Mitered corner on marble: how we design it

When creating perpendicular walls or marble bar counters for bistros or restaurants, the question we have been asked the most is: “How may we use your marble tiles on the mitered corners?”
When dealing with standard 3D wall tiles, we are not surprised to receive this kind of question, and we fully understand the concerns that professionals and clients may have regarding this.

We always strive to find the best possible solution for each project. We provide clients with not only standard tiles but also with full assistance, proceeding with tile customization if the project requires it.

We want to guarantee our clients well-refined designs where each project detail, such as mitered corners, has been carefully conceived and outlined to let our textured marble tiles perform at their best.

What do mitered corners mean?

A mitered corner is the joint of two pieces cut at 45° to shape a 90-degree angle with no overlaps.

Mitered corners are common for kitchen countertops, rectangular or square tabletops, bar countertops, perpendicular walls, or furniture with 90-degree angles.

These mitered corners can be of several materials, such as fabric, wood, stone, and marble.

When it comes to mitered corners on marble, marble tiles are cut at a 45° angle to join them together. The 90-degree angle coming out is a neat, uniform angle that ensures the seamless continuity of the three-dimensional pattern.

Mitered corners and modular tiles: how we work.

In architecture, there are two types of mitered corners: the internal mitered corner and the external mitered corner. While external mitered corners are relatively straightforward to execute in marble, internal mitered corners require more specific processes and meticulous customization.

External mitered corners: Our technical team works on the project design and creates a drawing based on the on-site measurements.
Once they get the clients’ drawing approval, they produce the custom tiles with an oblique cut carefully designed to make them perfectly coincide with each other on the mitered corners.
Thus, they will ensure that the texture continues throughout the entire surface and the grout lines remain imperceptible even on the edges.

Internal mitered corners: With internal mitered corners, ensuring pattern continuity between adjacent marble tiles presents a greater technical challenge. Lithos Design’s technical team first analyzes how the three-dimensional pattern develops across the tile’s standard dimensions. They then determine the optimal points to terminate the pattern on each tile to achieve seamless continuity at the corner intersection. By modifying the CNC programming parameters, the team produces custom-sized tiles specifically customized for the project requirements. Through precise design development, this approach enables the three-dimensional pattern to flow continuously across the 90-degree corner angle.

This method allows for more accurate installation, reduces material waste by processing only the marble quantity necessary to achieve the required dimensions, and ensures excellent aesthetic results.

As with every custom project, the technical team eventually double-checks how these tiles perform by dry laying them and controls if the final results meet the original requirements.

Marble bar counters: some of our projects

We have often worked on projects of this kind.
The “Motel One” and the “Princeville” interiors are just a few examples of how we may customize our modular tiles on the marble bar counters’ external mitered corners.

In these cases, we supplied standard and customized tiles of our “Eco” and “Tartan” modular marble tiles to create neat 90-degree angles with decorative texture continuity.

We also designed a rendering to help clients imagine how the textured tiles would spread out throughout the entire surface without interruptions, having a preview of the final result.

Perpendicular walls: the private spa case

For this private spa by Studio D73, the technical team of Lithos Design worked on covering a Z wall with the Vena marble wall tiles, where both internal and external mitered corners were required.

External mitered corners: In this case, the Lithos Design team realized custom Vena marble tiles with edges cut at a 45° angle. Marble tiles were then perfectly joined together with no overlaps.

Internal mitered corners: The Lithos Design technical team began by studying the drawings and the dimensions provided by the interior design studio. They evaluated how the Vena wall pattern developed across the standard tile format. Then, according to the dimensions required for the private spa project, they re-designed the Vena tiles, interrupting its decorative motif at specific points to ensure the pattern continuity along the 90-degree angle. Marble tiles were produced only in the dimensions strictly necessary for the project, allowing for precise laying, texture continuity on the joint corners, and significant material savings since marble was produced and textured only in the project’s necessary quantity.

Helping interior designers and architects finish their interiors with Lithos Design wallcoverings also means falling in love with each project.  The Lithos Design technical team, from consultation to technical realization, provides professionals with skills and expertise in marble design to get the most from their interiors.

Contact us for a consultation on your design project, requiring standard and/or customized tiles. The perfect design is just around the mitered corner!