Collection: Patterned Tiles

Patterned Tiles at ROCCIA

Pattern with a purpose

In a contemporary home, pattern works best when it has a job to do. A printed floor can mark out the kitchen in an open-plan space, a single patterned wall can anchor a bathroom, and a run of print behind a worktop can contrast with flush, handleless cabinetry. The architecture stays calm, and the tile becomes the one detail the eye returns to.

Read the print

• Contrast: black and white or charcoal and grey give the sharpest, most graphic result. Berundi Connect sets a black interlocking circle pattern on a white base.
• Colour: a blue or green print brings warmth without anything else in the room needing to compete. Thera Fint pairs a white base with a blue floral pattern.
• Scale: a small, tight repeat reads as texture from across the room, while a large-format print reads as a single picture.
• Finish: matt keeps the print soft and flat, while a glazed surface catches the light.

Give it room

Pattern needs plain surfaces around it to make sense. Keep the walls above a printed floor in one colour, choose fittings in a single finish and pick a grout close to the tile's background, so the print reads as one surface rather than a grid. Light matters too: daylight across a floor shows the repeat, while a downlit wall brings the print forward.

Where to start

A contained area is the easiest place to begin: a cloakroom floor or a kitchen splashback lets print make its point without taking over. In a larger room, a patterned floor that stops at a clear line, such as the edge of a kitchen island, keeps the plan easy to read.

Explore Patterned Floor Tiles, Patterned Wall Tiles, Patterned Bathroom Tiles and Patterned Kitchen Tiles, or see traditional geometric designs in Victorian Tiles.