Wood Effect Tiles - Thoughts? Experiences? Opinions? Please.

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Just been Floor tile shopping for our downstairs (kitchen, dining, family room - all open plan). With dogs/DC/clumsy me and messy DH real wood is a no-no. Also having underfloor heating. So despite the fact I would love real wood floors throughout it really is not a practical option.

Just been to a tile showroom to look at colours/limestone etc and despite the fact I thought they would look awful I saw some Italian porcelain wood effect tiles which really appealed. But now I am not sure if I just liked them because it would be easier than having to decide from the thousands of other options.

So, sorry for the waffle - anyone got them? Discounted them from their choice? Good? Bad?Any opinions welcome as my brain is melting again. Thank you.

I have not got them but I saw some in porcelanosa which I thought were very convincing (I thought they were wood at first!) They looked good and I did consider them for my kitchen diner living area but went for something else in the end. Not sure where you are but worth checking out the porcelanosa ones, they have a huge showroom in watford.

I don't lire fake things that are supposed to look like something else.

Can't you learn to love a creamy or grey tile or slate?

Porcelain is very good for broken hips and collarbones, especially if it ever gets wet in a kitchen, hall or bathroom.

Have installed the Porcelanosa ones for clients last year in their ensuite and they looked great. They've just used them in another bathroom too.

Agree about the fake thing, normally I resist that too, but for some reason these work. Will try and find a link.

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If you like them get them. The ones fresh linked to are nice.

what are the dimensions of those tiles, fresh?

Are they glossy?

I have been wondering about these too. I have some samples from www.tonsoftiles.co.uk/

Thank you for the input everyone. The ones I saw were Xilema - really lovely. Trouble is I am know thinking that lovely though they look there will just be too much "wood" going on if I put it down in the new open plan kitchen/dining/family room we are building. Should never have gone down this buy a wreck to do up from top to bottom when I am rubbish at a)Interior design and b) making decisions. Think I will just stay living in the beige 1990s static in the front garden.
And PigletJohn - I quite like the thought of cream ones but DH wary - and some advise given about the nightmare of keeping clean.

Arghhhhh..think I need to go and open .

piglet from memory the tiles are approx 1400 x 150, and they are slightly textured so not really glossy but not Matt either.

I was initially very resistant to this idea too, but am now a convert! we are building a new house with underfloor heating so didn't want real wood, but some of the wood-effect tiles are incredibly realistic and you have to touch them to know it's not wood (some of them are horrible though).

We're having creamy tiles throughout the open-plan lounge/kitchen/diner and on the halls and stairs, and using wood-effect tiles for all the bedrooms.

We live in Luxembourg and often here they have wood in the bedrooms (and possibly lounge/diner) and tiles everywhere else.

I saw these in RL and was surprised at how nice they looked. Usually, I am not a fan of fake things. My concern would be that the surface texture would make them hard to keep clean. I ended up with a high quality porcelin warm cream 'fake' limestone look tiles. The surface has a smooth sheen and they are very easy to keep clean.
It's a good idea to check that the tiles are through-colour then if you chip them the damage won't show.