Is Wood Look Tile The Right Flooring Material?

Is Wood Look Tile The Right Flooring Material?

There is a sea of options available when you are looking for floor tiles. From marble, travertine, and granite to ceramic, porcelain, and vinyl – the materials available are countless and they often leave homeowners confused.

Wood Look Tile for Flooring

Timber or wood has always been a highly desirable material. Wood is expensive and beautiful, and it helps you create warm, luxury, and lavish-looking indoor spaces.

Wood look tiles are not made from real wood or timber. But they do look like wood. Ceramic and porcelain tiles can be designed to imitate different authentic wood effects and patterns. The effects and textures are achieved using modern printing technology. It is often hard for one to differentiate without touching the floor with hands.

So, if you want a luxury wood ambiance in your home, but are concerned about the material being expensive or too delicate, you can consider wood look ceramic and porcelain tiles for creating floors, walls and other surfaces in your home.

Varieties of Wood Look Tiles

You would be surprised to know that we offer a wide variety of wood look tiles. WallAndTile.com, in fact, has a dedicated collection of wood look tiles. In this collection, you can find wood look tiles in a diversity of materials. Such as –

Wood Look Ceramic & Porcelain Tiles

These tiles are made from clay and fired at extreme high temperatures. The real-like wood effects are prints on the tile during the manufacturing process. In addition to that, a transparent protective layer is also applied on the tile. It shields the tile and print from clouding, dirt, and stains.

Wood Look Luxury Vinyl Tiles

Luxury vinyl tiles are widely available in wood effects. The material is waterproof and stain resistant. That means, it has an edge over real wood planks. It does not swell up, rust, and loses its look due to water and moisture.

Natural Stone

There is a natural stone, “White Oak Marble” which looks quite like worn wood painted in white. It has rich linear patterns that go across the length of the stone tile/slab. If you are looking for something more durable than ceramic, porcelain, and LVT, then this is the wood look tile material you can go with.

Based on explanations above, you now know that wood look tiles are water resistant, fire resistant, stain resistant, strong, and highly durable. And with that, they are definitely a great material for your home or office.

Browse through our wide and exclusive collection to find wood look tile(s) for your home.