Stone Effect Kitchen Tiles

A kitchen asks more of its tiles than most rooms, with splashes, heat and daily wear all landing in the same square metre, and our porcelain, built to a stone effect finish, takes that in its stride. Warm and deep stone tones suit a kitchen especially well, echoing the earthy colour of travertine or limestone against timber cabinetry or worktops.

The same idea sits behind every design here: natural stone is photographed, the file adjusted for colour, movement and grain, then transferred onto tile before the firing stage locks it in place. It's close enough up close that only the grout lines give the game away. Rectified formats keep those grout lines tight around a run of units or an island.

A kitchen scheme can lean sharp and contemporary with a clean rectified cut, or softer and more lived-in with a tumbled, rustic one, and the same tiles lay as a well judged chequerboard where a kitchen opens into a dining or living space.