Kitchen tile ideas & designs

With the ever-changing landscape of kitchen design, keep up with the latest kitchen design trends. Discover how to create the kitchen of your dreams with our inspiration, color recommendations, and more.

How to choose the perfect tiles for the kitchen

When choosing porcelain tiles for your kitchen, it's important to think about both style and performance. Here are a few things to keep in mind when exploring kitchen wall tile ideas.

  • Kitchen Style: Start off by defining your personal design style and then select tiles accordingly. For example, large format tiles work well with contemporary and modern kitchens and small intricate tile layouts suit more traditional styles.
  • The Finish: Just as important as style, tile finishes affect the overall lighting and look of the room. Your choice of glossy or matte enhances and affects natural and artificial lighting in unique ways.

How to match tile colours in the kitchen

Colour can either make or break the design of a kitchen, so creating a balanced colour combination is vital. When exploring colour palettes and kitchen tile ideas, decide on a base colour: neutral colours such as white, grey and beige create a subtle base that opens up the possibility of adding interest and character through bold accent colours such as black, blue or red. When selecting decorative tiles, consider how they will interact and work with cabinets, lighting, countertops and hardware like taps and towel rails.

Tiles for white kitchens: the latest trend

When looking at the latest trends in kitchen design, you’ll notice that tiles are experiencing a real revival. For those of you selecting tiles for white kitchens, here are some design ideas that are currently trending:

  • Texture: Textured tiles add visual interest and character to your kitchen. The textures add a natural premium touch, enhancing the overall aesthetic of the room.

  • Colour: To inject colour into a white kitchen, nothing is better than coloured tiles. From blue to grey, from pink to red, coloured tiles are there to bring in a splash of colour.

  • Floors: White kitchens with white floors create a beautiful spacious appearance and are an ideal combination for small kitchens. Colour drenching a kitchen from top to bottom in white definitely on trend.

  • Black and White: A classic combination of black and white tiles, beautifully juxtaposing light and dark, is perfect for creating a timeless and elegant look which is always in style.

  • White tiles with black grout: Coloured grout has been trending recently, because it’s a great way to introduce a modern and creative look to the space. Perfect for those looking to create something unique.

Black tiles and white kitchens

There is nothing more timeless and elegant than the black and white kitchen tile combination. They’re perfect for creating a dramatic impact—the black tiles ground the design while the white kitchen provides a perfect neutral base. This classic combination also gives the possibility of injecting blasts of colour through accents and accessories. For example, you could pair our marble effect tiles from the Marvel Diva Black Tempest collection with white shaker cabinetry, brass hardware and beige or stone-coloured accessories for an elegant and sophisticated look.