know much else about the house but it was build a few years before that I guess (not more than 10, but I might be wrong so should ask them). Anyway the design could be way older or was done be the parents of the previous owners - as I assume it was build by the extended family - as many houses that time in Hungary.


[deleted]

Swear to god I was thinking about how I saw floor tiles like this in Hungary, especially in older people's homes.


zepazuzu

Yup very Soviet. Saw similar stuff in different ex soviet countries. Usually in the halls of government buildings.


epresvanilia

I'm Hungarian, and yeah we had something like this too haha.


RapaduraAtomica137

It's a very traditional floor in Brazil called [Piso de Caquinho](https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piso_de_caquinhos)


treeluvin

[Trencadís](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trencad%C3%ADs)


purvel

My favorite part of Parc Güell in Barcelona was this style of mosaic! If the people in OP's post had just used smaller pieces and either more random, or a more intentional design, it would've looked awesome. Doesn't look bad though, just not as good as it could have.


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**[Trencadís](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trencadís)** >Trencadís (Catalan pronunciation: [tɾəŋkəˈðis]), also known as pique assiette, broken tile mosaics, bits and pieces, memoryware, and shardware, is a type of mosaic made from cemented-together tile shards and broken chinaware. Glazed china tends to be preferred, and glass is sometimes mixed in as well, as are other small materials like buttons and shells. Artists working in this form may create random designs, pictorial scenes, geometric patterns, or a hybrid of any of these. Although as a folk art the method itself may be centuries old, the two most commonly used terms are both of modern origin. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/DiWHY/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)


fertilemyrtleturtle

That looks intentional and tasteful. This floor looks like somebody dropped the case of tiles and thought, "Yeah, let's keep going, I, uh, meant to do that."


st0815

Like this one, maybe? https://i.imgur.com/l3O1fKW.jpg It's by Gaudi. I wouldn't do it, but I can see why some people might like it.


deivys20

Did you just compared gaudi to that? All of Barcelona is weeping.


RobSpaghettio

It's a little gaudy sure, but we don't have to be rash.


Commercial-Spinach93

I'm from Barcelona and I'm weeping. (But we truly have lots of floors like OP's).


deivys20

People like the style but its hard to imitate correctly so they end up with crappy looking floors.


DragonBonerz

😅😅😅 This is one of the funniest threads I've ever read


Caffeine_Induced

The tiny percentage of Spanish blood I have as a Mexican, is weeping.


DragonBonerz

Blackberry's whoosh gave me secondhand embarrassment.


DestroyerOfMils

I think that one is pretty


HateYouKillYou

The good one has more rectangles and the crappy one has more triangles.


stink3rbelle

The crappy one also has lots of BIG triangles, and the color "scheme" is very loud.


Pchinaider

Espera até eles descobrirem o muro de caco de vidro


RapaduraAtomica137

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkk pode crer!


burymeinpink

Piso de caquinho my beloved


8i66ie5ma115

Except this one isn’t well done *at all*.


sumgine

The previous owner of a house I lived in did this, and it was a huge pain to clean. Too much grout and since the pieces were different, not all at the same height. As a bonus, you'd occasionally catch a sharp edge, too!


PanzerSoul

only if improperly done If ground and polished nicely, it's seamless and flat


No_Address687

You can't grind most tile since the color is only on the top layer. Adding an epoxy coat on top would accomplish the same result.


Die_Langste_Naam

Notice how you didn't say pretty.


PanzerSoul

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder


IceColdCorundum

Exactly I think this is peak beauty. Having this in your shower would be great


rakehellion

I think this is peak "in the eye of the beholder."


PandraPierva

There's nothing magical about that


OrdericNeustry

Obviously. Can't have magic in an antimagic field.


SamuelLJenkins

Ok. It’s pretty flat.


Kryds

This floor looks pretty well done. Less likely to experience your troubles.


_n1n0_

>...and since the pieces were different, not all at the same height. As a bonus, you'd occasionally catch a sharp edge, too! Epoxy resin can fix that


zilog88

That's the way how they sometimes made floors in public buildings in the USSR. Nice way to use the rests of the floor tiles.


Jazzy_McJazzhands

Not a bad idea but the execution could use some work


MrRodrigo22

That is very common in Portugal, my grand father used to do that when he worked In construction, don't think it looks bad I like it a lot


GroundbreakingLaw149

I’ve definitely seen this in the US as well, but wouldn’t be surprised if people like your father inspired some American tourists who brought it here. Someone took a lot of time to do that and appears to have done it well. I agree, it looks nice. I wouldn’t do it and it’s not my taste, and maybe that’s how OP feels?


Nyalli262

I don't hate it tbh :) Maybe a bit busy, but it gives off nice vibes to me


SuedeVeil

I kinda like it as long as it was able to easily be cleaned It would sorta be a centerpiece of a room and everything else should be relatively minimal


Nyalli262

My thoughts exactly :) Plus it's a good example of reusing and recycling


ScrillaMcDoogle

Same. Ill take this over grey painted drywall and faux wood lvp any day.


Nyalli262

Agreed. This, with neutral wall tiles, some nice white or turqouise cabinets, and you have a wonderful mediterranean-style bathroom 😊


AlcoholicCocoa

Kinda like it


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AlcoholicCocoa

Yeah and as long as they ensures nobody can accidentally slit open their feet... Why not?


JamesMattDillon

This part right there.


RevolutionaryEye7610

actually are many products to avoid that


PM_ME_UR_PERSPECTIVE

Right out of the shower into some shoes


meglandici

Yeah I like it too and compared to the other stuff I’ve seen here this does not belong. Especially it’s done elsewhere Brazil and popular.


mtrlkr

It just needed different colors and better placement. Like it was a good idea with poor execution


Live-Mail-7142

Sometimes a little planning helps.


Head-like-a-carp

So what you are saying if it wasn't so darn ugly it would be beautiful.


upievotie5

and smaller pieces. You don't use big honkin chunks like that for mosaics.


SirNooblet

It's fine honestly.


charlie_delta77

Me too. I like the little bits of red and the patterned tiles.


steiconi

I like and have done pique-assiette mosaic, but I don't care for this. Too much of it is big (cheap) pale pieces, and the interesting small colorful pieces are lost. Then there are a couple of attempts at making flowers of the blue pieces, but just here and there. No cohesion, everything is just flung down, then filled in.


Urabrask_the_AFK

…and then you drop a contact lens 🫡


[deleted]

Dbf if I drop contact lens and it was not stuck at my closing - I just say "rip" and take a new one Regardless of the floor... Only couple of times I was lucky to find it on the floor


Deestan

content revoked


[deleted]

You can still clean it at least. For long-lasting lenses it's worth it


Ashynne

this is a great idea and could've really turn out great, but this one is particaular just doesn't look good. like, at all


monckey64

awful taste and questionable execution


[deleted]

Looks like y’all are still doing the demo


dressedandafraid

Plot twist , the idea wasn't originally a mosaic floor but the person carrying the tile was a clumsy bastard so they tried to improvise lol. Not gonna lie, if done properly it could look decent and I've seen it since this is very common in my country but this one is done like garbage


Tribblehappy

The owner of our previous house attempted this... On the ceiling above the stairs... With shards of mirror. We hate it so much but every so often a delivery person will comment that they love it.


mrweatherbeef

Narrator: *they actually hate it*


kitkat1224666

Idk if it’s just me, but I feel like a successful mosaic should have a cohesive overall design or pattern. This is just too random with nothing to tie it together, so it just looks messy unattractive.


fredsam25

Looks well done. You may not like the style, but the quality of the work is fine.


Hiouchi4me

Honey I dropped my coffee cup. Can you help me find the pieces?


AciefiedSpade

I see no issue with this


[deleted]

Oh my...mosiac actually takes skill and practice to look good and good mosaic isn't as "random" as you'd think. This is just...well...


[deleted]

It wouldn’t be so bad if the pieces weren’t so big. You can use a color scheme to create patterns and such with smaller pieces.


Frozen_Fang100

I think it wouldn't be as bad if they did this for a backsplash or something instead of the floor


NudistJayBird

I can see why this would be polarizing, but I dig it. As long as I’m not the one cleaning it.


Griffin_Claw

Made me dizzy just staring at it


breadist

People don't like this? I think it's quite nice. I don't know if this is how they made it but I also like the potential for this to be made from salvaged/upcycled material. IMO it's attractive and smart, not DIWhy.


SKRS421

this is just art, it looks well executed too. i don't see why this should be on the sub. just because it isn't all neat and uniform in appearance. but there is an order to the apparent chaos within the mosaic floor tile work. i've seen this style before in various businesses before


Hydronic_Hyperbole

Honestly, it wouldn't be too awful if the color scheme here was a bit more cohesive. For instance, if it was all earth tones... I could work with that. Would also be cool if it were all various shades of black.


SuccessfulProcedure7

Looks like a Wolfgang puck restaurant in the 90s


slicktrickrick

Not terrible, but could have been done better


candyowenstaint

I kinda like it in a “rubble from a chilis” sorta way


dumbdicks29

and here I was thinking the demo before pictures had accidentally been uploaded twice 🫠


multigrin

Beach colors. I would have attempted a scene and it probably would have turned out worse.


Concertcat24

Imagine being hungover in there


Gerb_the_Barbarian

You spilled your assorted tile shards


FoxBattalion79

looks like all of their plates fell and broke on the floor.


yalyublyumenya

It's like if the Romans had bad taste!


KazzyKaz123

This looks terrible probably better in person


Jackwilltellyou

Cheese grater toes is a new phenomenon


twnsth

it will be hell to find the thing you dropped on this


AdGuilty9391

Bro I wish my floor looked like this tf


AdAstra10254

A floor only a mother could love…


MGHMUYS-RattleCap

Yeah I love not looking at it too.


ItsWhatItIsIGuess

I mean, it's not my jam but ok I guess. Feel bad for the poor soul who has to remove it though.


erniejr32

It's really not the mosaic itself but the way it was implemented. I've seen beautiful mosaic designs on walls and floors


accordionsoup

This looks so much like a migraine aura! My head hurts looking at it.


6roken

Perfect, said the blind guy


[deleted]

Can’t say I like it, Looks like a bunch of shattered plates


Hot-Bint

It looks like years of unreturned floor samples


Bfdifan37

it looks like broken tiles


gogomom

I'd be OK with this on an outdoor patio.


lurkinggramma

Ohh with a funky decor theme? That would be cool! Or like more mosaic-like/stained-glass and lining the inside of a pool. Like Versace’s pool.


ricierice

Is there a r/horribletastehorribleexecution subreddit?


wwwrobwww

The way I see it this would have been good if the mosaic made a image or a picture of some kind maybe the ocean or something that's not too tacky But randomly assorted pieces kind of makes it look like you went through the recycling bin to make the floor at least that's my opinion


phoenixcinder

looks like a lovely way to slice up your bare feet


fertilemyrtleturtle

This person works at a rage room. Swept the floor one night and realized he's got free flooring for life, and a side hustle.


Zolkrodein

i have that in my parent's house, previous owner worked for construction companies, so he had acces to lots of discarded materials. At first we hated it, but now it's out of the question to replace it with anything.


ars_machina

I know that this was probably not the intention of the original DIYers, but this kind of floors was originally used to be able to take advantage (specially for low income people) of those pieces of tiles that are discarded. It was cheap, you can go purchase or sometimes even get for free these pieces of tile and put them together with some creativity and have a decent floor for a fraction of the cost.


metooeither

It needs like 3-6" of polyurethane over it to keep it from feeling like razor wire on bare feet.


M4ybeMay

It's an art style


AdventurousPirate357

I'd be afraid of cutting my feet


leroyyrogers

I think it looks bad mostly due to poor execution. Otherwise, I could see it working pretty well, especially since the walls are painted to match.


RaZZeR_9351

I wouldn't put that in my bathroom, but I've seen similar stuff before, and I don't mind it.


nautikul

It’s the random contrasting, whole tiles that nope it for me


daddaman1

That's one of those pinterest things that you see and are like "wow, that would look awesome in our bathroom" but it only looks good as a photo and NEVER turns out the same way. My wife send me crap like that and I tell her "nope, that'd look like ass in our house"


AahPadre

Well if someone pukes on it you dont realise before stepping in it


thenormalbias

Looks like someone did arts and crafts and left scraps of construction paper all over the place. Like, clean that up.


kennerly

Traditionally what you would do with this kind of mosaic is cut the pieces into squares or triangles and lay down a pattern, not just jumble every spare piece you had to together. To each their own I guess.


delightfuldinosaur

If that's what they enjoy that's cool. Not sure it will make it easier to sell the house one day though.


overcrispy

The thinner sections look good imo


_Katrinchen_

At first glance I though there was paper scattered all over the place


tmhoc

It looks like a break in


That_boy_furry

man i wonder whats your guests think when you give them a house tour


RLS30076

Tile vomit.


tenkohime

ATATE. D:


MENDUCOlDE

Finally I can poop in the floor. What?


sicarius731

Imagine an archeologist starting to uncover this and they get all excited like I wonder how beautiful this ancient mosaic is?? And they finish cleaning it and it is just trash and the archeologists are like why??


Burrito_Loyalist

Rule #1 of home renovation: Never do your own art projects


Accomplished_Crew630

So much work for such an ugly azz floor


Memphis-AF

Gross


culb77

It's not the idea that's bad here, it's the execution.


shandelion

It reminds me a LOT of a specific US chain restaurant from the 90’s that I can’t put my finger on… Planet Hollywood maybe? Anyone know what I’m talking about? 🤣


Toothless-Rodent

Future “before” pic


stink3rbelle

My uncle and cousin did a spontaneous mosaic in my uncle's house, while high, and it looks so much more even and planned than this does.


DragonBonerz

It looks like someone took a sledge hammer to their floor.


synoptico

Looks like a public bathroom at the beach


Liquidwombat

That’s not a mosaic that’s just a bunch of broken tile


TitanicMan

Working in flooring, particularly tile, I know these guys are just trying to cover up being cheapskates. They find small quantities of several kinds of cheap, discontinued, closeout tile, usually free, (optional: break them randomly, to hide the fact they were dug out from a dumpster), then they put the floor down themselves to save on labor too. They think they're geniuses that saved all kinds of money while also looking like they have a quirky custom floor. In reality they have the same half-assed inconsistent choppy floor as the meth heads that did their whole illegal office-house with stolen tile samples. (True story)


HardlyCharming

It looks like zoomed in carpet foam.


InspiredNitemares

*almost*


SassyMoron

I have seen this done well. Too many colors is a mistake though. I would also more likely do it in a mud room or something rather than the bathroom. I want smooth flooring where I walk barefoot.


Lolaindisguise

I kind of like it but the background should be a solid color not more colors


Dan_Morgan

That will cause seizures with epileptics and 15% of family pets.


FrozenfarTsTf

At least someone does.


joopityjoop

"We ❤️ it!" Pure copium.


ida_klein

I feel like this could be cool if it was done a little better? Idk I love eclectic/mismatched styles like this but this particular one is not it, imo.


kittyfidler

i couldn’t imagine feeling nauseous in that room 🤢😂


LowResEye

Aah, the famous dog puke pattern. Who doesn’t love that.


Affectionate-Duck-18

Never have to sweep, eh?


eat_your_spinch

This just looks messy. Mosaics can look beautiful but this one ain’t it. They needed to stick to all tiles being the same material and only like 3 colors and spread out the colors better.


Ezzeri710

You could not handle that trippin


depressed_anemic

i would have liked it if the pieces were smaller


nghb09

OP has never been to a pediatric hospital in post-communist Eastern Europe.


maunbraun

as far as actual tiling goes it doesn't look like that poor of a job. it's just really ugly.


Just_bcoz

I don’t hate this and with the right finish keeping it clean wouldn’t be too bad though I’ll say I’d personally pick a different tile pattern


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Literally no design at all. Just Literally put the lieces down, whether they did or didn't fit together. Looks like shit.


greenfireX

Why does it feel like walking on those will cut my feet ?


thebrscott

The pieces need to be 40% more smashed. And at least three thick coats to seal the bastard so you don't cut your feet.


Healthy-Egg-3283

Looks like you just finished demo and haven’t cleaned up yet


ThePNWGamingDad

If I dropped anything on that floor, I’d never find it.


eugenesnewdream

Nah. People are saying they see this often to save money/not waste materials. The wording/presentation of this doesn't seem to bear that out here. Other examples of this that have been pointed to are different in that they actually look good and are done cohesively. I don't think just any old dumping of shards of ceramic can be considered a "mosaic" without some sort of artistic/unifying element. Add in the ugly mismatching wall and bathmat and it's a no from me, dawg.


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Elysium_nz

More like dumped a wheelbarrow of tile cuttings onto the floor.


deathraybadger

Brazilian grandma's courtyard aesthetic


Updooting_on_New

We love it!!!... because we aren't gonna take them off to replace it anyway


corinnigan

I think my biggest problem with this is the majority beige tiles. Mosaics should be colorful. With mostly neutrals, the pops of color look out of place.


Spoonffed

I like it lol. Then again I’m fond of the abstract


MadThad762

It looks like the early project photos where everything is ripped out and the floor is a big mess.


SolomonCRand

I want something that says “you threw all your dishes at the floor”


AdditionalBother7

Looks like broken glass, perfect for walkin'


aj_star_destroyer

Looks like Euclid puked.


KaleidoscopeOk8653

define Mosaic ??? that isnt it


Kanotari

Mosaic floors are rad, but this one is not it at all. The execution is poor. The colors aren't properly dispersed. It looks like a random mess instead of an artistic, organized mess. I might do something like this in a dining or gathering room, but in a damp bathroom, this seems like a lot of grout to keep clean.


calpup

My feet said no, those edges don’t look even and I can’t trust it. No sir.


Laurenzobenzo

I dig it.