White Tile

Nothing makes a room more bright and vibrant than white tile. From traditional to contemporary, it can be showcased in a variety of environments. A glossy tile creates a clean and reflective surface, while a matte tile provides a soft look that absorbs light. A true classic, white tile is a way to add a touch of timeless style in your home.

The Many Looks of White Tile

White tile may be the ultimate neutral, but it’s so much more than a blank canvas. When you choose white tile for your next home project, you open up a vibrant, versatile world of design possibilities that make it possible to create a custom space that’s perfectly you.

Finish and Materials

From velvety honed marble and shimmering mother of pearl to glossy white ceramic tile and industrial-chic cement, the possibilities go on and on.

White bathroom wall tile with black accent.

Featured Tile: Assorted Bianco Puro

Bathroom sink backsplash featuring white subway tiles that run vertically on the wall above the white counter and sink.

Featured Tile: Annie Selke Artisanal White

A bathroom features large-format marble-look porcelain tile all over the floors. The 48-inch square tiles mimic the appearance of white marble with light- and medium-gray veining.

Featured Tile: Elite Renoir

Size

From one-inch tiles that add texture to your shower floor to large-format white porcelain tiles that beautifully recreate the luxurious look of a marble slab, white tiles come in a range of sizes that can dramatically impact the look and feel of your space.

The wall of this butler's pantry features white square handmade-look tile in durable ceramic with a glossy finish

Featured Tile: Riad White

This floor is covered in large plank-shaped porcelain tiles that have a realistic appearance of light-tone wood.

Featured Tile: Baltimore Blanco

Shower with white marble-look tile with grey veining.

Featured Tile: Lombardia White

Shapes

Add interest with unique shapes like hexagons, chevrons and arabesques, or keep things streamlined with go-to rectangle or penny rounds. White tiles make it possible to enjoy the benefits of a neutral color palette, while still expressing your design point of view.

Featured Tile: Penny Round Gloss White

This bathroom floor is covered in white porcelain hexagon tiles installed with light gray grout.

Featured Tile: Bento White

Kitchen backsplash with white picket shaped tile ran vertically above counter top. Cabinets are white with black hardware.

Featured Tile: Picket Florencia Super Bianco

Texture and Dimension

White floor tiles need to be smooth and flat, but white wall tiles are your opportunity to stand out—literally! Make a quiet statement with crisp beveled edges on an otherwise plain white subway tile, or revel in the embossed reliefs, raised patterns, or swooping ripples and curves of sculptural white ceramic tile.

Neutral beige kitchen backsplash featuring sculptural 3x10-inch matte porcelain subway tile with raised angles and facets. The geometric surface lines create elegant texture and dimension that adds personality and movement to this otherwise minimalist space.

Featured Tile: Madam Matte Portland

Walk in shower with natural marble Ceramic and glass tiles in various shapes sizes and patterns. Neutral whites greys makeup this color pallet for this space. Image features a detailed look at walls, bench and recessed niche.

Featured Tile: Blanco Waves, Winter Morning Athens & Winter Morning Glass

White sculptural tile walls with two shower niches featuring black penny round tile.

Featured Tile: Origami

Mosaics

Add texture and intricacy to any surface with white mosaic tile, small-scale geometric shapes on your shower floor to a waterjet mosaic with grand curves and flourishes. Each piece features expertly paired combinations of shapes, finishes and materials to elevate any space, from kitchens and bathrooms to hallways and entryways.

A bathroom wall features open shelving and gold-tone towel hooks over white porcelain tile that resembles small white bars stacked vertically.

Featured Tile: KitKat White

This kitchen features upper and lower cabinets in a medium blue-gray color, white marble countertops, and an over-sink accent wall that uses stone-and-glass mosaic tile against a background of beveled white ceramic subway tile.

Featured Tile: Camilla with Glass & Imperial Bianco Bevel Gloss

The white cabinets, gold hardware and white counters in this kitchen complement the marble subway tile backsplash above the counters and stove. The marble is white with soft gray veining.

Featured Tile: Volakas Honed Amalfi

Don't Forget Grout

Grout can be part of your design statement. Match grout to your tiles for elements that blend together or choose a contrasting accent color to emphasize your tiles’ shape (this will also make cleaning easier—perfect for white shower tile!).

Bathroom display with Hexagonal tile white with black lines for pattern. Modern porcilain sink on metal vanity stand. White baseboard.

White grout lets the dark gray lines on these hexagonal tiles stand out, and the lines between the tiles recede.

Hexagonal porcelain tile on bathroom floor. Tile is white with black lines to make a design.

Here, the tiles are arranged in the exact same way, but matching the grout to the color of the Iines on the tile further extends the angular pattern, and requires less frequent cleaning to maintain its appearance.

Featured Tile: Ragno Blanco

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