Is the checkerboard trend over? The designers re-inventing this classic pattern don’t think so. Checkerboard has been one of the standout trends for the last year. What may have started as a longing for tiled checkerboard floors and plush patterned rugs is now finding new and exciting incarnations in the likes of ceramics and even as wallcoverings evolving by taking an interesting new direction with surprising color matchings to re-imagine this classic pattern in a fearless approach.