If you are planning to renovate your kitchen, a lot must be going on in your mind. Should I go for monotones or contrasting colors? Should I choose small or large tiles? Will this pattern be too much, will that pattern be too minimal, and so on.
It is common to feel overwhelmed as there is a wide variety of kitchen tiles available in the market today. Although your choice entirely depends on your personal taste and preferences, filtering out some trending designs and combinations can be of great help. So, we have listed some of the best ways to mix kitchen wall and floor tiles for a visually appealing look:
Contrasting Floor and Wall Tiles
By adding contrasting floor and wall tiles, you can add more design and depth to your kitchen. You can mix light and dark colors or neutral and bright colors to achieve a bold and premium look. Here are some combinations that you can consider for kitchen floor and wall tiles:
You can find black and white checkerboard pattern tiles in Johnson’s 30x60 cm wall tiles collection. If you are looking for large-sized white or black tiles, you can explore the Johnson 60x120 cm and 80x160 cm tiles collection. You can choose minimal marble look white tiles for the floor and choose black subway tiles from Johnson’s Heritage collection for the kitchen walls.
By adding contrasting floor and wall tiles, you can add more design and depth to your kitchen. You can mix light and dark colors or neutral and bright colors to achieve a bold and premium look. Here are some combinations that you can consider for kitchen floor and wall tiles:
By adding contrasting floor and wall tiles, you can add more design and depth to your kitchen. You can mix light and dark colors or neutral and bright colors to achieve a bold and premium look. Here are some combinations that you can consider for kitchen floor and wall tiles:
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Black and White:Black and white is a classic yet premium combination used in kitchens. You can choose black floor tiles and white wall tiles for the kitchen or vice versa. Another idea here is to go for a checkerboard pattern on the floor and choose either of the two colors for the wall tiles.
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Bold and Neutral Colors:Another idea here is to mix neutral and bold colors. For example, you can choose beige-colored floor tiles while installing dark green or turquoise colored kitchen tiles on the walls. For the floor, you can consider the wood-look tiles collection from H&R Johnson’s 60x120 cm and 80x160 cm tiles. And for the wall, you can check out subway tiles from the heritage collection, digitally printed tiles from the 30x60 cm wall tiles collection, or designer wall tiles from the Porselano range.
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Color Blocking:If you don’t want to go for entirely different colors for the kitchen floor and wall, you can follow the concept of color blocking. You can go for the same tone throughout your kitchen and use an intricate pattern on a particular wall, section, or corner. The best way to do this is to install kitchen tiles with similar tones throughout the kitchen and wall tiles with intricate patterns on the backsplash wall. You can consider the multipatterned tiles from Johnson’s evoke collection for color blocking.
Monotones
If you are not a contrast-lover, you can consider going for monotones. Go for the same color throughout your kitchen or choose floor and wall tiles with different hues of the same color. For example, you can install light grey tiles on the walls and dark grey tiles on the floor.
Apart from this, an all-white kitchen will also be perfect. You can go for marble-look floor tiles and plain wall tiles for your kitchen. Another idea here is to choose tiles with the same color but different designs. You can keep the wall tiles minimal while installing artistic or geometric patterned floor tiles with the same base color.
Coordinated Tiles
The concept of coordinated tiles has also become highly popular in recent years. When choosing these kitchen tiles, you don’t need to worry about mixing different floor and wall tiles, as they are already mixed and matched. These are like tile sets, which include both floor and wall tiles that are supposed to be installed together.
The floor tiles have a similar or complementary design to the wall tiles. The only difference is that the floor tiles have a matte finish, and the wall tiles can have a polished, glossy, or matte finish. You can find a lot of coordinated tile options in Johnson’s 30x60 cm and 30x45 cm tile collections.
Different Textures and Patterns
Another idea here is to go for different textures and patterns for kitchen floor and wall tiles. If you are not a minimalistic person, this concept of kitchen tiles would be a good choice.
You can mix different patterns, such as wooden designs, marble-look patterns, artistic patterns, geometric patterns, and more. A very underrated combination is the combination of wood-look and marble-look tiles. If planned and installed properly, these two patterns can go really well together. Just choose the right shades of both tiles, and you can give a unique yet elegant look to your kitchen.
Apart from this, you can consider mixing plain tiles of different shapes for the floor and the walls. For example, plain rectangular subway tiles for the walls and small square-shaped tiles for the floor can also help you achieve an eye-catching look.
Wrapping Up
Mixing and matching tiles is an art. Your choice of floor and wall tiles can make or break the entire look. Therefore, it is quite essential to be careful when combining floor and wall tiles. The tiles should not only look good together, but they must also suit your kitchen’s overall design and style. If you have a small-sized kitchen, avoid choosing small or highly-patterned tiles. In this case, large-sized tiles in light or neutral hues will be perfect. If your priority is to achieve an eye-catching look, you can follow the concept of color blocking as explained above.
At H&R Johnson, you get a wide collection of kitchen tiles to choose from. From large-sized marble or wood tiles to artistic tiles, multi patterned tiles, and small subway tiles, you can find everything here at Johnson. Once you decide which of the above combinations you want, you can start looking for relevant tiles in our collection.