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26 Floor Tile Ideas That Are Pretty and Practical

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Kristin Hohenadel

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Updated on 09/07/22

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While we all love a hardwood floor, there are times when choosing to install tile flooring makes sense for practical reasons. But installing tile flooring is also a design opportunity that can add texture and dimension to the kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, mudroom, foyer, pantry, or any other room in the house. 

Traditional tile flooring can serve as a quiet backdrop that allows other elements to shine, creating a timeless look. Colorful or patterned tiles can help to define zones in an open plan room or create a transition between spaces. Dramatic tile flooring can set the tone or change the whole mood of a room, creating a focal point or a final flourish that elevates the rest of your design.

Check out these floor tile ideas in a range of styles for inspiration on how to use tiling flooring in every room of the house.

41 Best Kitchen Floor Tile Ideas 2022 (With Photos!)

Updated for 2021

Here at Home Flooring Pros we’re big fans of installing tile flooring in your kitchen.

It’s true that hardwood flooring is also very popular as a high end option and you can’t beat kitchen vinyl flooring if you’re on a budget but, if you can afford it, we still believe that searching for kitchen floor tile ideas is the way to go if you want a great looking, easy to maintain and highly durable flooring solution for your kitchen.

Click here for other kitchen flooring options and ideas and you can also read our thoughts on the best kitchen flooring for you particular home.

Check out our Bathroom Floor Tile Ideas for 2018

But, if you haven’t considered kitchen floor tile before, a brief visit to any tiling retailer is likely to blow your mind: the choice is seriously unlimited!

As the the diynetwork point out tile for use in the kitchen can range in price from $2 to $100 per square foot. So it definitely pays to get a clear idea of the kitchen floor tile style you like best before even starting.

Mind you, even then, within each style there are tons of variations: for example even seemingly simple terracotta tile comes in many different tile designs, shapes, sizes and tones, each bringing a different feel to the space.

So, how are you going to make up your mind?

Well, to help you on your way, we’ve collected some inspirational images covering seven different kitchen tile floor ideas.

Remember, you’ll be looking to find floor tiles that compliment the overall design scheme of your kitchen. But in today’s more eclectic design approach you needn’t be scared of mixing things up a bit because, as you will see below, different design ideas often work together to make your kitchen the truly personal heart of your home.

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You may also be interested in our 30 bathroom flooring ideas or some kitchen flooring videos over at HGTV.

Classic Marble/ Travertine/ Slate Tile Ideas

Natural stone tiles for your kitchen floor is a very classic choice and give a real sense of grandeur and stature to your space. Choose from either light marble or travertine tiles, with their delicately veined detailing, or deeper warmer toned slate tiles that lend a slightly more rugged feel.

Natural stones can work either with traditional farmhouse style kitchen designs or with sleek contemporary fixtures and fittings.

You can also choose to have natural stones with a high gloss or matt finishes to further compliment your design, and there are some amazingly colorful slates that will give added interest to your flooring, much like a gorgeous area rug would.

1. Santa Monica

Smart gray slate works perfectly with warm brown wood and sleek contemporary fittings. Source

2. North Beach

White marble tiles add to the light and airy feel in this compact kitchen.

3. Cedar Lake House

This rugged stone floor is a great compliment to the stainless steel kitchen. Source

4. Glen Kernan Residence

The soft sepia tones of this travertine tile add warmth to this kitchen design.

5. Contemporary

Stunning kund multicolor slate makes a strong statement in this contemporary kitchen.

6. Christmas Lake

The brown tones in this limestone travertine tile are the perfect compliment to the solid wood furniture.

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Rustic Farmhouse Brick/ Terracotta Tile Ideas

Another very strong and classic design idea for your kitchen is the modern rustic, farmhouse kitchen – think Shaker style painted cabinets, beautifully exposed beams, deep ceramic Belfast sinks and hearty range cookers.

The whole rustic flooring look is very welcoming, comfortable, and feels like it could withstand the wear and tear of family life.

This kind of look is perfectly complimented with a terracotta or brick floor tile. Because it is difficult to make perfectly identical terracotta tiles, the inherent variation in tone of the tiles add to the rustic charm and give added texture to your overall design.
And as you can see, terracotta tiles come in all sorts of shapes including square, brick, hexagonal or arabesque to add a further dimension to this classic choice.

7. Helena

Beautiful square and lozenge shape terracotta tiles make a classic backdrop in this Spanish colonial revival home. Source

8. English Country Kitchen

Traditional square terracotta flagstones work perfectly with this modern farmhouse kitchen.

9. Spanish Colonial

Hexagonal terracotta tiles add to the rustic-chic of this beautiful kitchen. Source

10. Lakewood

Arabesque terracotta tiles paired with basket weave set wall tiles hint at rustic charm in this modern kitchen.

11. San Clemente

Reclaimed terracotta brick tiles give this contemporary farmhouse kitchen a timeless elegance.

12. Willow Glen

Terracotta flagstones interspersed with encaustic accent tiles to great effect.

Contemporary Block Color Tile Ideas

If you love the clean lines of contemporary furnishings, then you will want to consider choosing a simple solid block of color as your floor tile option for the kitchen.

Without the variations in color and tone that you get in natural stones and terracottas, block color tile (either made of ceramic or granite/ cement mix) offers a clean background for your sleek modernist fixtures and fittings to shine.

This look is most often completed with a high gloss finish on the tile which gives a very glamorous aesthetic, but using a floor tile with a matt finish can warm and soften what could otherwise could be a rather hard and cold design choice.

And for maximum impact considering choosing less usual colors like high gloss black or electric blue!

13. Hampshire

Dark gray, extra large matt tiles are used both indoors and outdoors in this home to create seamless flowing spaces. Source

14. Mid-Century Modern

Mirror-like high gloss black tiles add extra glamor to this gorgeous kitchen. Source

15. Samuels

The matt brown tiles soften the contemporary gloss and glass finishes in this modern kitchen. Source

16. The Summit

These very on-trend gray porcelain tiles are ideal for a contemporary open-plan space. Source

17. Metropol

A perfect study of calm monochrome design is completed with these glossy off-white tiles.

18. Atelier FB

These glossy electric blue tiles are beautifully dramatic against the utilitarian kitchen fittings. Source

Mediterranean Patterned Encaustic Cement Tile Ideas

If you’re looking to make a more quirky, artistic statement in your kitchen then perhaps you should look at the Mediterranean inspired encaustic floor tiles to guide your design style.

Also known as cement tiles, encaustic tiles come in literally thousands of colorways and patterns, so you may have a tough decision to make! But once you do, you can be sure of a kitchen floor tile that will make a strong visual statement that then allows you to keep everything else simple.

This style of floor tile is most typically paired with mix and match, eclectic furnishings for a thrown-together sort of a feel; but encaustic tiles can equally be the perfect backdrop for sleek stainless steel or more seamless classic fitted kitchen designs.

19. Los Feliz

Encaustic tile is the perfect choice for this outside kitchen and patio, that is connected to the inside kitchen with the same flooring.

20. London

If an overall encaustic tile is too overwhelming, you can instead pair them with plain tiles to create an eye-catching tile rug pattern like this one. Source

21. Cocina

With its colorful encaustic tiles and mis-matched furniture, this kitchen epitomizes eclectic-chic.

22. White Brick Mediterranean

These chain pattern encaustic tiles add interest to this more classic farmhouse style kitchen.

23. Santa Caterina

The 3D box patterned encaustic tiles used here are a design classic, and really bring this kitchen together.

24. Painted Kitchen

If you can’t make up your mind which encaustic pattern you like, why not go for a patchwork? Source

25. Biscuit

For added impact, use the same encaustic tile on the walls too!

Black and White Checkerboard Tile Ideas

You might immediately conjure up images of retro 50s style diners when you think of black and white checkerboard floor tiles, but in fact there are lots of ways to adapt the checkerboard tile idea to a contemporary kitchen.

Keeping the rest of your décor monochrome (or with hints of gray) is a dramatic way to update the checkerboard floor, as well as offsetting the tiles somewhat, so that you don’t actually have a full checkerboard but a less busy grid formation that is perhaps kinder to the eye.

Using checkerboard tiles sparingly to define the kitchen space is another great way to bring this classic look into the 21st Century!

26.Albert Park

Classic checkerboard tile is a great option for an eclectic retro look too. Source

27. Chelsea

Classic checkerboard marble tiles are beautifully updated in the glamorous kitchen. Source

28. Streeterville

Offset black and white tiles keep this monochrome scheme from being too busy.

29. Traditional Kitchen

Small checkerboard tiles are a good choice in a traditional kitchen design.

30. Apartment Bud

Checkerboard tiles in the kitchen area are a nice touch in this contemporary open-plan space.

31. East Side Art Collectors

Mixing black and white tiles with gray ones keeps this beautiful kitchen light and airy.

Wood Look Tile Ideas

If you really like the practicalities of tiled flooring, but really love the aesthetic of a hardwood floor, then wood look ceramic tile or wood look LVT tile might just be the perfect kitchen floor tile idea for you!

Today’s 3D printing technology means that these wood look tiles are more realistic than ever, complete with textured surfaces and even aesthetic finishes to make them look hand-scraped or distressed.

And manufacturers have risen to the success of this product by making sure that you can get wood look tile to match the kinds of designs you can achieve with the real thing, including parquet, wide planks, weathered boards and painted floors.

So, whether you’re going for an urban loft look or a traditional family kitchen, there’s a wood look tile that’s just right!

32. Lodge

The wide planks and grayish tones in this wood look tile works perfectly with the modernist furniture and fittings.

33. Galley Twist

A traditional looking wood look tile is both practical and pretty in this galley kitchen.

34. San Francisco Remodel

Extra-thin wood-look tiles with gray paint effect in herringbone parquet formation – perfection! Source

35. Olde Barn Wood

These distressed multi-toned wood look tiles make a gorgeous background in an otherwise minimalist space.

36. Horizon Tile Taiga

Gray distressed wood look tiles are very on-trend in this impressive loft space.

Cement Look Tiles

Finally, if you prefer the urban industrialist aesthetic of poured cement, but don’t have the budget for the full remodel or specialist installer required for the job, then the answer is cement look tiles.

Combining the clean, no nonsense look of poured cement with the easier installation method of regular floor tiles, porcelain tiles that have been made to look like cement pavers will give you that smart finish, especially if you are careful to choose a slim grout spacer and matching toned color for the grout.

You can get cement look tiles that are sleek and uniform or more rough and ready in design. Whichever type you choose, the beauty of the cement look tile is that it provides a neutral backdrop that will go with any combination of furnishings and cabinet styles, from mid-century modern to industrial loft.

37. Madison Park

Neutral light gray cement look tiles are the perfect base for the warm tones of this mid-century modern inspired home. Source

38. Doran Road

The steel appliances in this slick, sleek and ultra minimalist kitchen are well balanced by the mid-tone gray polished cement tiles. Source

39. Walford Road

The narrow gray cement pavers in this kitchen give a contemporary twist to this farmhouse-style kitchen. Source

40. Heaton Road

Well-balanced transitional décor with pops of warm color are a good match for plain, no-fuss cement tiles. Source

41. Castle Hill

Cement tiles with a rougher, more distressed aesthetic give an added layer of texture in this industrial inspired kitchen. Source

So what did we miss? Do you have any kitchen floor tile ideas that we haven’t listed here? Let us know in the comments below. We love hearing from our readers and seeing what they have done with their floors. Got a particular project you’d like to share? We’d love to feature it, just contact us here – Contact Us

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Greca Fotopoulos

Greca is the lead style writer at Home Flooring Pros, with a BA in Technical Art, she’s focused on flooring trends, flooring ideas, and flooring brand reports.

“There’s nothing more satisfying than creating a home that you love. The hardest thing about this job is trying not to covet all the great floors I get to review; if I could remodel my home every month, I would!”

25 original flooring ideas for the living room, bathroom and kitchen

Sometimes the design of a tile is so striking in its beauty that you can even arrange a kind of show where it will be impossible to determine the winners, and this “exhibition” will look best as a floor covering. Let's take a look at some of the latest, most sophisticated and most delightful designs to help you make this tough choice. It's time to look for inspiration!

Floral tiles


This design is perfect for finishing the floor in the bathroom. Entering the room, you might think that there is a flower field under your feet. The photo shows Candela tiles: one of the most beautiful creations of the Spanish company Peronda, Europe's leading manufacturer of ceramic tiles. The amazing pattern was created by designer Juan Vidal, who in turn borrowed the idea from the company that produces table lamps Tiffany.


Unusual tile design



As you know, if flowers grow somewhere, then among them you can often see beautiful multi-colored butterflies. If they were grey, it wouldn't look so great... unless it's a pattern on the surface of a ceramic floor tile. Designer Ruben Toledo of the New York branch of Ceramica Bardelli introduced the world to a wonderful collection called Papillon (translated from French for "butterfly").



Ceramic floor tiles from the Selection Floor collection from the world famous Ceramiche Supergres brand, based in the small Italian town of Casalgrande. Their tiles are known for their huge variety of patterns and surface patterns that will look great on your living room floor.

Antique tiles


Eco Ceramica offers a no less original floor tile design from the D’Autore collection, namely a rough-hewn, old-fashioned-looking stone: surprisingly, this finish looks very harmonious and makes a pleasant impression.


Moreover, there are options with tiles of different geometric shapes to choose from.


In the 14th century, the floors in palaces and temples looked like this, in fact, the idea was taken from there by modern designers, and it must be admitted that this experiment turned out to be more than successful. Eco Ceramica's Maestri Ceramisti tile collection was inspired by the sumptuous and striking floors of Avignon, then the French residence of the popes. In addition to ten different colors, the assortment has many interesting ornaments that can be combined with each other as you like, bringing the whole picture on the floor in any room to a unique and spectacular look.



Here, for example, is a photo of a bathroom where rather original tiles from the Rinascamento collection are used - another masterpiece from Eco Ceramica. It is made in the technique of "patchwork" with an exquisite floral pattern, which is also made in an old-fashioned style.

Vintage tile style


Already well-known to us, Eco Ceramica never ceases to please us with their ideas. Consider several vintage collections of the manufacturer. The La Ceramica d’Eccellenza series of tiles, designed exclusively for bathroom floors, is perfect for those who want an artistic or bohemian finish.


An interesting patchwork tile from the Le Civilta collection. This vintage design will fit perfectly into the interior of both the bathroom and the living room.



The La Sete Preziose tiles are also not to be missed: the light purple color of the floor will create a peaceful atmosphere in any room.


Another example of a patchwork tile from the Colori Naturali collection, but this time in a modern style, combining many bright colors and different patterns.

Victorian tiles


The elegant look of the floor surface in the bathroom will undoubtedly give Minoo tiles from the Dutch interior design geniuses from the studio Marcel Wanders. This range offers a choice of 5 different types of pattern, each of which is available in eight shades.



A selection of several Victorian living room floor finishes from the Ornamenti collection by Eco Ceramica.


Miniature tiles



An amazing and truly unique floor design is created using small mosaic tiles, all from the same masters from Eco Ceramica.

Decorative carpet tiles


Auris porcelain "carpet" tiles from the Spanish company Peronda, engaged in the manufacture and design processing of ceramic products, can give a real luxurious look to the floor in the living room.


The Italian version of the “carpet tile” with vintage painted patterns from Fap Ceramiche cannot be ignored either.






Hexagonal floor tiles



Tiles of this shape will help to recreate the unique design of the floor surface in the room. Below is a great example of bathroom flooring. The tile of a blue tint looks very nice along with patterns on a marine motif. No less wonderful combinations are contained in the collection of Lucia hexagonal tiles from the Italian ceramics connoisseurs from the company Verso25.


Peronda comes up with some interesting ideas with a range of hexagonal tiles called Argila Origine. The essence of this design is the use of two shades (blue and brown) and four embossed patterns.


Below is a floor covered with hexagonal tiles of multi-colored rough-hewn stone with many patterns: this Palatium collection is made by Eco Ceramica.



The list of unusual hexagonal tiles is completed by a more classic version from the La Galleria series, all the same masters from Eco Ceramica.



Imitation tiles



The floor surface finish in the living room made of ceramic tiles that imitates wood looks great. This design solution is part of the Fosil collection from the Turkish ceramics company NG Kutahya Seramik.



Terracotta flooring is offered by the Italian company Ceramica Sant’Agostino, namely the Terre Nuove series of tiles, the surface of which is created using an innovative digital inkjet printing system. The images below clearly show that the kitchen floor with tiles produced in this way looks amazing, and the old-fashioned effect gives a special charm.



Terracotta wall and floor finishes in the bathroom from the same Terre Nuove series.

Wood look tile



The Italian company Iris Ceramica decided to release an unusual collection of French Woods - tiles with decorative elements that look like they are made of wood.


A truly mesmerizing floor surface is created by tiles with a imitation of petrified wood, a masterpiece from the Kauri Collection range from the American company Oregon Tile and Marble. This is a great example of how flooring can brighten up a living room.

Concrete look tile


An Italian company that produces high quality ceramic wall and floor tiles offers its Seaside porcelain bathroom collection: the appearance of this tile imitates a concrete coating, which goes quite well with floral patterns.


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Content of the article:

Ceramic tiles are by far the best option for flooring. Most people prefer to use ordinary linoleum instead of ceramics.

This is because it is much warmer in the kitchen than tiles.

Modern technologies make it possible to make floors in the kitchen with additional heating, which are able to provide a constant temperature regime.

For the cooking area, it is not recommended to choose glazed types of ceramics, as the surface constantly slips. Such a coating can be harmful to health.

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Fundamentals of the right choice

In order to make the right choice, it is recommended to observe the following requirements:

Modern building supply stores have a wide range of tiling. It is presented in different colors and shades. Before buying the ceramic floor tiles you like, it is important to consider the design of the interior space. The best option is a combination of shades with each other.

As for the form, it can be completely different.

Tile production process

At the initial stages of production, the tiles were fired twice. The first stage consisted in shaping with the help of special equipment, then it was fired at a temperature of more than 1000 ° C.

The final step was the application of the glaze followed by firing. As a result, she received the name "Bikkotura".

Modern floor tiles are fired once, hence the name "monocottura". To date, production is carried out in several stages:

For flooring it is recommended to use unglazed tile elements, they can emphasize the sophistication of the design. Professional installers consider it a warm enough floor tile, as it has good thermal insulation properties.

Selection of elements according to design

If there is not enough free time, you can make a choice using floor tile catalogs. They contain a complete description of the product, its main characteristics.

Of course, it is best to see the entire range in its natural form, but if it is not possible, you can use paper material.

For small spaces, it is recommended to use small sizes of tiles. It is able to visually increase the space of the room. The color palette should be combined with the main colors of the interior.

Many designers prefer to use a contrasting combination. In the photo of the floor tiles, you can note a good combination of color palette.

Installation of tiles

Installation work is best carried out on a concrete base. Laying floor tiles is a rather complicated process.

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