1. Embrace Parisian Elegance

Inspired by the fabulous designs that adorn the City of Light, the Alison Victoria La Petite Le Marais tile (also available in blue-hued Montmartre) features a faded scrollwork pattern on a winter-white background. Embodying Alison’s signature “city chic” style, this tile adds an air of sophisticated antiquity to this stately home bar.

Shop our exclusive Alison Victoria designer collection for more looks inspired by the HGTV star’s favorite places.

2. Polish Your Look With Copper Penny Tile

If your bar or drink station is tucked away or has a small footprint, it’s the perfect opportunity to go bold with your decor. Here, the Brushed Copper penny round tile makes a striking statement. The mix of matte and shiny “pennies” in this mosaic adds a sense of movement to the wall, providing a spirited, yet suave, effect.

If you like this look, shop our selection of metal tile.

3. Make a Sophisticated Play With a Checkerboard

A checkerboard pattern is perfect for striking a balance between playfulness and sophistication. This elevated checkerboard backsplash, designed by @creatiffdiy, features Zellige Alabaster and White gloss tiles. The pinkish-beige tones of the alabaster tile pair exquisitely with the bright white, creating a stunning neutral palette with just the right amount of contrast. The result is a contemporary design that uses traditional elements to craft a truly timeless space.

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4. Raise the Bar With Diamond-Shaped Tile

Like a glass of champagne, classy diamond-shaped tile pairs well with everything. This elegant drink station features the Modena marble mosaic tile for a refined look. A mix of beige, white, and grey marble gives it a contemporary color palette that pairs beautifully with the sage green cabinetry and wooden shelves.

Shop our selection of diamond-shaped tile for more dynamic looks.

5. Display Your Personality With Patterned Tile

If the coffee doesn’t wake you up, this cheerful, eclectic space—designed by @thesandykraken30a—will. The Calabasis tile’s* starburst pattern is both graphic and playful. By keeping the wall black and white, the designer has created a backdrop against which many bright-colored accessories really pop.

Floral or geometric, simple or ornate—shop patterned tile to find a style that captures your unique personality.

*This tile is no longer available; achieve a similar look with Star White tile.

6. Choose Tried-and-True Subway Tile

White subway tile is a staple for a reason. A symbol of modernity and cleanliness for over a century, it remains decidedly contemporary. This corner drink station, designed by Barriere Construction, shows why the classic look endures. The glossy finish of the Color Mind Light BR tile reflects light, brightening the space, while the traditional brick-lay layout maintains a clean, orderly appearance.

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7. Elevate Your Space With Marble Subway Tile

If ceramic and porcelain subway tile is the white tee of tile, marble subway tile is a silk blouse—a pair-with-everything, elevated basic that brings class to any space. This elegant drink station, designed by Our Home On Colonial, features Meram Blanc Carrara marble tile. Tumbled to give it a slightly rugged texture, this tile adds an antique farmhouse feel, complemented by wooden shelving and ceramic and black metal accessories.

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8. Create a Boho Look With Scalloped Tile

Drink in this fabulous boho-chic space featuring the Alison Victoria Gem tile. This gorgeous green marble tile features subtle white and beige veining that, along with its curved, scalloped edge, creates a gentle sense of movement. Paired with textured gold wallpaper and glass shelving, the result is an elevated take on eclectic style.

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9. Create a Crafted Space for Your Cocktails

If you’ve perfected your own Old Fashioned recipe, you’re someone who appreciates true craftsmanship. Reflect your artisanal spirit with authentic Zellige tile—crafted, painted and glazed by hand using ancient Moroccan techniques. Here, the Zellige Black gloss tile creates a space that, like a good whiskey, is full of smooth, full-bodied character. And because each tile is individually made, you can be sure your bar is as unique as your signature cocktail.

10. Add a Spoonful of Whimsy With British Patterns

We’ve teamed up with the British textile brand Laura Ashley to bring you patterns that have delighted the world for decades—in the form of durable porcelain wall and floor tile. Inspired by their iconic prints, these tiles add charm to any space. We love how West Bay Homes used the Laura Ashley Wicker Charcoal tile to create this playfully posh drink station backsplash.

Shop our exclusive Laura Ashley collection for more iconically whimsical designs.

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11. Create Subtle Visual Texture

This stylish drink station, designed by @sperryhome, uses two techniques to create delicate visual texture. The wall features Penny Round Matte White mosaic tile installed with matching white grout. The small mosaic tiles add shape and texture—you can just barely make out the individual tiles in the play of light and shadow across the space. The floor showcases Latta Hex Wood Look tile; the wood-grain detailing on the porcelain, installed multi-directionally, gives the floor visual texture. The result is a serene space rich with exquisite complexity.

12. Set Neat Lines With a KitKat-Shaped Tile

Whether or not you take your drinks neat, you can appreciate the fine, straight lines created by the KitKat White tile (also available in Grey). This mosaic tile’s long, skinny pieces stack to create soothing symmetry and a sense of order. We love how this Timber Trails–designed space uses beige grout, offering subtle contrast between the tiles for a balanced, organic aesthetic.

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13. Add Dimension With Beveled Subway Tile

With its recessed edges, beveled subway tile creates a gently pillowed effect, adding dimension to your backsplash or wall. This bar, designed by Cabinet Store, features the Signature Bianco Gloss Bevel tile. Its glossy finish reflects light, highlighting the tile’s facets and creating visual interest.

Shop our exclusive Signature collection for bevel, framed and standard subway tiles in a variety of popular colors and sizes.

14. Create a Space That Reflects Your Personality

This exquisite bar, designed by West Bay Homes, offers a contemporary take on the classic mirrored bar backsplash. The antique-style patina finish and beveled shape of the Antique Mirror Bevel tile* create a slightly obscured reflection of the room, capturing shape, movement and color in an ever-changing tableau. We love how the designer chose to extend the tile to the backs of the glass-door cabinets for a continuous look, which makes this space feel open and expansive.

Shop glass tile for more beautifully reflective designs. 👉

*This tile is no longer available; achieve a similar look with Kelli Fontana Patina Siren Mirror.

Ready to toast your own bar, drink station or coffee nook? The Tile Shop is here to help bring your dream space to life. Visit your local showroom to find the tile, tools and expert advice you need to get started.

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1. Pair Wood With an Ornate Patterned Tile

A beautiful patterned tile will give your space distinction as well as provide an elegant pairing with a wood floor. The ornate Morris & Co. Pure Net Black Ink tile (this tile is no longer available, but you can achieve a similar look with Morris & Co. Pure Net Inkwell) elevates this space and complements the natural wood floors, as well as the gorgeous floral wallpaper, giving this home a hand-crafted feel.

2. Ceramic Tile to Wood Floor Transition

Man-made ceramic and porcelain tiles offer a wide range of styles, shapes and designs. The Star ceramic tile gives this space, designed by Callaway Homes, an elevated “modern farmhouse” aesthetic. The flooring creates a clear delineation between the kitchen and living space, yet the black and white patterned tile pairs well with the wood floors.

3. Use Wood-Look Porcelain for a Cohesive Look

If you want to extend the look of wooden floors into your kitchen, durable and easy-to-clean wood-look porcelain will give you a natural appearance in a material well-suited to handling traffic and mess. Wood-look tile can be used to create cohesion between two separate but closely related rooms, as At Home With Ashley has done in this kitchen/dining space.

4. Tile Your Kitchen Island

If your kitchen or great room already features wood flooring, consider showcasing a favorite tile in a more unconventional spot, such as the side of a kitchen island. In this cozy-chic kitchen by @courtneypillion, the Star tile adds a delightful, unexpected design element.

5. Add Interest With a Diamond-Shaped Tile

Shape is another way to add distinction to your floors. Consider using tile shapes with diagonal lines, such as diamonds, chevrons or hexagons, to play up the contrast in a tile to wood transition. This stylish kitchen, designed by @jenpanattoni, featuring the Diamond White City tile is a case in point.

6. Create a Classy Pairing With Stone-Look Tile

Stone or stone-look tile and hardwood are a natural pairing. This kitchen, designed by Rashida Banks, uses the Aqua Nero Matte porcelain tile. The rich veining in the tile adds visual texture that complements the organic woodgrain in the living room floor.

7. Extend Your Kitchen Floor With Luxury Vinyl Planks

Another option for a cohesive look from your kitchen and beyond is to continue your floor beyond the culinary space. Here the Arbour Midlands Hickory Tavern luxury vinyl flooring extends from the kitchen into the dining room, but this stain- and scratch-resistant flooring is suitable for an entire first floor. This easy-to-install option is perfect for a DIY project. Discover just how stress free vinyl flooring can be with our helpful guide.

8. Tile Your Counter Wall

The counter wall provides another opportunity for you to showcase your style. This chic kitchen features the Liria Negro tile. The ornate black, white and beige pattern complements the dark wood floor for a chic and unique design.

9. Pair Wood With a Beautiful Neutral Pattern

In this stunning space designed by @alexandria.by.design, the warm dark brown wood floor is beautifully complemented by the cool grey and light blue pattern of the Cybele Blue tile. While this design uses pattern to achieve a cool, neutral look, you can achieve a similar effect with grey marble or marble-look tiles.

Want more inspo? Check out our 17 Creative Kitchen Floor Ideas for 2024. Find even more inspiration on Instagram and our Customer Room Gallery, where our tiles are used in a variety of real spaces. Or, if you’re looking for some guidance on an upcoming project, set up a free design consultation to get advice from our tile experts.

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8 Brilliant Bathroom Mosaic Tile Ideas

Accent a shower niche, add traction to your shower floor or create a dazzling statement wall—these eight mosaic tile bathroom ideas will refresh your space with stunning energy or spa-like serenity.

🛁 Discover styles to suit your space, big or small, in our wide selection of bathroom tile. 👉

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1. Bring the Outdoors in With Biophilic Design

The Costa Emerald brings nature indoors with its brilliant jewel tones, which add a touch of glamour to the simple leaf-shaped tile. This tile creates a bold statement on walls and floors, but if that feels overwhelming, try it on a backsplash, accent wall or shower niche instead. For lighter, more bluish tones, consider Costa Aegean.

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2. Create Posh Polka-Dots

One of the great things about mosaics is their versatility. If you like two colorways, mix them to create your own pattern—just like Beginning in the Middle did here with Firenze Carrara and Black Marquina* hexagon mosaics. The resulting polka-dot pattern is both chic and unique.

*This tile is no longer available; achieve a similar look with Noir Hex tile.

💕Love this look? Recreate it in your space using two or more same-sized hexagon tiles.

3. Change the Game With Checkerboard Blocks

This charming color-blocked space features Zellige mosaic tile in Shamrock and Light Grey. Sheets of 2-inch squares add visual texture to the bathroom wall, creating an anything-but-ordinary checkerboard pattern. Notice the undulating tones in each square—every tile is handcrafted, hand-painted and hand-glazed, giving each piece individual character.

For more authentic handcrafted designs, shop our wide selection of Zellige tile. 👉

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4. Give Your Shower a Spa Treatment

Looking for mosaic tile shower design ideas? The Grey Pebble mosaic creates a relaxing, spa-like experience. Its raised pebbles gently massage your feet while providing extra traction, and the neutral colors help foster a soothing environment.

Pro Tip: Mosaic tile offers more than just a beautiful design. The small pieces require more grout joints, which add traction and help prevent slipping in wet areas. Read our Ideas to Equip Your Bathroom for Aging in Place for more safe shower tips.

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5. Choose Cool Blues

Inspired by the tones of the ocean and her watercolor palette, the Laura Park Seaside Marble tile—shown here in field and herringbone mosaic styles—showcases expressive stone details in a durable porcelain format. The small mosaic pieces provide traction on the shower floor, while the cool tones complement the painterly pattern of the Laura Park Cosmo Aegean Blue bathroom floor tile.

🎨 Discover more artistic motifs and playful color palettes in our exclusive Laura Park designer collection.

6. “Frame” Your Favorite Design

Created by “framing” a decorative tile with trim, a tile picture frame is the perfect way to showcase a mosaic on your shower wall. This all-over Siberian Pearl shower features the coordinating Niles with Grey Dot mosaic tile, framed with layered Cornice and Somerset trim pieces. Use this design technique to elevate your space—it also looks tasteful on a sink or stove backsplash—and incorporate a mosaic (or patterned) tile that might feel overwhelming on its own.

7. Add Niche Appeal

Form meets function in this elegant shower designed by @modernly_you. Double niches provide the perfect place to showcase the Sampson mosaic tile while also offering stylish storage for toiletries. We love how the beige-and-white marble basketweave design adds visual texture to this all-white shower, though you could make your niche stand out even more with a contrasting color.

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8. Choose Kit-Kat Tile for an Easy Install

Creating the appearance of individual candy-shaped pieces, the Home Kit-Kat tile — available in Aqua, Grey, Milk and Forest (shown) — is actually a 5″ x 10″ tile with grooves that mimic the look of small-format tile. The result is a mosaic-style wall that’s easier to install than individual pieces. We love how the neat, thin rows create pleasing symmetry in this charming Jack-and-Jill bathroom.

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6 Chic Kitchen Mosaic Tile Ideas

Mosaic tile enlivens kitchens, creating a sense of movement that can make your space feel more expansive. Read on for six fashionable mosaic kitchen tile ideas to suit any space!

Pro Tip: While most mosaics are rated for walls and floors, the numerous grout joints can trap dirt, making them better suited for walls and backsplashes in high-traffic kitchens.

🍽️ Explore the wealth of possibilities in our extensive selection of kitchen tile. 👉

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1. Fall for Lovely Leaves

The grey marble and curved chevrons of the Bardot Grey tile epitomize elegance. The subtle movement of the leaf shape and grey veining draws the eye across the space, while the rounded edges soften the hard stone, forming graceful silhouettes.

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2. Infuse Your Space With Flower Power

Add a sense of whimsy to your space with the Hex Matte White with Black Flower tile. The black hexagons interspersed in the white hex background create a charming geometric floral pattern, resulting in a space that’s both chic and sweet. While this mosaic offers a premade design on an easy-to-install mesh sheet, you can recreate the look in a custom color palette using any two same-sized hexagon tiles.

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3. Go for Gorgeous Geometry

This suave kitchen, designed by Two Chicks and a Hammer, features the diamond-shaped Modena marble mosaic. The white and beige stone creates a stunning sense of movement, guiding the eye across the backsplash. We love how the elegant geometric shapes are echoed in the zig-zag pattern of the herringbone wood floor.

Discover lush and luxurious looks in our extensive selection of marble tile. 👉

4. Pair a Mosaic with Wood Cabinets

Whether you’re designing to coordinate with existing cabinets or updating your space with unfinished wood, an intricate mosaic is an excellent complement to natural materials.

Here, @cassandra_brand_interiors paired the Imperial Moss Gloss Rhombus tile* with wooden upper cabinets. The tile’s geometric design provides an engaging contrast to the organic woodgrain, creating a tasteful, contemporary mix of textures.

*This tile is no longer available; achieve a similar look with Tory Light Grey tile.

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5. Add Glorious Opulence With White Marble

Nothing symbolizes luxury quite like white marble. Whether expressively or subtly veined, this opulent stone brings a soothing sense of movement and natural variation to your space. Here, the Alison Victoria Malibu Edit Pescador tile combines a unique rounded shape with grey- and beige-veined marble to create a lovely, lively tableau across the stove backsplash.

6. Add Some Shine

Naturally reflective, glass tile’s sleek surface can help brighten your space—making it an excellent choice for a kitchen backsplash. The illuminating effect can make even a small cooking area feel more expansive and easier to work in. This cool sink backsplash features the Santos Beach mosaic tile, whose reflective surface enhances the calming coastal tones.

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6 Mosaic Tile Ideas for Around the House

These mosaic masterpieces are home goals! From a fashionable Art Deco scalloped bar backsplash to laundry rooms so lavish they’ll make your chores a cheer, these spaces represent some of our favorite ways to incorporate mosaics throughout your home.

1. Create a Custom Pattern

Uniform in size, penny round tiles are designed to be customized. Pair two or three colors to create a design as unique as your home. This inviting laundry room, designed by Blue Orchid Living, features coin-sized tiles in White, Sky Blue and Pale Taupe for an elegant pattern that makes laundry feel a little less like a chore.

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2. Display a Rare Gem

The Alison Victoria Gem tile lives up to its name—this mosaic is truly a rare find! The deep green scalloped marble features subtle veining that adds movement and allure. Its beautiful scalloped edges make the backsplash the star.

Explore more of the HGTV star’s signature “city chic” looks in our exclusive Alison Victoria designer collection. 👉

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3. Slay with Stylish Squares

Let’s get one thing square: this sophisticated bar, designed by West Bay Homes, embodies elevated feminine design. The Cassettone Grey mosaic tile backsplash features dark grey marble-look squares framed with lighter grey pieces, creating a unique take on a checkerboard pattern. We love how the space is styled with square picture frames, echoing the shape of the tile while adding a new visual element.

4. Pick a Penny Tile

Small but mighty, penny round tile packs a punch. Install this versatile tile (the size of a one-cent coin) on your floor, backsplash, or wall to create a sense of expansiveness as the eye moves across the space. With its shiny metal surface, the Brushed Copper Penny Round tile resembles the (sadly defunct) coin, adding fashionable allure to this bar backsplash—we think it looks like a million bucks!

For more well-rounded ideas, shop our wide selection of penny round tile. 👉

5. Fill Your Space with Lush Movement

A unique rounded shape and expressive green marble give this laundry room backsplash a rich sense of movement. The Alison Victoria Malibu Edit Matador tile — also available in Pescador (featured earlier) and blue Pointe Dume — evokes waves washing ashore on the Pacific beach for which it’s named. This is a perfect example of how incorporating beautiful tile into the spaces where you spend time every day can make everyday tasks a little more enjoyable.

6. Take Your Tile Neat

Lined up in orderly rows, the Track Stack White Two Tone mosaic brings pleasing symmetry to this tranquil Japandi-style bar. The many grout lines between the short, skinny rectangular mosaic pieces create a fluted effect on the wall, giving it both visual and tactile texture. We love how it pairs with the organic elements (the wood cabinets and plant) and the more modern black accents (the painting, wall sconces and stools) for a space that’s neat—in every sense of the word!

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Let’s Create a Space You’ll Love

Ready to add mosaics to your room? Schedule a free design consultation to get started on your next project—whether it’s a weekend DIY refresh or a major renovation, our tile experts are happy to answer any questions you have!

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