5 luxury floor tile trends for your home
Floor: Casalgrande Padana’s English Wood in ‘Chesire’.
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If you are looking for the best luxury floor tiles to install in your home or garden as part of a remodel or renovation project, these five porcelain stoneware floor tile designs are currently the most desired and popular flooring styles and solutions within the category of ‘luxury lifestyle’ interiors. Whether you are looking for floor tiles for your kitchen, bathroom, porch, hallway, living areas or outside patio or garden, the following floor tile trends are chic, stylish and modern options.
Scandi-style wood-effect tiles
Outdoor porcelain tiles
High-end stone-effect porcelain stoneware floor tiles
Herringbone tile laying patterns
Modern terrazzo-style floor tiles
Casalgarnde’s Padana’s English Wood, wood-effect porcelain stoneware tiles are available in six different colourways and three format sizes. Featured: English Wood in ‘Galloway’.
Scandi-style wood-effect tiles
Scandi and Nordic-style bleached wooden floors have been popular for a number of years, as the washed tone of the wood complements the neutral, monochrome interiors favoured within the modern homes of the slick and trendy Gen Z generation. Wide wooden floor planks in light woods such as white oak, beech and ash look beautiful as a hard floor option - but they require a lot of maintenance, cleaning and sealing to keep them looking their best. The same wood flooring cannot flow through the entire home as real wood cannot be used in bathrooms due to the humidity (which would cause it to warp and rot). High-quality porcelain stoneware floor tiles offer a durable alternative to real wood by replicating the look and feel of a genuine plank in regards to colour, knotting and veining. Yet, unlike real wood, porcelain stoneware wood-effect tiles are fire-resistant, hard-wearing, non-absorbent and will not warp. They are also the perfect accompaniment to underfloor heating as porcelain is a great heat conductor (while real solid wood would dry out and shrink, causing large gaps between each board).
Floor: English Wood in ‘Dean’; Walls: Supreme in ‘Grey’. Both Casalgrande Padana
Luxury Italian porcelain stoneware manufacturer Casalgrande Padana's ‘English Wood’ wall and floor tile collection is the ultimate choice for a wood-effect luxury flooring solution. Available in six light oak-effect colours (Cheshire, Dean, Epping, Galloway, Highland, and Snowdonia) and three size formats, they can also be used outside as they are available to purchase with an anti-slip ‘Grip’ finish.
English Wood tiles in ‘Galloway’ by Casalgrande Padana.
Outdoor Porcelain Tiles
Luxury interior design is cohesive, streamlined and flawless; one of the best ways to achieve this look in your own home is to keep the same flooring flowing throughout (rather than having multiple different types of chopped-up flooring materials scattered across each room). One of the biggest flooring trends for 2023 is to extend your living space out to your exterior with indoor/outdoor porcelain tiles which ‘blend’ and connect the two spaces. You can bring your hallway tiles out onto your front porch, or, increase the size of your kitchen or living space by simply bringing the same floor tiles out onto your patio, terrace or balcony. Both of these options will elongate your home and give the appearance of more square footage.
‘Crema’ tiles from the Era collection by Casalgrande Padana flow from the interior floor to the exterior, separated by sliding doors.
Casalgrande Padana’s porcelain stoneware floor tiles are all available with three different top finish options: natural, polished and ‘Grip’. Natural and polished finishes are interior options, while the non-slip ‘Grip’ finish is available for outdoor use. Casalgrande Padana designed the Grip finish to enable their customers to select from a wide range of porcelain floor tile designs where the same tile can be laid both inside and out for a smooth, continuous flow. All of Casalgrande Padana’s porcelain stoneware tiles offer the ultimate in hard-wearing performance: they will not fade, bend or warp in the sun or rain, nor will they scuff or scratch. The tiles are also antibacterial, self-cleaning for facades and recyclable.
Casalgrande Padana’s Metropolis in ‘Sand’ with a ‘Grip’ finish has been used for this exterior floor in a variety of laying patterns.
Casalgrande Padana’s Petra tiles in ‘Perla’ continue from this kitchen floor out onto the veranda for a luxury, seamless design scheme.
High-end stone-effect porcelain stoneware floor tiles
The natural, timeless beauty of real stone tiles such as marble, granite, limestone and travertine make them an essential element of any high-end, luxury interior design scheme. From sweeping marble bathrooms to the sandy elegance of stone found in remote Provençal homes, real stone and luxury interiors go hand-in-hand. However, authentic stone by nature is porous, prone to staining and requires a high level of upkeep (such as regular sealing) to keep it looking immaculate. The truth is that while real stone has aesthetic appeal, it is completely impractical for a modern home and a busy lifestyle.
The Supreme porcelain tile collection from Casalgrande Padana is inspired by natural rock salt crystallisation. Floor tiles: Supreme in ‘Grey’.
The Marmosmart collection of porcelain stoneware tiles from Casalgrande Padana replicates fine marble-effect surfaces by featuring deep veining, harmonious shade contrasts, and bright colours bathed in light. Featured: Marmosmart in ‘Tivoli Smart’
Thanks to significant developments within tile technology, it is now possible for porcelain stoneware floor tiles to precisely replicate the look and feel of real stone - including onyx, limestone and sandstone - that doesn’t stain, scratch or discolour. Casalgrande Padana high-end stone-effect porcelain tiles offer a wide range of representational alternatives to natural stone which are constructed from raw materials, free of plastic, silicones and other toxic substances. Check out Casalgrande Padana’s Marmosmart, Supreme and Petra collections for high-quality, porcelain stoneware tiles that duplicate the look and feel of authentic stone.
Floor: ‘Tivoli Smart’ from the Marmosmart collection of fine marble-effect porcelain stoneware tiles.
These soft, sand-shade marble effect tiles featured in this luxury bathroom design are ‘Adria Smart ‘from the Marmosmart collection of porcelain stoneware from Casalgrande Padana.
This luxury Japandi-inspired space features Casalgrande Padana’s Supreme ‘Taupe’ tiles in a polished finish; bouncing light around the fresh, airy room.
Herringbone tile laying patterns
V shape herringbone tile laying patterns give a unique elegance to a floor and are embraced within luxury interior design for their timeless and traditional appearance. Characteristic of parquet, the application of herringbone is to arrange each rectangle tile in a woven pattern reminiscent of the bones of a herring fish.
Casalgrande Padana’s English Wood collection in ‘Snowdonia,’ laid in a herringbone pattern.
Casalgarnde Padana’s English Wood collection of porcelain stoneware floor tiles can be applied in a herringbone pattern; unlike traditional wood parquet, these durable wood-effect porcelain stoneware tiles can be used in hard-working areas or outside due to the industrial, mechanical strength of the premium porcelain.
Alternatively, you may want to lay Casalgrande Padana’s English Oak tiles in a chevron pattern (chevron tiles are cut at an angle, while herringbone remains a conventional rectangle). Casalgrande Padana’s English Wood ‘Chevron’ porcelain stoneware tiles come as planks with the chevron pattern built into the design for ease of application and a more precise pattern alignment.
These English Wood ‘Chevron’ tiles come as planks with the chevron pattern built into the design for ease of application and a more precise pattern alignment.
Modern terrazzo-style floor tiles
The distinctive speckled fragment pattern of terrazzo porcelain stoneware tiles has a unique appearance and comes in a wide range of colours and finishes, making them a popular choice within luxury interior design as they have an individual and bespoke aesthetic suited to high-end design schemes. The Le Ville terrazzo tile collection from Casalgrande Padana contains crushed potsherds and fine gravel, lime and river pebbles; available in six patterns and five format sizes that can be laid with minimal grout lines for an uninterrupted, seamless surface.
The terrazzo style of Le Ville ‘Valmarana’ creates visual interest and adds depth to this luxury kitchen design.
Le Ville ‘Badoer’ terrazzo tiles by Casalgrande Padana
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