Floor and wall tiles continue to be popular finishing materials as they are an elegant and endlessly stylish interior design option. Contemporary floor and wall tiles offer wonderful ways to add a splash of color, unique patterns and interesting textures to home interiors, especially bathrooms, kitchens and entryways.
Floor and wall tiles are an attractive, practical and “standard” decorative finishing material that is universal and suitable for any interior design and is often used in decoration.
A modern living room looks luxurious, comfortable and unusual with tiles, especially if it is used as a heated floor covering, in combination with expensive parquet and carpets.
Modern tiles vary dramatically in design and are available in many different types, sizes, colors, textures, styles and prices. Current tile design trends help you choose the best floor or wall tiles for your interior design projects.
Floor and wall tile design trends include both modern and traditional tile designs that give ordinary rooms stylish home interiors.
The best modern bathroom tiles presented on our website are selected from the latest catalogs of leading manufacturers. Green wall tiles imitating natural stone are one of the most modern options. Floor and wall tiles in avant-garde, art deco and other modern styles are among the most spectacular trends.
This tile design is extremely trendy this season. Modern technologies allow you to experiment with the appearance of floor and wall tiles by adding unusual designs that are printed, creating the appearance that the floor is made of natural stones. In the articles on our website you will find the best new products and the best color solutions and modern textures for tiles.
Retro tile design trends
Retro tile designs are inspired by 70s style tiles that can add a nostalgic feel and glamorous stylish design to your home decor.
Digital printing enriches the look of '70s-inspired floor and wall tiles with unique textures that mimic natural stones and precious metals.
Marble, alabaster, bronze and gold are the latest trends in floor and wall tiles in terms of interior design and decoration.
Modern tiles and interior design trends
Simple geometric patterns, diamonds, hexagons, zigzags, circles and ovals are this year's modern interior design trends for classic and contemporary floor and wall tile styles.
Wooden, metal and mosaic wall tiles are especially popular. These are the latest trends in kitchen and bathroom tile designs.
Shiny metallic and glass mosaic tiles are used on walls to add glamorous details to this year's interior design and create stunning floors and walls. Metallic tiles add a luxurious shine, reflecting light and adding brightness to your home.
These tiles create fabulous accents on walls and are used to decorate fireplaces with a stylish and expensive look. Mosaic tiles can enrich modern interior design with their beautiful appearance, creating unique, artistic and stylish rooms.
Porcelain tiles
A finishing material whose tiles are dry pressed. The starting material is mainly clay with the addition of 70% feldspar, sometimes kaolin or quartz. Porcelain tiles are great for both walls and floors.
If the owners do not plan to incur large costs for finishing the apartment, but dream of tiles that look like wood or natural stone, porcelain tiles will be an excellent solution! Why? Because it has a big advantage: it can imitate stone or wood, and the cost of purchasing tiles is much lower.
- In addition, porcelain stoneware is very durable and reaches abrasion class 5.
- Disadvantages of porcelain stoneware: It happens that enamel chips form on its surface as a result of an impact and porcelain stoneware is more difficult to keep clean.
Modern bathroom tile design suggests using unglazed (technical) porcelain tiles, which are very hard and extremely resistant to abrasion. Any damage to porcelain tiles is virtually invisible because even when the tiles are worn or broken, they will not change color.
Textured Tiles
Stainless steel and concrete textures create an industrial look and pair beautifully with modern furnishings, emphasizing the simplicity of design and comfort created by stylish decorative fabrics.
Rough floor textures in the same style with wall tile patterns imitating brick, concrete and stainless steel tiles are some of the latest trends in contemporary minimalist tiles.
Ceramic tile
Ceramic tiles occupy a special position in the interior and play a huge function, being the most frequently used.
Ceramic tile finishing is usually done in the kitchen or bathroom. It is used less often in rooms. Often, kitchen aprons are made from ceramic tiles in different styles.
Geometric decor
Tile patterns, based on a combination of various geometric shapes, are never boring or monotonous. Abstract compositions of rich colors on the floor, wall or limited areas thereof become an attractive dominant feature of the interior. For those who are afraid that this decor may tire over time, it is better to choose tiles with a regular pattern, patterns in neutral shades or in classic black and white.
Collection Sharme Extra (Italon), size of tiles and decorative insert “Suite” 25 × 75 cm. Photo: Italon
Prestige collection (Supercerámica), tile size 31.6 × 60 cm. Photo: Supercerámica
Dezi collection (Gracia Ceramica), tile size 20 × 20 cm, elements with several decorative options, randomly packed in boxes. Photo: Gracia Ceramica
Collection Ingir (Cersanit), decor size 42 × 42 cm, panel of two elements: 40 × 44 cm. Photo: Cersanit
Lenar collection (Arcana Cerámica), tile size 29.3 × 29.3 cm. Photo: Arcana Cerámica
Wood imitation
Wood imitation tiles look really great, and they are several times more affordable than timber or wood floors.
Recently, this type of tile is quite popular in the interior, especially when installing floor heating.
Imitation marble tiles
Tiles in the form of natural marble will make the room much more luxurious.
Marble is a fairly relevant and popular material, but not everyone can afford it. Modern technology provides many options for tiles that look like marble.
Recommendations
The correct selection of tiles begins with a correct analysis of the room to be renovated. It is necessary to correctly assess the strengths and weaknesses, and think in advance about the places where communications will pass through the tiles.
This greatly influences the selection of the type of material, so this is also worth taking into account. In addition, you need to take into account the general design style of the room and try not to deviate too much from it.
Natural stone tiles
Tiles in the style of natural stone look organic and will give the interior a stylish look, making it more natural. Sometimes it seems rough and not entirely modern, but if the interior design is designed correctly, then it can add coziness.
Such tiles allow you to create a wall made of natural stone, which will ideally combine with snow-white and chrome-plated sanitary ware.
Installation Tips
Drilling holes on tiles
To install fasteners for plumbing equipment on ceramic cladding, to make holes for sockets, drains and inlets, it is convenient to use hole saws with a centering drill as an attachment for a screwdriver. They do not require a special guide, and high-quality diamond coating of the cutting edge is suitable for drilling hard materials: ceramic tiles and porcelain stoneware.
Photo: Wolfcraft
Photo: Wolfcraft
Impregnations for seams
Water-repellent impregnations for grout-filled tile joints are most effective on cladding that is subject to periodic or constant moisture, such as in bathtubs, showers, toilets, kitchens, balconies and open terraces. Seams treated with impregnation acquire water-repellent and antifungal properties and are less dirty.
Water-repellent impregnation Litolast (Litokol) (500 g pack - 177 rubles). Photo: Litokol
Hydrophobizing impregnation Ceresit CT 10 Super (pack of 1 l - 450 rubles). Photo: Henkel
Soil "Penguin" ("Bolars") (pack of 1 kg - 95 rubles). Photo: "Bolars"
