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From Backsplash to Floor: What’s Trending in Kitchen Tile

Kitchen tile trends in 2025 are embracing warmth, texture, and personalization. Whether you're planning a full renovation or a subtle refresh, these emerging tile styles offer inspiration to transform your kitchen into a space that's both functional and stylish.
May 16, 2025

All White is Out

All-white kitchens are taking a backseat this year as designers embrace warmer, more inviting spaces. Wood tones, natural stone elements, and earthy hues are becoming the go-to choices for creating kitchens that feel comfortable and lived-in. Rich tile colors such as terracotta, forest green, and deep burgundy are also on the rise, reflecting a growing preference for nature-inspired, biophilic design.

Cotto Moderno™

Terracotta-inspired Cotto Moderno porcelain tile brings forth the essence of the earth, transforming raw materials into art. Bold brush strokes and undulating colors fluidly highlight unique textures across a variety of shapes and sizes for both floors and walls.

Cotto Moderno Kitchen

Rural Retreat™

Inspired by the timeless allure of live-sawn white oak, Rural Retreat porcelain tile brings a warm, earthy sophistication and a calming sense of harmony to any home.

Rural Retreat Kitchen

Gemini by Laminam®

The natural interplay between earth and sky inspires this stunning ultra-thin porcelain panel collection. With its refined design and large-format impact, the Gemini porcelain panel collection is ideal for hospitality and residential environments seeking a seamless blend of beauty and performance.

Gemini Kitchen

How Do You Like Your Coffee? The “Latte” Trend

The latte interiors trend celebrates the warm, comforting tones of your favorite coffee, bringing creamy beiges, rich caramels, and soft, soothing shades into the home. This color trend has been unexpectedly on-trend for interiors, and we’re expecting to see a lot more of it in kitchens. For getting the look in kitchens, porcelain and ceramic tiles are a great place to start. Latte tones offer incredible versatility, working beautifully as a fully neutral palette or as a warm, inviting backdrop for vibrant pops of color.

Java Joint™

Nothing says “latte” better than our Java Joint porcelain tiles. Inspired by the bold blends and smooth creams of coffee, this porcelain tile line indulges in neutral colors with soft striations reminiscent of lattes, cappuccinos, and espressos.

Java Joint Bathroom

Color Blox 2.0™

With warmer, on-trend neutrals, blues, and greens rooted in biophilic design trends, and a brighter, cleaner white, concrete-inspired Color Blox 2.0 brings a modern, clean sensibility to tile.

Color Blox 2.0 Bathroom

Beljn™

Like its Belgian limestone inspiration, Beljn porcelain tile features the look of visible ancient fossils and white calcite veins, yet the collection is decidedly contemporary in color and sizing.

Beljn Kitchen

Superfakes: Luxury Looks, Practical Appeal

Faux finishes have come a long way, with porcelain tiles now capturing the look of high-end stone, wood, and concrete with remarkable realism. Offering the elegance of rare materials, along with exceptional durability and ease of care, these stylish alternatives are perfectly suited for today’s busy lifestyles.

Marblique™

Marblique’s revolutionary Visual Touch™ technology brings life to design with rich, textural realism. The result? Premium, highly sophisticated natural marbles with unparalleled accuracy – both in appearance and tactile sensation.

Marblique Kitchen

Nest™

Nest porcelain tile offers a soothing, neutral color palette, all with the sophisticated clean graining of premium wood species like Olive and American Oak. This kitchen is part of a Denver whole-house remodel designed by Diane Gordon. Read the case study.

Nest Kitchen Park Hill Renovation

Trajectory™

Trajectory porcelain tile offers the authentic aesthetic of concrete without the burden of constant maintenance. The meticulous arrangement, density, and direction of lifelike aggregates produce a mesmerizing visual dance, infusing spaces with timeless elegance and effortless charm.

Trajectory Kitchen

Full-Height Backsplashes and Statement Walls

Extending tile backsplashes to the ceiling or creating full-height tiled walls is a trend that’s gaining traction. This approach adds drama and a sense of grandeur to the kitchen, making it feel more cohesive and thoughtfully designed.

Marblique™

The four stone surfaces that comprise Marblique are rendered with unparalleled accuracy, both in looks and feel. This unique porcelain tile line is an exotic and luxurious surfacing option for creating a bold impact in high-end kitchens.

Marblique Kitchen

I Naturali Porcelain Panel by Laminam®

Marble-look I Natural porcelain panels in Calacatta Oro Bookmatch create a striking focal point in this stunning Savannah, Georgia, kitchen designed by Lisa Mende.

I Naturali Savannah Lisa Mende Kitchen

Snippet™

Snippet ceramic wall tile offers so much creativity within a small package! The line is is offered in just five colors, two faces, and one size, but it’s a powerful package that delivers an almost endless array of patterns to help designers express their unique visions.

Snippit Backsplash Kitchen

Textured Tiles for Interest

Textured tiles on walls and backsplashes, such as 3D, fluted, or zellige tiles, are being used in kitchens to add depth and tactile interest.

Hide and Sleek™

Light plays along Hide and Sleek’s pearlescent finish, casting shadows and illuminating vertical spaces throughout the day, causing the unique surface texture to recede and emerge in sophisticated elegance. The three-dimensional ceramic tiles in the wall tile collection evoke an abstracted triangular geometry that is both organic and edgy, yet refined.

Hide and Sleek kitchen backsplash

Unique Tile Layouts

Unique tile layouts—like vertical stacking or diagonal patterns—are replacing traditional arrangements, offering a fresh take on classic designs.

Color by Numbers™

Color by Numbers enduringly eye-catching, pure-color infused interior ceramic wall tiles invite endless compliments. Saturated colors coordinate with bestselling selections from our popular Color Blox Porcelain Stone® floor tile collection and matching Benjamin Moore® paint colors for exact, effortless color expressions from floor to ceiling.

Color by Numbers Kitchen

Mosaics and Patterned Tiles

Mosaic and patterned tiles are returning to the spotlight, offering a creative way to infuse personality into kitchen spaces. With intricate designs and vibrant colors, these tiles bring a touch of artistry and can transform backsplashes, floors, or accent walls into standout features.

Multiplier™

Expand your design possibilities, but not your budget with our versatile Multiplier porcelain mosaic collection. Work with your installer to create traditional patterns for floors and walls, or go wild with gradations, random insets of tone, and more.
Design by F.G. Schaub Custom Homes.

Multiplier Mosaic Kitchen

Sideview™

Richly faceted metallics reflect eye-catching style from every angle. In polished or matte, as a stunning showpiece or sparkling accent, Sideview Glass mosaics are a brilliantly modern take art deco grandeur. Design by Kelle Contine.

Sideview Glass Kitchen

Glass Blox™

This gorgeous mosaic glass backsplash is part of a modern Tennessee farmhouse renovation envisioned by designer Michelle Workman. Michelle chose four shades of our Glass Blox mosaics to create a nuanced ombré-like transition from the dark lower cabinets to the lighter colored upper cabinets. Read the case study.

Gemini Kitchen

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