Using Interior Cladding Tiles For Interior Design

July 14, 2021

You're most likely aware of porcelain tiling as a way to style your home, but have you ever considered interior cladding tiles? There are many benefits to using cladding tiles for interior walls. And they present an easy way to make real design impact.

Desert Beige DesignClad cladding tiles for interior walls is a great choice to display the colours and shapes of bottles at this indoor bar by Limebok Landscaping.

Where you can use them

Interior cladding tiles are a swift and effective way to transform all kinds of spaces around your home. Think bathrooms, kitchens, or feature walls in the bedroom, hall or living room. They can even be used outside to create intriguing indoor-to-outdoor designs linking living space and garden. Our wide range of DesignClad offers the perfect interior cladding, giving a luxurious finish to your home's interior. Enhance the look and feel of your home quickly and easily with these stylish cladding options.

The dark tones of Vulcano Roca Luxury DesignClad lends warmth and richness to this bathroom

The benefits of interior cladding tiles

Durable and super easy to maintain, our DesignClad interior cladding tiles are made of porcelain. This means they have a non-porous surface which prevents dirt, oils or liquids from penetrating and makes them extremely resistant to stains and dirt: the perfect choice around the home. They're also easy to clean; soap and water is enough to do the trick for standard daily cleaning. Being so quick to wipe over also has the benefit of making them very hygienic. Large panels make DesignClad a cost-effective product, too. Available in large sheets up to 1800x900mm, they cover walls quickly and take less time to install than many other, more traditional products, so saving costs on labour.

How to style them

Interior cladding tiles offer a refreshingly modern way to style your home. Each of our Luxury or Premium DesignClad options will inject instant luxury and is perfect for modern and contemporary designs. You can also use these panels to create unique features, like a bespoke storage table. Cut to size on-site or get our Bespoke Stone Centre to do the work for you. The neutral tones of these tiles are perfect for a more scaled-back design. They work with when you keep the rest of the colour palette neutral: creams, greys and blacks are perfect. Add a few modern touches like glass and mirrors, and use plenty of straight lines in the design to complete the look. Or use them as a clean, subtle background to bright colour accents and balance their smooth styling with warm textures and plenty of fabric.

Although an exterior shot, this design by Tom Howard well illustrates the dramatic effects possible within the home with black slate stone cladding panels and well chosen lighting.

Stone cladding for an alternative look

If DesignClad is too sleek a material, consider stone cladding. This imparts a warm, rustic ambiance. Best used to highlight features such as fireplaces or used as feature walls, it comes in slate and sandstone options, with strong, deep colour and texture that adds shadow and contour to your interior.

Stone cladding doesn't come, strictly speaking, as tiles, but does come in panels. These measure 600x150mm and are shaped to interlock for a seamless finish. Again, this helps to cover the wall area quickly and they are attached, like DesignClad, with flexible tile adhesive.

Explore the range of interior wall cladding that we have on offer and start planning your home renovation.

Updated December 2022.

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