My boo and I are going to be putting in a new floor in our kitchen very soon. We’ve gone over the options and have kicked around the possibility of cork, wood and tile. Each have their pluses and minuses, which is why we’re still vacillating and, frankly, why we haven’t started the project. Now, to make things even more confusing, we have thrown in the notion of tile that looks like wood. Yup, the floors highlighted in these images are actually tile.
The first two images are from the Tesoro Collection via South Cypress.
The great thing about these floors is because they’re porcelain, they’re super easy to work with, unlike natural stone which can be a mother for the DIYer. From my cursory investigation, prices hover around the 4 (for ceramic) to 6 (for porcelain) bucks a square foot neighborhood, which means they’re affordable as well.
I think the success of their install has a lot to do with their grout lines. Take for example the one pictured below. That has to be un-sanded grout for such tight grout lines.
For comparison, here’s a bathroom floor done with standard sanded grout lines, which looks overtly tile-y and busy, but that’s what happens when you use a highly contrasting grout color.
Here’s an example of another good install. It’s something called Easy Wood from Marca Corona that I spotted on Garden State Tile’s Facebook page:
Lest we think these tiles would only look good under our feet, take a look at this (probably ceramic) shower install:
Nice-looking, super durable and easily DIYable? Throw in a heating element and that’s a combo hard to dismiss.
POST UPDATE: We spent yesterday perusing the aisles of our two favorite tile shops looking for samples of such tiles. I’m happy to say they’re as gorgeous in person as they are in these pictures. Some things to keep in mind if you’re going to DIY it, however. First, they’re dense and long (one we saw was a whopping 8″ x 48″!), so you’ll need a tile saw or grinder to do any cutting. Second, you’ll want to grout them using a FINE-SANDED GROUT if you want to keep those grout lines minimal.
Thank u im considering putting wood tiles in my kichen and living room and dining room also. My daughter keeps saying it will look terrible. I said look at all the mazazines they all are using the wood tile. We also have 3 dogs and grandkids . I think i will go ahead with it. I know she will like it when its all done What is a floating tile Thanks for the post
I picked out a nice 6″ darker color tile that looks like wood. Tile store called to say its on back order and would be about 5 weeks. However, they have an 8″ tile in the same color they have in stock, they’ll give it to me for the same price (was more expensive). Anyone use the 8″ wood like planks? Opinions 8 vs 6?
Need ur advice please does woodlook tile looks nice in bedrooms in comparison of laminated floors ?does it makes bedrooms warm n cozy