Why terracotta suits a kitchen floor
A terracotta kitchen floor looks right in farmhouse, Spanish, Tuscan and Mexican style homes. The natural pieces show the bare clay, so every tile varies a little in tone and the floor reads as handmade and warm next to wood cabinets, open shelves and copper. Most of the kitchen terracotta here is listed for interior floors, from the natural Hexagono, Regenerado, Rustic Cotto and Santo lines to the satin Rectangulo and Cuadrado pieces, listed for interior floors only, and the Industry and Brown subway shapes.
Kitchen floors that continue outside
Many of these tiles are listed for both interior floors and outdoor floors, which suits a kitchen that opens onto a patio or an outdoor dining area. Hexagono and Regenerado hexagons in 6x6, Forma De Picket in 5x10, the natural Rectangulo 3/4 and Regenerado rectangles in 6x12, Regenerado parquet in 3x12, Rustic Cotto octagon and cross pieces, Santo San Felipe, Forma De Ventilador fans, Arabesco, Sunset and Rustico all carry both listings. Running the same clay from the kitchen out to the terrace makes the two spaces feel like one room.
Shapes for a terracotta kitchen floor
Shape sets the character of the floor. The Hexagono and Regenerado 6x6 pieces lay out as a honeycomb, the Forma De Picket 5x10 locks into a chevron-like field, and the Rustic Cotto octagon pairs with its cross pieces in the classic octagon and dot pattern seen in old Spanish kitchens. Regenerado parquet 3x12 brings the look of a wood parquet floor to clay, Forma De Ventilador fans make a scalloped floor, and Santo San Felipe has a curved, traditional outline. Plain 6x12 rectangles and Square Natural 4x4 keep the floor simple, and the 8x8 Sunrise cross is listed for interior floors as well.
Terracotta kitchen backsplash
Three terracotta pieces here are tagged for backsplashes. Amor and Galeria Platino are glossy gray subway tiles on a 5/8 inch clay body, a slim, shiny piece that brings a classic subway look to a clay kitchen, and the Cotto Natural Genoa mosaic is a natural red sheet of small clay pieces for a warmer, matte backsplash. Beyond those, Hand Made matte terracotta in 6x6, the Hand Made matte chevron in 3x8 and the glossy black Halcon are listed for interior walls, which makes them options for a range hood wall or an accent wall. More backsplash tile is in kitchen backsplash tiles.
Patterned and glazed accents
Two Riviera pattern sets add a mixed layout to a kitchen. Langkawi is natural red terracotta in a random pattern, listed for interior walls and outdoor floors, and Grey Dog is a glazed gray Riviera set listed for walls. Iron is a rustic black terracotta and Red Textured a textured red piece, both listed for interior floors and walls, for a darker or more rugged kitchen. These accents work well on an island front, a range wall or a breakfast nook, and a single patterned wall is often enough to give a plain red clay floor a counterpoint that ties the kitchen together.
Natural red, brown and other tones
Red leads the kitchen range, the color most people picture when they think of a terracotta floor, and it shifts from piece to piece in the natural lines. The other tones are smaller groups: Hand Made matte and the Brown subway tile for brown; Amor, Galeria Platino and Grey Dog for gray; Iron and Halcon for black; and Sunrise, a slim natural piece listed for outdoor floors and walls, for yellow. The full terracotta range is in terracotta tiles, and more kitchen floors are in kitchen tiles.
