A Storybook Fireplace Hearth in Riverside, Tasmania — Styled with Whispers & Wings Bird Tiles

Some renovations are about scale. This one is about a quiet, perfect detail. Working on a private residence in Riverside, Tasmania, the team at GET Creative Interiors transformed a traditional fireplace hearth into a small piece of decorative art by inserting the Art Nouveau Series Whispers & Wings Satin 150x300mm Ceramic Tile into a clean field of crisp white ceramic.

The Power of a Single Decorative Tile

The Whispers & Wings design is drawn straight from the Art Nouveau movement of the early 1900s — a stylised pair of birds perched among floral motifs in a soft botanical palette. Used as a feature within a larger field of plain wall tiles, a single decorative tile like this becomes a focal jewel without overwhelming the rest of the room. In this Riverside project, two Whispers & Wings tiles are placed side by side at the centre of the hearth surround, drawing the eye instantly while letting the surrounding white ceramic do the practical work of protecting the wall and floor from the heat of the fireplace.

Why GET Creative Interiors Chose This Tile

Several things make the Art Nouveau Whispers & Wings tile ideal for a fireplace application. First, the satin finish softens the reflection of firelight and ambient lighting, giving the surround a warm, lived-in glow rather than a hard sheen. Second, the 150×300 mm scale is small enough to act as a feature inset but large enough that the bird-and-floral artwork is legible from across the room. Third, the colour palette — soft greens, dusty pinks and aged ivory — sits beautifully against natural timber flooring and wicker storage, which is exactly the kind of textured, traditional interior this Tasmanian home celebrates.

How to Use Whispers & Wings in Your Own Home

You don't need a heritage cottage to use a tile like this. Designers in our community have specified Whispers & Wings as a single inset tile in a kitchen splashback above the cooker, as a vertical band of three or four tiles framing a powder-room mirror, as a feature row at chair-rail height in a laundry or mudroom, or as a hearth or stove surround exactly as seen in this Riverside project. Browse the rest of the Art Nouveau Collection to see other bird and botanical companion patterns that pair beautifully with Whispers & Wings.

Featured tile: Art Nouveau Series Whispers & Wings Satin 150x300mm Ceramic Tile

Designer: GET Creative Interiors

Location: Riverside, TAS

Project type: Private residence — fireplace hearth feature

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