Kitchen tiles: which are best for you? 6 style ideas with colourful ceramics
Vibrant colours, majolica effects and floral motifs give personality to characterful interiors. From the most modern style to the retro look, let us be your guide.
The concept of the kitchen has evolved far beyond the room’s traditional role, and the same applies to kitchen tiles.
Formerly simply viewed as wall and floor coverings to provide protection from stains and splashes, nowadays they are seen more and more as an interior design feature in a room tailored to reflect its occupants’ personality.
So kitchen tiles are no expected not just to be functional, but also to provide style, aesthetic appeal and wellbeing.
In fact, the kitchen has become a place for socialisation, where people to meet to enjoy one-another’s company and spend time together. Therefore, the choice of tiles can evoke joy and pleasure in daily life, to add a special sparkle to living spaces or workplaces.
As a result, kitchen tiles are evolving to embrace a variety of styles, from minimalist modern to retro vintage, all the way back to the iconic classic white kitchen.
So which tiles should you put in your kitchen and how should you choose them? We’ll find out below.
Tiles for modern-style kitchens
Every feature of the kitchen is not just attractive to look at but above all an expression of personal taste, able to add freshness and enthusiasm to the start of every day.
Are you looking for a solution with kitchen tiles that express refinement and innovation, or do you prefer eclectic inspirations for a pop kitchen, a vivid expression of unconventional versatility?
The options available include versatile decorative motifs and striking surfaces, all of them offering style, beauty and practicality. Different, apparently unrelated sizes can also be combined.
For example, current trends include colourful ceramics, floral designs, majolica looks and hexagonal and brick sizes.
Idea no.1. Brick tiles for the kitchen
Short and elongated brick or “brick effect” tiles are designed to enhance a contemporary style with features that range from the “bare brick” look evoking the brickwork of London buildings to more neutral shades based on natural hues such as agave, fiordaliso, betulla, mora, camelia, pimento, avena, mirto e ginepro.
In this category, the Miniature Fornace and Longarine Brio collections emphasise the brick-effect floor and wall concept with a range of shades running from more distinctive, daring colours like copper red and pistachio green to more delicate tones like pale blue and ecru.
The Miniature Fornace 6x24 cm size is ideal for covering curved walls and features, with an uneven, tactile surface.
With an industrial flavour and evoking the London bricks of the city’s famous Brick Lane, the Miniature Fornace brick tiles are attractively eye-catching with their no-nonsense character, an excellent tool for exploring multiple colour combinations and installation options, including sophisticated, unique effects across the whole wall.
The Longarine Brio tiles, on the other hand, are in the long brick category, in size 7.5 x 60 cm.
Unusually versatile, they enable tasteful combinations with wood, marble and stone effects for sophisticated, contemporary design schemes and many possible installation layouts: vertical, horizontal, straight, herringbone and many more.
Idea no.2. Pop kitchen and colourful ceramic tiles
The pop kitchen trend is a rediscovery of a vibrant style, with daring colours and a retro aesthetic.
Pop tiles give the kitchen a lively, characterful personality, creating an interior that not only meets practical requirements but also provides a bright expression of individuality.
Choosing the right kitchen tiles empowers enchanting stylistic choices, creating colour contrasts and reverberations with glossy surfaces that offer a new, ceramic interpretation of artisan-produced blown glass, as in the Miniature Soda collection.
For a stronger, more audacious but still iconic touch of colour, pastel shades of green, pink and orange gain intensity with the Lilysuite kitchen tiles, offered in 50x120 cm size, designed to minimise the number of joints and maximise continuity.
Idea no.3. Hexagonal tiles and geometrical motifs
Alongside colourful ceramics and brick tiles, hexagonal tiles and geometrical motifs also attractive options.
Ideal for creating variety and surprising patterns, these surfaces provide infinite expressive potentials, including combinations of complementary or single colours or monochrome installations, together with decors with more imaginative, intriguing geometrical forms.
For example, with its rich range the Terra collection creates a new image for the terracotta-cement effect with hexagonal and 20x20 cm square tiles.
Its six warm and cool shades offer great design versatility for every need, meeting the requirements of different tastes and architectural contexts.
But the options don’t end here. The marble effect can also impress with hexagonal floor tiles.
There are fascinating decorative opportunities with Scultorea, which has stunning hexagonal ornamental tiles that beautify the kitchen with a combination of abstract and figurative motifs and interplays of contrasts and colours.
A homage to tradition with the timeless appeal of white and majolica tiles
The most fashionable trends make attractive use of delicate yet sophisticated decorative features able to maintain their charm intact over time.
This function is effectively fulfilled by wall tiles that celebrate antique Italian craftsmanship and know-how: white and majolica tiles and floral motifs steal the show with a distinctive stylistic language.
From the pristine simplicity of white to refined floral decorations and the eternal appeal of majolica tiles, these surfaces enhance the kitchen’s design scheme with a touch of class and character.
Idea no.4. The classical white kitchen inspired by the art of blown glass
Anyone nostalgic for the classical white kitchen will be reassured by the latest ceramic products. Skilful innovation can provide classical beauty and retain the emotional force of a past re-evoked through new inputs and inspirations.
For example, the handmade effect with reflections and details inspired by crafted glass takes on new life in the delicacy and visual depth of the glossy brick tiles of Miniature Soda in the Bianco Sale variant.
A solution that enables the creation of interiors of unique beauty and gives a fresh expressive vigour to traditional white.
Idea no.5. Majolica style kitchen tiles
The majolica effect is one of the most popular with people who love design with a retro aesthetic, especially when set in locations with a Mediterranean and coastal vibe.
With fresh colours, traditional patterns and decidedly vintage inspirations, majolica-style kitchen tiles are actually capable of creating amazing design in modern and contemporary settings too.
Whether you choose the characteristic patterns, warm shades or cooler tones, with ceramic majolica you can transform your kitchen into an inviting place with an alternative touch.
There could be nothing better for this purpose than the Terra.Art majolica-effect tiles, which celebrate the Italian tradition with surfaces that evoke Mediterranean beauty, to create chic kitchens with an irresistible appeal.
Idea no.6. Floral pattern tiles: creative versatility in large sizes
Alongside the classic white and majolica-look tiles, today we’re seeing a comeback of floral motifs, fulfilling a deep longing to connect with nature.
The theme is the Joy of Nature, which gracefully embraces natural inspiration in internal and external design, thanks to eco-aware surfaces that permeate space with sensory experiences where calm and well-being aid a reconnection with the most authentic beauty.
This makes the kitchen a place that inspires every day, with sophisticated patterns that generate moods of calm and well-being.
And it is here that the ceramic wallpaper effect becomes a trendsetter. One example is the enchanting Mirabilia collection, which provides fresh expressive energy to the wallpaper look with lush, fantastic botanical patterns that strike a perfect balance between versatility and high-impact design.
Another relevant collection is Multiforme Dune, with decorative slabs in warm shades inspired by sand and the desert, the ideal option for balancing more modern, minimalist features with exquisite contrasts that flood spaces with enticing warmth and originality.
Last but not least, the Lilysuite collection, some items in which we have already seen, evokes the indoor garden trend with a delicate, romantic approach based on iridescent hues and surprising tactile surfaces, ideal for styling intimate, inviting interiors.
Now you’ve read our guide to which tiles you should put in your kitchen and how to choose them, it’s time for you to get creative!
As you’ve seen, designing your interiors is a matter not just of aesthetics but of expressing your personality and style.
We’re here to advise and assist you in your projects, so we’ve put our entire range of products for kitchens and other settings in one place, in our free “Stili di Marca Mix & Match” guide.
Explore the infinite possibilities of installation layouts and combinations that suit the latest trends while satisfying your unique, individual taste.
