At Italian Tiles Outlet we find it so useful to visit Cersaie, the tile show in Bologna, Italy to ensure we remain leaders in sourcing next years Italian trends and products for our UK customers. We are motivated to find what innovations have been made in producing ever higher quality porcelain tiles and trying to locate what the next popular trends will be. Meeting with our favorite suppliers we find that porcelain floor tiles are becoming even more authentic than before.

HD methods and realistic texturing to the tiles have further improved the feel of individual tiles, though it is the ever larger range of faces (variation from tile to tile before the pattern repeats) which means that the ranges are becoming increasingly indistinguishable from the natural stone, marble or wood effects which they are replicating. The benefits of Italian porcelain with regard to durability and ease of maintenance combined with beautiful look of the natural finishes are making Italian porcelain tiles the must have finish for any home or commercial project seeking luxury and unrivalled longevity.

One of the main themes I took away this year were the near endless beautiful possibilities of how you can design the layout of your tiles to best enhance your project. Some of the images below highlight the amazing patterns and effects which can be achieved by giving extra consideration to how you lay your tiles in a way which maximises your space. A wood effect porcelain tile for instance can be transformed by laying them in a herringbone style or in a traditional wood style random-bond as seen below.

This desire to show our customers the many possibilities within each of our ranges and to encourage thought into which design will achieve the greatest effect, has led us to accelerate our redesign of the Italian Tiles Outlet website. We are going to include more images of our ranges in situ and additionally pattern and laying ideas in order to help maximise our porcelain tiles within your project and achieve effects you may not have even considered before.