Kitchen floor tiles as a part of modern kitchen décor need to reflect your taste and the interior theme of your home. Usually, builders and architects for large housing projects use the same floor tiles for the hallway and kitchen.
However, if you have a large enough space, you can differentiate between the two areas better, and achieve a premium look in the hallway. Here are seven trending ideas for kitchen floor tile selection for a modern kitchen.
But first, let’s clear a few hygiene requirements for the kitchen floor tiles.
Features You Need in Kitchen Floor Tiles
The usage aspects of the kitchen floor are a little different from the other areas in your house. Unlike the living room or bedroom, the kitchen floor receives a higher footfall per square foot area during the day.
Another factor to consider is the possibility of spills and foodstuff falling to the floor, which can make the floor slippery and prone to accidents. Keeping in mind these two kitchen floor factors you should look for floor tiles with the following features:
- Anti-skid properties of the surface
- Ability to handle medium to high footfall
You can meet both these conditions if you install high-gloss, polished or mirror-finish floor tiles in the kitchen.
Large Format Tiles for Premium Kitchen Styles
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Large-format tiles are known to raise the bar for your interior almost immediately. If you have a spacious kitchen, you can cover the kitchen floor with large format tiles of 80x160cm or 60x120cm tiles.
Large format tiles are available with several unique designs and patterns including natural stone, granite, marble and even wood-lookalike finishes. Rocker finish tiles in this segment can perfectly mimic a natural stone floor.
Also, the tiles are a lot easier to maintain than natural stones like marble and granite. Rocker finish tiles are soft on the foot and can easily adorn your living room floor as well as the kitchen with a seamless and luxurious appearance.
Bank on the Porcelain Effect
Porcelain tiles or GVTs (glazed vitrified tiles) are some of the best-looking tiles you can install on the kitchen floor. The glazed surface of these tiles is hard and can handle medium footfall easily.
The Carwing (Carving) Finish tiles from H&R Johnson are special tiles in the category which offer an almost natural-looking surface finish. Carwing finish tiles have a non-reflective surface and provide a higher grip while walking.
Other than Carwing, you can also go for oriental patterns of painted cement tiles or classic mosaics with Moroccan art and matt finish surface. GVTs have this versatility in their design that can let you run your imagination an extra mile.
Rustic Floor Tiles for a Classical Appearance
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If you are a fan of traditional architecture and earthly materials adorning your home, matt finish vitrified tiles with earthly tones should attract your attention. Pair these tiles with white, green or wooden tones for the backsplash and kitchen cabinets for a fully natural appearance.
If your kitchen receives a good amount of natural light, these tiles can make your home feel continental with white-coloured walls and wooden furniture.
H&R Johnson, one of the largest tile manufacturing brands in India, offers matt finish floor tiles of 60×120 cm dimensions and earthy colour tones like sand, beige, chocolate, silver, grey, etc.
Marble Look Alike Floor Tiles
Marble is one stone that will rarely go out of fashion. Whether you are looking for Kota marble or an Italian one, marble tiles can perfectly imitate your preference and offer a better long-term floor solution than natural stone.
You have several reasons to consider marble look-alike tiles more than natural marble stone for homes. One of the central reasons why you may want to use marble tiles is the porosity of the natural stone.
Marble stone is naturally porous and can retain stains from spills. This quality of marble requires regular sealing polish on the marble to keep it from retaining moisture, dirt and stains. Whereas marble tiles are completely water and stain-proof, and a simple sweep with soapy water should clean the tile of any stains and spots.
Another benefit of marble-look-like tiles is that you can secure the tiles with matt, satin, and sugar finish surfaces, which are more suitable for kitchen floors.
Get Natural with Wood Effect Tiles
Wood-look-like tiles are one of the most popular and luxurious floor tiles for the hall and kitchen. Wood plank tiles of 20x120cm and 20x60cm sizes are quite popular in India. However, you can also use wood finish tiles of 60x120cm.
The wood plank tiles are a great alternative to create a wooden floor appearance in your kitchen and hall. Wood plank tiles are also more eco-friendly and hygienic for home use. You don’t need to use bug repellent, paints, and similar other chemicals required for wood treatment for the longevity of the wood.
Also, the advantage of nominal maintenance of ceramic tiles applies to wood planks. Thus, you get the warmth of a wooden floor without the disadvantages of natural wood.
Herringbone & Chevron Patterns
Herringbone and chevron are a way of laying down plank and heritage (usually long rectangular) tiles. The herringbone pattern is a lot easier to use as you will need to resize only a few tiles, and the tiles simply join each other at 90 degrees, creating a zig-zag line on the floor.
The Chevron pattern, on the other hand, requires almost all plank tiles to adjust their edges (usually at 45 degrees) so that they can meet at an angle. Chevron pattern creates a straight line partition between two columns of tiles.
Other Areas in The Kitchen for Tiling
Ceramic and vitrified tiles can beautify your kitchen and make it easy to use and maintain. The hard glazed surface of the tiles is easy to clean and hygienic. Because of properties such as easy installation, simple maintenance, and a variety of designs, ceramic and vitrified tiles are a preferred solution for Kitchen interiors.
Apart from the kitchen floor, you can use tiles on kitchen walls, especially near the cooking and washing area, and the countertops. Polished GVTs and full-body vitrified tiles by H & R Johnson are the best for building countertops in the kitchen. You can use non-vitrified ceramic tiles with high gloss surfaces for kitchen walls.
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