When it comes to designing your kitchen, the floor is more than just a surface to walk on — it’s a canvas that can elevate your entire space.
Kitchen floor tile patterns offer creative possibilities to transform your flooring into a stylish focal point and to help bring your entire room design together. From classic patterns that never go out of fashion to more intricate patterns that make a statement, flooring is an extension of your personal aesthetic.
Ceramic tile offers options in a seemingly endless selection of sizes, colors, shapes, and textures. A Certified Ceramic Tile Specialist can help you match your favorite tile to layout possibilities and a qualified tile installer can bring that vision to life. Let’s take a look at some of our favorite kitchen floor tile patterns to spark your inspiration.
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Checkerboard
The square grid pattern is a common floor pattern. You can use this grid with one color tile, two colors, or more. Use the grid to create a checkerboard for a charming bistro vibe such as this black-and-white kitchen using marble-look tiles with gray veining in black and white. Notice this pattern is made even more enchanting by laying the tile on a diagonal to create a diamond pattern, as well.
Mini Grid
Dial it down with a mini grid pattern that ramps up the color and leaves us hungry for seconds. Small square tiles present a one-of-a-kind mosaic pattern with peach, burgundy, mustard, white, and soft blue tones.
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Horizontal Grid
Grid floor patterns in modern kitchens provide a sleek, neat appearance that you can match or contrast with your preferred decor. In this kitchen, bluish-gray rectangular stone-look ceramic tiles with delicate veining complement the hexagon ceramic tile feature wall.
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Subway
An outdoor kitchen deserves the advantage of porcelain pavers both for style and unbeatable durability. These stone-look tiles are laid in a modified subway (or brick) pattern.
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Modular Pinwheel
This bright kitchen uses stone-look ceramic tiles in a modular pinwheel pattern to bring textural interest to the room design. The generous size of the tiles helps make the space look larger, as well.
Hopscotch
Be square! Warm peach-toned square tiles are paired with smaller royal blue squares to form a hopscotch kitchen tile pattern that compliments the unique blue cabinetry.
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Transition
Large, white, glossy marble-look tile slabs shine even brighter when soft light emanates from this kitchen’s windows. This crisp look transitions to wood-look porcelain tiles in a chevron pattern, distinctly separating the kitchen workspace and the dining area.
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Octagon and Dot
A classic octagon and dot tile layout pattern (dating back to the Victorian era) pairs white tiles and smaller navy blue tiles as the “dots” for a regal design touch.
Running Bond
Wood-look porcelain tiles in a running bond layout pattern create the wood flooring look you crave in this open-concept space, while also providing porcelain tile’s durability and easy maintenance advantages.
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Herringbone
A modern aesthetic meets rustic charm in this modern farmhouse-style kitchen. Wood-look porcelain tile in a herringbone pattern pairs perfectly with the exposed oak ceiling beams.
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Vertical Herringbone
These wood-look porcelain tiles with an antique appearance are installed in a vertical herringbone layout pattern that gives movement to a stylish galley kitchen.
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Basketweave
The basketweave pattern looks more complicated than it is. A skilled installer uses just two tile shapes — a square and a rectangle — to create this design that adds a bit of whimsy to hard-working flooring areas.
Add a third color to the basketweave floor pattern for a more complex impact.
Large-Format Grid/No Pattern
With a muted gray-and-white mix, these large-format, terrazzo-look porcelain tile slabs with minimal grout joints are the just the thing when your goal is no “pattern” in sight. The flooring also plays off the colorful terrazzo-look slabs on the kitchen’s high back walls without competing for attention.
Find the Right Kitchen Floor Tile Pattern for Your Space
Seize the opportunity for your kitchen floor to be more than a mere foundation — make your flooring a central feature that enhances your home’s charm. We’ve shared some of our favorite kitchen floor tile patterns and if you’re hungry for more, enjoy browsing our 79 Floor Tile Patterns blog post and our kitchen tile selection on Pinterest.
