Spanish Tile Collection: Floor & Wall Tile I am Loving
Spanish tile roundup: The best floor and wall tile for a modern Spanish style home, with real life samples!
This post is in collaboration with Wayfair.
Now that our Spanish Sanctuary renovation is in motion, it is time to start thinking about some of the big decisions—specifically, flooring and wall coverings. Over the past few weeks, I have been focusing on one of the most important (and exciting) design features: tile!
Wayfair has one of the largest selections of tiles anywhere online, and they offer samples as low as $1 plus free shipping on almost all tile. They are one of my most used resources to browse for products, order samples, check reviews and price match.
I went ahead and stocked up on a variety of tile samples I am considering for different spaces so I could see how they all flow together. Look at my top finds below, and weigh in on your favorites!
Patterned Tile
When it comes to patterned tile, there can be a fine line between timeless and trendy. When in doubt, I lean towards styles with a hand painted feel, classic pattern and neutral/earthy color palette. Bold contrasting colors and popular patterns that you see everywhere will have a higher chance at looking dated in several years.
Tile plays a leading role in modern Spanish style design, and I'll be choosing a variety of patterned tile for the bathrooms, kitchen and stair risers. It helps to keep the traditional look of these tiles for a bathroom floor, and I am 99% sure I am going with the Mirambel for our jack and jill bathroom (keep scrolling for links):
These are the current top contenders for the kitchen backsplash. I want to incorporate blue in the tile, and am equally torn between all of them!
Here are links to all the patterned tiles I am loving right now:
Floor tile
I have been trying to figure out how to get authentic, rustic cobblestone floors in the primary bathroom and I may have unlocked the well suited hack—porcelain look-a-like tile!
Wayfair carries these 'stone-look' tiles in a variety of colors, that can be laid with extra wide grout lines to resemble cobblestone (and they'll match our wood floor height, and no upkeep!) I ordered multiple samples to get a better visual. Definitely drawn to the gray, though I may use the terra-cotta somewhere else.
Another idea is to cut brick-shaped tile into squares, though the sharper edges would not quite have the same rustic old-world feel. You could also use travertine for a lighter stone (Drew from Lone Fox did this in his kitchenand it is striking!)
Here are the best options I found to achieve this look:
Shower tile
Two of the bathroom showers in the Spanish Sanctuary will have wall tile, and I have a general idea of the desired look. Here is the mood board for the jack and jill bathroom:
It helps to keep the pairing of the warm brown patterned floor tile with an earthy green shower wall tile, but there are many different shades, shapes and sizes to choose from. I ordered a variety samples to compare in person and the lighter ones are too blue for me—do you have a favorite?
For the primary bathroom shower, I spotted this tile on Wayfair and it was love at first sight. It is available in several colorways, and I ordered samples of my top 3 contenders. Tough choice!
Here are links to all of the shower tiles I am considering right now:
Did you know you could order tile samples on Wayfair? I think it is so important to see them in person first before committing to such a big purchase. It also genuinely helps you visualize the end result when you can see everything laid out side by side in person.
The bathrooms in this house will be longer and slower renovations (per usual), but in the meantime I have got some exciting plans for our first bedroom makeover. More to come soon!
