Many designers use gauged porcelain tile panels/slabs to create a wallpapered look, as the minimal and unobtrusive grout lines create the illusion of wallpaper, but with all the benefits of ceramic tile and none of the maintenance issues of wallpaper. To create a wallpapered look, designers often choose gauged porcelain tile panels/slabs with creative patterns.

Large-format tiles are also perfect for minimalist spaces, which favor clean surfaces uncluttered by grout lines and other visual interruptions.

Gauged porcelain tile panels/slabs are functionally versatile, suitable for not only walls and flooring, but also countertops, cabinet facings, and furniture surfaces both indoors and out. Advances in technology enable manufacturers to create these large-format tiles in wood, marble, and stone looks as well as all of the looks you see below.

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Cement Gray Marble-Look Bathroom Tile

The marble look is one of your many design options when choosing ceramic tile, but even then, you can choose between many different colors, veining characteristics, tile sizes and patterns, and more. This bathroom utilizes a cement gray marble look with stark but sparse white veining throughout the entire space. A standard square grid is seen throughout, with large tiles everywhere except for the shower floor. What does your dream marble-look tile look like?

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Pristine Wood-Look Tile Bathroom Wall

Hardwood in the bathroom? Don’t worry, this isn’t actually hardwood, but wood-look ceramic tile. When installed using proper methods, ceramic tile is completely water-resistant, which means that you can bring the classiness of hardwood into splash-prone places. And, with ceramic tile’s scratch and stain resistance, this industrial ceramic look flooring will remain perfectly distressed for years to come.

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Oversized Herringbone Tile Wall

Ceramic tile can be art, and nothing proves this better than a tile feature wall. The large-format herringbone tiles in a distressed creamy hue make other decor unnecessary in this minimalistic space. The oxidized metal-look floor ceramic tiles are beauties as well, and contrast well with the light-colored furniture. Just a couple intentional tile choices…

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Ceramic Tile Flooring in a Plaid Pattern

Plaid never goes out of style, as this living room flooring clearly proves. Using neutral tones keeps the pattern from becoming too busy, while printing the pattern diagonally across the tiles adds visual interest. Additionally, because color is baked into ceramic tile, you needn’t worry about this sunny location fading the tile over time.

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Dark Linen-Look Tile Flooring

Love the look of carpet but hate its cleaning routine or hygiene concerns? Ceramic tile comes in textured linen looks like this to give you that carpet look without any of carpet’s drawbacks.

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Beige and Gray Stone-Look Tile

This space shows the versatility of stone-look ceramic tile, from the beige stone-look tile grid flooring to the gray running bond stone-look wall tile. Each serves as a backdrop to greens, blacks, and reds, and, of course, the beautiful view.

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Beige Stone-Look Patio Tile

Create a stylish patio with a material that stands up to the elements and continues looking new for decades. Stone-look ceramic and porcelain tile such as this are a popular option for outdoor living areas because of durability and stylish choices.