5 Residential Tile Trends for Floors and Walls in 2024

Looking for creative inspiration for your residential flooring and walls in 2024? Look no further than tile.

"This year we are going to see even more of a tile takeover — as tiles make their way onto walls, curved ceilings, and areas beyond the shower and backsplash," said Ashley Biscan, senior content manager at Floor & Decor.

Whether it's a vibrant and energetic atmosphere or a tranquil and peaceful retreat, tile has the power to set the tone and enhance the overall well-being of its occupants.

“Interior design plays a pivotal role in shaping one's mood and establishing the ambiance of a space, and these 2024 trends reflect this,” said Suzanne Zurfluh, director of design and trend at Emser Tile. “For instance, warm neutrals and browns can evoke feelings of coziness and comfort, while cool blues and sage greens may promote relaxation and calmness.

Read on to learn more about the tile trends we’re seeing for floors and walls in 2024 and what they mean for interior design.

1 Quiet Luxury

The quiet luxury trend in home design continues in 2024 and all about creating sophisticated spaces that are elegant and understated. It's a move away from flashy displays of wealth and towards a more curated and intentional approach to interior design, often incorporating natural materials and warm, neutral colors. We’re seeing this approach in tile through marble- and stone-look surfaces.

Enhancing effects of light and reflectivity are reproduced in luminous finishes, giving the beauty and depth of marble with the durability of porcelain in color ranges wider than those of natural stone. To complement the raw beauty of contemporary architecture, designers are giving us fresh interpretations of modern cement in porcelain format. Exquisitely colored and perfectly sized aggregates give these designs a handcrafted concrete look and feel.

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Dolomita. Photo: Grupo Lamosa.

Beljn porcelain, inspired by Belgium limestone, is perfect for large-scale commercial and residential installations including feature walls and expansive floor designs. Photo: Crossville

The travertine visual spotted in the Calligo collection. Photo: Daltile

2 Getting Warmer

The quiet luxury trend is bathed in warmer neutrals. Think beiges, taupes, creams, and browns, inspired by nature. This interior design trend embraces tranquility while visually embracing you in the feeling of warmth. In tile, we’re seeing warmer hues in stone-look, concrete-look tile and patterns have incorporated more earthy tones.

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Klastos porcelain is inspired by sedimentary rock and comes in five natural colors and a non-reflective finish. Photo: Stonepeak Ceramics.

Nobile offers a textured wood look in porcelain tile. Photo: Azulejos Benadresa

The Fantasy porcelain collection offers a variety of botanical designs in warm palettes. Porcelanicos HDC

3 Pattern Play

There’s a long history of pattern in tile on flooring and walls. As design evolves, it pushes the limits on what’s possible, functionally and artistically. Tile flooring offers a unique opportunity to add visual interest and design to your space. It becomes an artistic canvas with pattern applied to the tile through manufacturing or pattern executed through the layout of the tiles during installation. Grouts also play an ever-increasing role in creating or downplaying pattern.

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Transcendence by Kohler WasteLAB x Nada Debs, a series of bespoke tiles made from nearly 100 percent recycled waste materials. Photo: Kohler.

Eforea porcelain tile comes in eight colors for floors and walls. Photo: Daltile.

Lunada Bay Tile's Linen porcelain tile collection

Linen porcelain tile marries a Hex pattern with subtly three-dimensional woven graphic. Photo: Lunada Bay Tile.

4 Texture

Ceramic tile companies are looking to the third dimension as the next frontier of design. New collections feature a plethora of 3D tiles from fluted and protruding surfaces to reliefs with explosive patterns. As manufacturers work toward producing tiles that look and feel like natural stone, marble prints are now paired with low relief veining for an incredibly realistic appearance.

“A sometimes overlooked aspect of designing a space is texture, especially when it comes to tiles,” said Feras Irikat, director of design and marketing, Lunada Bay Tile. “Texture in tiles delivers depth and interest, and this tactile quality adds a touch of personality.”

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Radiant by Emser incorporates LED strips to create an illuminated surface for floors and walls. Photo: Emser.

Segni on Pigmenti. Photo: Lea Ceramiche.

Lens porcelain tile creates a three-dimensional visual play, thanks to the combination of concave and convex surfaces. Photo: Realonda.

5 Nature

We’re all one with nature. These looks draw inspiration from the magnificent beauty of the Earth's ancient geological past. Masterpieces of nature, like limestone, bluestone and slate, are represented with such precision and include characteristics like veining, coal lines and visible fossils. The visual richness of their textures, nuances and details are maintained and paired with the practicality of ceramic.

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Sakura Porcelain Tile from MSI’s Zaria Collection features a charming white background adorned with a black geometric print that has subtle floral influences. Photo: MSI.