The kitchen is the heart of the home, it is more than a space to cook, it is where meals are shared, glasses are raised and a space for entertaining families and friends. When it comes to renovating, extending, or perhaps building an entirely new kitchen, there are so many decisions to make and things to consider when finding the right kitchen tiles for you. Whether you're drawn to the timeless elegance of natural stone, the charm of herringbone tiles, or the practicality of porcelain tiles, the perfect tile can enhance your kitchens aesthetic and functionality. In this blog, we'll look at a variety of kitchen tile ideas, providing you with inspiration and practical tips to create a kitchen that truly reflects your style.
Things to Consider Before Selecting Your Kitchen Floor Tiles
Our top tip on choosing the best flooring for a kitchen is to choose natural stone or porcelain tiles. Both are hardwearing and forgiving floor coverings, available in various shades, finishes, formats and sizes to suit your busy kitchen. Natural stone and porcelain are easy to maintain and are the best choice that will stand the test of time, more than floor such as carpet, wood or vinyl. These two materials are also suitable for underfloor heating which is a consideration for many when choosing kitchen tiles.
Neutral Cream Kitchen Tiles
Cream kitchen tiles exude a timeless elegance and a sense of airiness that never truly goes out of style. With their ability to brighten and enlarge even the smallest of spaces, cream kitchen tiles are an ever popular choice for homeowners and designers alike.
For something that can fit the style of many different projects, our Monte Carlo tumbled limestone offers a durable and versatile cream kitchen tile. The subtly tumbled edges make for a limestone floor that can complement both contemporary and traditional properties equally well. The neutral cream tones in the surface of the tile also feature a unique array of fossils, adding to the timeless charm of this cream kitchen tile staple.
Whilst natural stone is a beautiful choice when it comes to cream kitchen tiles, you may prefer a stone effect porcelain. Our Dorchester Aged White is a firm favourite that features a large array of variation in both tone and pattern, providing an authentic natural stone look, with the benefit of a non-porous surface, making this a great option for busy homes or kitchens that see a lot of footfall and usage. This is further accentuated by the tumbled effect edges, allowing the grout to achieve a rustic and natural look. This timeless cream porcelain tile lends itself perfectly to classical country kitchens and is also available as a matching outdoor paver. Find further Cream kitchen tile ideas.
Another area in which you may be interested in cream kitchen tiles is for walls and splashbacks. A tiled splashback can work beautifully to tie together matching or contrasting décor and floor elements, as well as adding the practicality of an easy to clean tiled area behind sinks or cooking spaces. The Farini Chalk is a square porcelain tile that is well suited to use as a cream kitchen tile splashback. This authentic recreation of a traditional Zellige tile features a glazed finish providing an artisanal, handmade look and the pale cream tone pairs beautifully with many other shades you might implement in your kitchen. You may also want to use another colour in our Farini range to create a unique and characterful chequerboard pattern, such as this project that pairs the Chalk colour with the Farini Cinnamon.
Honey Beige Kitchen Tiles
Beige tiles have the ability to create a beautifully warm and inviting feel in any kitchen, especially when opting for the country look. Whether you prefer a rustic and traditional beige natural flagstone tile, or a more contemporary industrial look, beige tiles are ever the welcoming option.
Perhaps one of the most classic stone flooring options, beige natural limestone tiles evoke a warming country charm. Dijon tumbled limestone tiles feature soft, honey tones and the most beautifully unique array of fossils and other natural limestone patterns and movement. This beige limestone option fits elegantly with navy or green kitchens and the free length formats in particular add to the natural charm of the tile. The subtly tumbled edges ensure that the Dijon limestone complements both traditional and modern kitchens, making it a versatile option for your beige tile project.
Moving to porcelain kitchen tiles, stone effect porcelain replicates the appearance of beige natural stone perfectly. For a more modern and industrial look, you may want to opt for straight cut edges and a bolder surface design Orwell Natural offers a large rectangular format and is an excellent choice for expansive or open plan spaces, owing to its size, and features subtle cream and beige hues. The authentic matte surface shows occasional veining and fossil movement to complete the look.
For beige splashback tiles that add both practicality and style to areas such as sinks or cooking spaces, they pair sympathetically with other colour schemes in the cabinetry or flooring, as well as stand out on their own. For an elegant and timeless gloss metro tile, you will love the Pastello Seashell. Its glazed surface finish in a square format provide a handmade, artisanal look and feel. The Potters Clay is another excellent option, with an earthy beige tone and charming matt finish. The slender metro tile format allows the Potters to be laid in many different styles, from the traditional brick bond, to herringbone, to a more contemporary stack bond depending on the look and feel you are trying to achieve. Find further kitchen splashback tile ideas here.
Cool Grey Kitchen Tiles
Grey limestone tiles offer a truly timeless floor tile working in a whole range of kitchen schemes and styles. The Farrow Grey tumbled limestone is a longstanding favourite, featuring beautiful tonal variations from dove grey through to soft anthracite. The oxidisation of iron offers warm copper hues, creating an ageless charm. This grey neutral toned natural stone lends itself to both modern and country projects alike, whilst the mineral and fossil detail evident, make it practical as grey kitchen flooring.
Grey kitchen tile ideas aren’t limited to natural stone, but there is also a wide range of grey porcelain tiles perfect as kitchen flooring! For a classic grey stone effect tile the Hambleton Grey is a popular option with a subtle tumbled edge and consistent neutral grey tone – this porcelain is available small and large format sizes, as well as being suitable for outdoor use in a 20mm grip paver. Find further grey kitchen tile ideas.
Not only can grey kitchen tiles be used for flooring, but this colourway is also popular for kitchen splashback tiles from metro and subway tiles to glazed square tiles. When it comes to grey metro tiles, there are a few classic choices such as the Primrose Smoke gloss metro which is a larger metro tile with clean edges and a consistent pale grey tone. For a slightly darker metro tile, the Pigment Stone Grey metro is a warm grey in a slimmer format with slightly uneven edges for a handmade feel
Wood Effect Kitchen Tiles
Wood effect porcelain flooring is a more practical choice to solid wood floor and the prints and tones available certainly do mimic the look of real wood! Oak wood-look kitchen tiles offer an authenticity and warmth just as real oak does, working beautifully with oak beams – an ever-popular feature to have whether it be in a new build or an original element of character properties. The Henbury Antique Oak wood porcelain ticks all the boxes for a neutral oak wood-look porcelain. Wood effect porcelain, unlike real wood, is also suitable for underfloor heating. Underfloor heating is an increasingly popular asset to have in the home - providing warmth from the floor up.
Herringbone Kitchen Tiles
Herringbone tiles bring both charm and practical durability, perfect for kitchen floors. Their slim format enhances the sense of space, while their neutral shades add subtle decorative warmth. The natural stone option Tuscany Tumbled Herringbone offers warm honey toned hues, featuring subtle variation as well as rich fossilisation. For a stone effect choice, the Castello Sand Tumbled Herringbone beautifully captures the character of natural stone, with its gently worn edges. Both offer neutral tones and set against a white bathroom scheme help to create a light and airy feel with a rustic charm.
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We hope you have found this kitchen tile ideas inspiring for your own home! If you are wanting more inspiration, read our blogs on navy blue kitchen tile ideas and cream kitchen tile ideas. We invite you to visit one of our UK showrooms for large floor and wall displays as well as individual tiles and samples of our tiles. Alternatively, please feel free to contact us for any questions or advice!
