A Patchwork Patio Floor on Bribie Island — Seven Artist's Palette Colours, One Outdoor Showpiece
A Patchwork Patio Floor on Bribie Island — Seven Artist's Palette Colours, One Outdoor Showpiece
Most outdoor patios are paved in a single colour. Larissa Bartholomew went the other way entirely. For her covered patio on Bribie Island, Queensland, Larissa hand-mixed seven different colourways from the COCO Artist's Palette Collection to create a true patchwork outdoor floor — a lively, holiday-feeling space that genuinely cannot be replicated by any printed or pre-mixed tile on the market.
The Seven Tiles in This Patio
The Artist's Palette Series is a curated range of solid-colour 300×600 mm satin ceramic tiles, designed specifically to be mixed. Larissa selected the following colourways for this project:
| Colour | Tile |
|---|---|
| Soft sea-green | Artist's Palette Opal Green Satin |
| Cool aqua-blue | Artist's Palette Hemisphere Blue Satin |
| Warm tangerine | Artist's Palette Orange Peel Satin |
| Fresh leaf-green | Artist's Palette Summer Green Satin |
| Deep ink-blue | Artist's Palette Eternal Elegance Blue Satin |
| Earthy red | Artist's Palette Tibetan Red Satin |
| Sunny yellow | Artist's Palette Canary Yellow Satin |
Together, these seven colours read as a holiday palette — beach, sky, tropical leaves and citrus — which is exactly the right energy for a Bribie Island outdoor room.
How to Lay a Patchwork Floor Without It Feeling Random
Mixing seven tile colours sounds risky, but it is not. A patchwork like this one works because the tiles are all from the same series, sharing an identical satin ceramic body, the same 300×600 mm format, the same edge thickness and the same matte clay-ceramic depth of colour. That shared DNA means the eye accepts the colour mix as a deliberate composition rather than a mistake. Larissa has also kept the surrounding elements deliberately quiet — natural rattan and timber furniture, plain greenery in pots and a soft outdoor curtain — so the floor is unambiguously the hero.
Why This Project is a COCO Effect Standout
What we love about Larissa's project is that it is fundamentally a brave design decision executed with discipline. The tile choices are colourful but not chaotic, the layout is patchwork but not random, and the styling is rich but not cluttered. It is a perfect example of how a homeowner — without a designer — can use a flexible tile range to create something genuinely unique. If you have an outdoor entertaining space, a covered alfresco area or a small balcony that needs personality, Artist's Palette is built exactly for this kind of mix-and-match design.
Featured collection: Artist's Palette 300x600mm Satin Ceramic Tiles
Customer: Larissa Bartholomew
Location: Bribie Island, QLD
Project type: Private residence — outdoor patio floor
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