Tiling Your Home for Christmas
With the festive season just around the corner, you may have lots of friends and family visiting. Why not spruce up your home so you’re ready for gatherings, dinners, and mulled wine? Our guide will offer tips on how to get your bathroom, kitchen, and other areas of the home ready in time for Christmas with tiles. This includes durable floor tiles as well as affordable ways to make your home feel welcoming, stylish, and festive!
Porcelain Floor Tiles
If you're hosting family or having a party this festive season, you will want durable flooring to withstand heavy foot traffic and impacts (accidents happen!). Porcelain tiles are best for the floor because they are dense, hardwearing, and scratch resistant. This helps prevent damage so you can celebrate to your heart's content!
Our Porcelain Tiles come in many colours, styles, and sizes, making it easy to find a tile that’s robust and looks fabulous.
Floor Tiles That Stay Clean
Your floor tiles should also be easy to keep clean to help protect them against spills, footprints, and grease from Christmas cooking.
Textured tiles tend to trap dirt, so the smoother the tile surface, the easier it is to keep clean. If you want to view the surface of our tiles up close, pop into one of our showrooms.
Grout is more porous than tile, which means it absorbs moisture and stains more easily. This can make your grout look grimy, so we recommend large format tiles for your floor. They result in fewer grout lines, making your floor much easier to clean. Our Large Format Tiles will make your kitchen look sleek, sophisticated, and spacious. We offer a choice of styles, finishes, and colours to help you find one that best suits your space, including Rectified Tiles. These have a minimal grout joint, a luxurious look that makes your floor super easy to clean!
Black tiles can hide dirt, dust, and water spots if you're too busy to clean this Christmas. The Esagono Nero is one of our bestselling tiles and looks stunning in a contemporary kitchen. They have an easy-to-clean, quick-wipe surface and are constructed from durable, glazed porcelain – all you need in a floor tile this Christmas! Alternatively, the Diesel Oxide matt tile has a satin finish and replicates natural stone. They are much easier to keep clean than real stone as they are made from hardwearing porcelain and have a wipe-clean, rectified surface. They are also less porous than their authentic counterpart, which tends to absorb more moisture.
Choose a Feature Tile
If you want to up the style factor in your home before Christmas but you're limited on time and money, fear not. Highlighting certain areas with a feature tile is a quick and more affordable way to make your home look stylish and welcoming this Christmas. Create a feature wall in your guest bathroom or shower enclosure, or create a kitchen backsplash which protects your wall from splashes of food and grease if cooking Christmas dinner. You could also make your living room cosier by tiling around your fireplace. Alternatively, use a bold tile as a wall border to break up a single block of colour. This allows you to update an entire room with just a few tiles.
Metro Subway Tiles are one of the most cost-effective and popular tiling solutions. They are easy to lay, timeless, and versatile, so they can be used in any design scheme. You can also style them in several ways. For example, you can get creative with the layout. Instead of the classic horizontal pattern, you can lay them vertically to elongate the wall or use the herringbone layout for an eye-catching pattern. Our metro tiles are available in several colours, from traditional white to accent colours such as blue, black, and pink.
Let Festive Colours Inspire You!
Certain colours are associated with Christmas, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be in your home all year round!
Add some festive-inspired colour to your space with a green tile, so when the tree comes down in January, you’ll still have some greenery to enjoy. Metro Verde Bottle Green Biselado Brillo Tile will add retro glamour and luxury to your bathroom or provide a striking backsplash for your kitchen. They also have a gloss finish, which makes them easy to clean. This tile looks beautiful when paired with traditional brass accents such as taps from our sister site, Bathshack.
Why not add some festive sparkle to your home with a silver tile? Our Devon Metallic Silver Subway Tile provides a contemporary twist to the classic subway tile and creates a space that is bright and full of energy. If you're looking for something traditional with an edge, this is the tile for you.
If you like cosy log cabin vibes at Christmas, keep it going all year with a wood effect tile. Warm wood tones will make your home feel cosy and more inviting this festive season. Suitable for walls and floors, our wood effect tiles are designed to replicate natural wood but are more durable, hardwearing, and affordable than the real thing. To shop our full range, click here.
Shop Clearance Tiles
We understand that budgets can be tight this time of year, especially with the rising cost of living. We always have offers and discounts available at Tileshack, which can help you tile your home for less in time for Christmas. Browse our Clearance Tiles, where you can get up to 75% off selected tiles in a variety of styles, colours, and sizes. You can also check out our Discounts page to discover our active discount codes and current promotions.
Whether you're having a low-key Christmas or hosting lots of guests this year, our range of tiles will help you create a cosy, inviting, and practical space for everyone this festive season. Shop our full range of tiles online for delivery or pay a visit to your nearest showroom. Locations and opening times for our showrooms can be found here. The Christmas countdown is on!
