Experiment with wooden tiles in your home interior design

Wood-Patterned Tiles: Parquet

Striking patterns are a hallmark of parquet wooden tiles. These types of indoor wooden floor tiles use small strips of wood arranged in a particular repeating, angular pattern. Traditionally, parquet floors were installed painstakingly, one small strip at a time. Now though, modern parquet comes in the shape of wooden slats that are bonded to what is called as backing material. The different arrangements in which these parquet wooden tiles can be laid out add to the versatile nature of these tiles, making them a great aesthetic option. That they are also easy to maintain and durable are added benefits. Parquet is quickly catching on as the choice for living room wooden floor tiles and it is available in diverse colours too.

Wooden Tiles for Home Interior Design: Solid Wood Plank Tiles

If you’re looking for the most appropriate wood-style tile to use in the parts of the house that receive high traffic, the kitchen for instance, then you would do well to opt for wood plank tiles. They are a bit more expensive than other wooden floor tiles but you can do no better when it comes to fire resistance and a long lifespan. Installed in a tongue-and-groove fashion over concrete, wood plank tiles are harder to install but certainly worth the effort in the long run.

Wood-Textured Tiles: Engineered Wooden Floor Tiles

Moisture-resistant, long-lasting—easily more than two decades—and made using ever-changing technology, engineered wooden tiles are an excellent option for humid regions. The best part? They can be installed over any current flooring that you want to change but are having a hard time removing (or don’t want to remove). Engineered wood-style tiles are layered, with a good-quality plywood core and a thin hardwood layer over it. Essentially, it uses a cheaper wood as the core and a more expensive one as the layer adhering to it. These layered wood-look floor tiles also offer greater stability.

Using Wooden-Coloured Tiles Around the House

You already know the elegance that wooden tiles will impart to your house when laid out on the floor. While homeowners typically enjoy using wooden tiles in bedrooms, there are a host of other rooms where they work—as well as interesting ways in which they can be used.
 

1. Wooden Wall Tiles
Wooden wall tiles, for example, can play their part in making your house look warm and inviting. It is the easiest way to create an accent wall in any of the rooms and elevate the aesthetic of the space.

3. Wooden Tiles for Balcony Design, Porch or Patio
If you’re one of those lucky people to live in a stand-alone home with a porch area or a patio or have a good-sized balcony in your apartment, nothing evokes that outdoor-indoor connection as well as wood. If you don’t want to go for the real thing and worry about maintenance, then wood-textured tiles, more durable, low maintenance and inexpensive, would be a great way to get that breezy-looking outdoor space.

4. Wooden Floor Tiles for Bathroom Flooring
Wooden floor tiles for bathrooms are the ideal option for those who want that warm wood look without the worry of warping and swelling.

5. Wood-Style Tiles for the Ceiling
For a rustic touch, use wooden-finish tiles on the ceiling Wood-textured tiles on ceilings, combined with wooden tiles on the floor, will imbue a complete sense of warmth into your space.

2. Are wood tiles cheaper than laminate flooring?

Typically, laminate, which is made up of high-density fibreboard covered in a photographic image and protective coat, is cheaper than tiles. Hence, as a material, it would also be cheaper than wood-style tiles. Laminate is also easier to install if you are doing it yourself but tiles are longer-lasting.

3. Are wooden tiles a good idea?

Wooden tiles come with several advantages. They are considered to be a very sound one-time investment given their high durability and long shelf life, especially since no one looks forward to having to change the flooring in a house frequently. They are also resistant to moisture, scratches, stains and spills and don’t allow bacteria or other germs to breed on their surface. Wood-finish floor tiles are also cheaper than actual hardwood. Aesthetically, they are very versatile and apart from wooden tiles for the floor, you can also find wooden-finish wall tiles, as well as alternatives for the ceiling.