Author: Lucy Forbes – PR & Communications

 

Designing your hallway flooring is an extremely important decision to make. Your hallway is the introduction to your home and faces high levels of traffic, and therefore needs to be durable, beautiful and easy to maintain. Choosing the right flooring for hallways helps set the tone for your home. Whether you’re redesigning a busy family entrance or a compact porch space, entrance hall tiles offer the ideal balance of durability and style and are often considered the bet flooring for hallways.

 

From classic stone effects, warm wood effects to timeless checkerboards, N&C Tiles and Bathrooms have a wide collection of hallway tile designs suitable for every aesthetic and lifestyle.

 

Explore the collection here: https://www.nctilesandbathrooms.com/hallway-tiles/c/2638

 

Top Hallway Flooring Options

 

When considering the best flooring for hallways, durability, design and maintenance are all crucial aspects. Materials like carpet, wood or LVT can be used, however tiles remain the best flooring for halls due to their design variation, durability and low maintenance.

 

Tiles – Durable and Stylish Choice

 

Tiles are a popular choice for hallway flooring due to their design variation and durability. Porcelain tiles are designed for high traffic areas, like your hallways.

 

Worrying about options for floor tiles in your hall? No need, we offer classic checkerboard and Victorian designs to modern large format, entrance hall tiles are endlessly versatile for design concepts. A tiled entrance way doesn’t just offer beauty, but functionality, they are resistant to stains, moisture and everyday wear, whilst also being easy to clean.

 

Porcelain tiles are designed to be durable, resistant to scratches and stains and water absorption, ideal for family homes.

 

Design & Practical Considerations

 

Best Flooring for High-Traffic Hallways

The best flooring for high-traffic hallways must be able to resist the wear and tear of heavy footfall, be resistant to stains from outdoor mud and dirt and resistant to water coming in on wet British days. Porcelain tiles offer durability and low porosity, whilst being low maintenance and easy to clean.

 

Flooring for Small Hallways

When designing small hallways, you may have the minimal, light and airy aesthetic to make the space feel bigger or you may opt for a dark, moody and rich space. Theres endless floor tiles for small hallways for you to choose from. Consider some of these design options:

 

Hallway flooring ideas

Imperial Navona Porcelain Floor Tile
Explore Ceramic Bathroom Tiles​

 

dark hallway flooring ideas

Future Stone Black Porcelain Floor Tile

Explore Split face tiles

 

Porcelain Matt floor tils for hallway

Beige Varied Porcelain Matt Floor Tile
Explore our White Bathroom​ Tiles

Light Colours

Light colours create a fresh and airy entrance to your home, making the space feel larger than it is. Consider colours of white, ivory, cream, light grey and even pastel shades. 

Large Format Tiles

Large format tiles have minimal grout lines and therefore offer a more expansive and seamless feel, ideal for smaller spaces.

Simple layouts

Keeping tones and patterns simple can keep you floor feel less cluttered and therefore make the hallway feel more spacious.

Dark and moody

Consider creating a dark and cosy space, with dark floor tiles and paint.

 

Flooring for Narrow Hallways

 

When thinking of narrow hallway tile patterns and flooring ideas, intricate designs and layout can create dramatic difference to the feel of the space.

Diagonal tiles

Checkerboard and Victorian styles laid diagonally are ideal choices for narrow hallways, they visually elongate and widen the space.

Plank Direction

For narrow hallways, running plank tiles, like wood effect, parallel elongate the space, making it feel more spacious.

1/3 Tile Rule

The 1/3 tile rule means that any brick layout, rectangle or large-format tile should have no cuts smaller than 33% of their overall size. This ensures a balanced finish and no small pieces.