Why Choose Tile Over Paint, Wallpaper, or Panels?
Long-Term Durability
Unlike painted drywall or wallpaper, tile stands up to the realities of everyday life. It resists scratches, dents, fading, and stains—making it ideal for high-traffic commercial environments as well as active households. Porcelain tile, in particular, offers unmatched strength and is an excellent choice for spaces that require both form and function.
Moisture Resistance
Because tile is naturally water-resistant, it’s a go-to choice for walls in bathrooms, kitchens, lobbies, and even outdoor spaces. While wallpaper peels and paint bubbles, tile stays pristine—even in the steamiest environments.
Easy Maintenance
Tile surfaces are easy to clean and require no special upkeep, unlike painted walls that need frequent touch-ups or wallpaper that can tear. Tile keeps its good looks with minimal effort.
Endless Design Potential
Wall tile brings dimensionality, texture, and color into your space in a way no other wall finish can. Whether you want sleek and minimalist or bold and expressive, tile delivers.
Cursive mosaic wall tile in Rose Gold.
What’s Trending in Wall Tile Right Now?
Beveled for Boldness: Dimensional Wall Tile
Dimensional surfaces are having a moment, and our Color Perspectives™ ceramic wall tile collection is a standout. These oversized subway tiles feature beveled edges that create depth and shadow play, adding architectural interest to backsplashes, shower walls, and feature areas. The result? A classic tile shape with an elevated, three-dimensional effect that feels modern and timeless at the same time.
Color Perspectives beveled 4″ x 12″ subway tile in Teal installed in a herringbone pattern.
Tactile Beauty: Ultra-Realistic Texture with Sand Garden™ Porcelain Tile
Textured tiles engage the senses, offering a more immersive and luxurious design experience. Surfaces that catch and reflect light in nuanced ways, add warmth and depth to both walls and floors. Inspired by Japanese dry gardens, Sand Garden porcelain floor and wall tile brings the Wabi-Sabi aesthetic to life. Crafted with our exclusive Visual Touch™ technology, each tile features a hyper-realistic texture that interacts dynamically with light—shifting in tone and dimension throughout the day. The artful irregularities of surface and shade celebrate nature’s elegant simplicity.
Circles in the Spotlight: Circular Mosaics
Curves are making a comeback, and circular mosaics are leading the way. Whether you’re after soft geometry or a playful retro touch, round tile offers a fresh alternative to the hard edges of traditional shapes.
Crossville offers two unique takes on this trend, Trajectory™ and Cursive™.
Trajectory porcelain floor and wall tile features concrete-inspired porcelain mosaics, including a standout circular tile option that’s both sleek and organic.
Cursive ceramic wall tile, on the other hand, brings a colorful, glossy ceramic palette to its coin mosaics—perfect for adding a pop of personality to backsplashes, powder rooms, and feature walls.
These circle formats add visual rhythm, texture, and a bit of whimsy to any space—and they’re as functional as they are stylish.
So Much Style in So Little Space: Snippet™ and the Matte-Gloss Mix
Matte and gloss finishes each bring something special to a space—but when used together, they create next-level dimension. Snippet™ ceramic wall tile makes the most of this dynamic with just one compact size, five versatile colors, and two mirrored faces in both glossy and matte options.
Designed by Michael R. Golden, this bold 3″x12″ ceramic wall tile unlocks endless layout opportunities—from rhythmic waves to chevrons and diamonds—all through clever repetition and rotation. The contrast between finishes amplifies light and shadow, creating subtle shifts in tone and texture across the wall.
Though the palette is streamlined, the possibilities are anything but. Crossville also offers a digital pattern builder with 25 preset designs—and the freedom to create your own. With Snippet, you can do a lot with a little.
Warm Neutrals & Natural Hues
Today’s wall tile trends lean into earthy, nature-inspired palettes—think soft sands, weathered whites, soothing greys, and wood tones. Collections like Sand Garden, Nest, and Cotto Moderno porcelain tiles for floors and walls bring these colors to life with their organic texture and movement.
Wood-look Nest porcelain parquet mosaics in a unique wall application.
Cotto Moderna porcelain wall tile in Marron.
Sand Garden porcelain floor and wall tile in Contemplative Cream
Vertical And Horizontal Stacks
Wall tiles are being stacked vertically or horizontally for a fresh, modern take—especially in bathrooms and commercial feature walls. Our elongated subway styles and plank formats are ideal for this layout trend.
Color Perspectives 4″ x 12″ beveled subway tiles in a vertical stack pattern
Carbon-neutral Native Metal porcelain tiles in a horizontal stack pattern.
Large-format Nest wood-look porcelain tile in a horizontal stack pattern.
Porcelain Tile on the Wall: A Crossville® Specialty
While our stunning ceramic wall tile collections are sourced globally, many of our most versatile and performance-driven wall options come from our porcelain floor-and-wall tile lines—made right here in Crossville, Tennessee.
All of our domestically produced porcelain collections are engineered for vertical applications, offering the perfect blend of beauty and durability. These lines include large-format sizes—up to 24″ x 48″—ideal for creating a modern and expansive wall aesthetic. Paired with a wide selection of coordinating mosaics and decos, they provide endless design flexibility, from feature walls to full-height installations in residential and commercial spaces.
Whether your vision leans soft and serene or bold and architectural, Crossville porcelain tile gives you the tools to make a statement on every wall.
Native Metal perforated deco (made with real metal and resin) wall tile.
Portugal triangle porcelain mosaic tiles in Velho White.
Native Metal porcelain hex moisaics with resin and metal accents.
Design Smarter with Wall Tile
Whether you’re specifying for a boutique hotel lobby or renovating a kitchen at home, tile on the wall is a smart design move. It offers visual drama, enduring performance, and easier upkeep than other wall surface options—without sacrificing style.\
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