The importance of kitchen tiles

Inside the kitchen, spills and leaks are inevitable. As much as it seems necessary, deciding on whether to install a tiled floor is a hard choice for many people.

With the greatest competitor of tiles aesthetic-wise being wood, any reasonable person would advise you not to go with the latter because for one, it would take a lot of water to damage tile and two, tiles are much easier to clean and are more resilient to scratches and stains.

Not everything is perfect about tiles, though. For example, some people argue that they are colder to feet than wood and most of the other floor types. Although this could be enough reason to discourage you from installing tiles in your kitchen, the advantages of having them installed are actually more. Let us now have a deeper look at the importance of kitchen tiles.

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• Tiles allow more room for customization

Tiles come in a variety of colors, textures, and patterns that can be used singly or combined anyhow you want to create your own definition of beauty and to suit your level of sophistication. That’s why all intelligent home décor experts who want to deliver modern results always choose to work with tiles.

Tiles are also much easier to replace (if need be). The cost is much lower compared to that of replacing wood.

• There’s greater value in a tiled kitchen

Caption this: one home whose kitchen’s walls and floor are alluringly done with great color combinations of tiles, and another home whose kitchen is just painted plainly with a single color. Which one would you go for? Don’t know about you but most people would go for the tiled one. So, if you want to invest in real estate, tiles are the best way to add value to kitchens.

• More resilience

All tile designers try as much as possible to create tile products that can withstand high levels of stress; How? The tile making process involves subjecting materials to high temperatures to make them dense. So, with any kind of budget, you can be sure that tiles will last a lifetime and with minimal maintenance. You will be glad that you chose tile, especially if you have children who keep on spilling food and drinks on the kitchen floor.

• Better hygiene

It is absolutely necessary to maintain hygiene in your kitchen more than in any other part of your home. A floor and wall surface that makes it easier to see and clean dirt immediately helps prevent the buildup of germs.

•  Always trendy

No matter what kind of tile design you choose to go with, you can be sure that you won’t be required to change it even in the coming 10 years or so. This is because their glare remains good as new. 

• Affordable

Tiles are available for all kinds of budgets. Even the most refined ones carry a very friendly budget. With tiles, you can also cut from the budget by doing the installation yourself; Installation is quite easy.