Weathered and worn tile lend a sense of time-honed authenticity to many different decor styles, from minimalism and industrial to farmhouse and shabby chic.
Popular distressed tile looks include oxidized metal-look tile, rustic slate-look tile, worn wood-look tile, and weathered stone-look tile. Advances in manufacturing technology mean that ceramic designs can be made to have just the right level of distressed accents for your project (without worry that distressed = damaged).
Of course, ceramic tile is resistant to stains, scratches, dents, and dings, so your tile will continue looking new — and by “new” we mean perfectly distressed — for decades to come.
Explore our weathered tile examples below to get inspiration for your project, and then visit our Pinterest board for more distressed tile looks.
This airy great room has the space to play, with a modern interpretation of rustic charm. A center stage feature wall and oxidized metal-look tile floors blend with chunky wood and bold white furniture for a contemporary feel that’s very much at home on the ranch.
That cool new place downtown transforms from a hot lunch spot to a hot date meet-up seemingly without effort. Perhaps it’s the chameleon quality of this charcoal industrial look ceramic tile. By day, it’s cool and unassuming. By night, it’s sultry and romantic. Whatever time of day, this tile is built to serve up an…
There’s a storm coming, a brainstorm, that is. That’s okay, ceramic tile can take all you can throw at it. Durable under heavy foot traffic, ceramic tile is scratch, dent, heat, moisture, and bacteria resistant. When ideas call for a new plan, ceramic tile has you covered (meant that). There will be no worries about…
Open floor plan work space, co-work, and industrial office trends have no need to compromise on healthy and safety when using ceramic tile. Choose from a vast selection of colors shapes and sizes to lend an industrial flavor to a hip business that shows they get the job done. Breathe fresh air into the design…
This store’s design leads you with a clever layout of large panel cement-look ceramic tiles. The diagonal pattern directs you to products where black industrial finished ceramic tiles take over to blanket the walls. It’s a rugged look with earth tones accenting both styles of tile. Ceramic tile resists, scratches, dents, and dirt, so will…
This isn’t your typical home gym. The unmistakable sense of modernity in this room is softened by the oxidized metal look of the ceramic tile flooring — combining the best of both the old and the new. The crosshatch pattern of the flooring design varies the colors in the oxidation to give fluidity and movement…
To work with a clear head, you must rise above the city noise – a task made easy in this corner office. Large slate-look tile floors stand out in this modern workspace high above the city. Minimalist office furniture and decor work well with the busy views below. A contrast to the sleek and modern…
Modern desert is the style here, and this ceramic tile flooring helps the space pull it off with a distressed stone look typical of outdoor patios. Even if we aren’t outside, ceramic tile’s durability and water resistance mean we could be, allowing us to lose ourselves even further in our desert mirage.
Che bel lavandino! What a beautiful sink, which could be in an Italian villa or in your home. Ceramic tile has an endless variety of design options, such as this stone-look design with a beautiful old-word patina. Ceramic tile is the right choice for bathrooms, with resistance to water, mold, mildew and bacteria. Durable and…
If this floor could talk, it would likely say, “Come and sit a spell.” The gray and gold tones give the stone an oxidized look that lends a comfortable and solid feel. Every time of year will feel like a summer’s evening with the way the light plays off the colors of this ceramic throughout…
With this much floorspace and light flooding in, the flooring you choose has got to be really worthy of the attention. Slate-look, large-format ceramic tile is this room’s perfect choice, with the grout lines elongating an already spacious room and the browns in the stone beautifully complementing the furniture. Everything about this space is impeccable,…
Earthy tones abound in this charming living room. The distressed ceramic tile floor ties together both the russet of the couches and the verdigris of the wallpaper, and the alternating grain of the tiles adds an interesting twist to a straightforward grid. You don’t need to worry about the floor actually becoming distressed — ceramic…
With a black and white color scheme, the yin and yang aspect of this bathroom brings balance to the space. The smoky gray ceramic tiles of the backsplash seem to float in a mist, with the row of dimensional trim grounding the tile to the vanity. Ceramic tile is water- and stain-resistant and is easy…
The line between inside and outside is blurred in this modern living room and its adjoining patio. Red flooring covers the expanse with a wood-look ceramic tile, creating an inviting space. Ceramic tile is the ideal flooring for both indoors and outdoors, with resistance to stains, scratches, and fading by the sun. Because ceramic is…
This refreshing bathroom takes eclectic to a new and elegant level. A classical Greek statue suns itself, surrounded by clean modern lines and distressed wood-look ceramic tile from floor to ceiling. The styles all work together with beautiful results. Ceramic tile is the versatile choice that offers design options that span the centuries and the…
