Are Metro Tiles Still a good Choice?

[owlelf]

I am trying to choose some tiles for my kitchen. The problem is that I have to work with my existing kitchen (which is far from the kitchen of my dreams)- units are a light oak, countertops are black / grey and the floor is tiled with big cream and teracotta tiles.

I think that the best colour for the tiles would be a cream / white. Anything else will probably clash terribly except for grey / black which would look too dark I think.

So I'm thinking of going for metro style tiles but I'm not sure if are still a good choice or whether they have had their day? Apologies to anyone with metro tiles, I think they look beautiful but I dont want to fit something that's becoming dated IYSWIM.

Oh how I wish I could restyle my kitchen!!

Any thoughts on metro tiles would be much appreciated...

Bump.

I love metro tiles, but if you're worried about it, you could go for a more mid-century-modern medium square (approx 10cmx10cm) in an actually-modern pale green-grey.

Metro tiles are lovely in their original time, that's older kitchens and bathrooms. After all they are an old look.

I think that if you have a contemparary kitchen then something more modern would be 'en vogue'.

Bump once more!

Er, you could have simply responded to what me or MrsCrafty said to you.

Apologies, was bad form to bump- I was using my phone and didn't see the replies.

Thank you for your thoughts. I have had a rethink and am going to check out the smaller square tiles very similar to those that you suggested, but probably in a cream.

Appreciate your gracious apology! x

You could also consider using a tinted grout behind the cream tile- picking up the terracotta from the floor or the dark grey etc. That's one of those things that ends up great or terrible, though, can't know without seeing.

If your kitchen is pretty dated anyway, I'm not sure that metro tiles are going to either bring your kitchen into 2012 or make people think you're a bit passe. If you like them, use them.

FWIW, I really like good quality metro tiles, and nothing is really replacing them or making them look dated yet that I've seen in houses or magazines.