Herringbone Tiles
Designed to make a statement
Elegant, dynamic, and timeless—our herringbone tiles bring movement and sophistication to any space. With a variety of textures, finishes, and tones, they create striking floors, walls, and feature areas that blend classic craftsmanship with modern design. From subtle, understated layouts to bold, eye-catching patterns, our herringbone collection transforms interiors into spaces of lasting style and character.
Our Herringbone Tile Range
Herringbone is just as much about the way you lay a tile as it is about the tile itself. Our range starts with the right rectangular shapes and the materials that really make the pattern stand out.
We curate timber-look and stone-look porcelain in proportions designed for the classic V shape. You can choose from slimmer planks for a fine, busy look or broader formats that slow the angle down and let the pattern breathe. Timber-look options give you all the warmth and grain of a real timber floor, but with the durability of porcelain.
Stone-look tiles, on the other hand, add a cooler and more mineral character to the space. Our finishes range from matt to lightly textured. We chose them for how they feel underfoot and for the way they catch the light along the angles. The success of a herringbone pattern comes down to the planning. Our team is here to walk you through format and proportion early on. We can also supply samples so you can see the pattern at scale before you make any cuts.
Choosing the right herringbone tiles for the project
When you are working with herringbone, the format and the installation are just as important as the material itself. It really pays to figure out these decisions together. Scale is the most important factor.
- A smaller format creates a tighter, more traditional rhythm that works well in compact rooms and on walls.
- A larger format opens up the pattern, making it a great choice for broad floors and open plan spaces.
- Direction is your next consideration. Running the angle along a hallway or towards a view helps guide the eye exactly where you want it to go. For floors, you should prioritise finish and slip ratings, especially in wet areas or high-traffic zones. Porcelain is an excellent choice here because it offers the hard-wearing performance these settings demand.
- On walls, herringbone adds texture and movement to splashbacks and feature walls without needing any extra materials. Planning the layout and starting point is more critical here than with a straight lay.
We keep track of all the technical details regarding format, finish, and slip suitability. We are happy to guide you toward the choices that will keep your pattern looking clean and consistent across the room.
How herringbone shapes a space
Herringbone has a quiet, crafted feel. It reminds you of something carefully laid by hand, which is exactly why it has outlasted every trend. The angle adds movement and subtle direction to a room. It leads the eye down a hall, toward a window, or across an open floor. Timber-look tiles warm up a space and soften hard architecture. They give a kitchen or living area the grounded comfort of a real board floor. Stone-look tiles read a bit cooler and more contemporary. They create a textured field that pairs perfectly with modern, pared-back joinery. The scale you choose sets the mood. A tight and intricate pattern feels intimate and detailed, while a broader, more open pattern feels calm and generous. Either way, the pattern does all the heavy lifting, which allows the rest of your room to stay restrained and simple.
Why specify herringbone tiles with BetterTiles
We have been an Australian family-run tile and flooring house since 1961. That is sixty-five years of helping our clients get the details just right. Few details reward that kind of care as much as a great laying pattern. We hand-source our herringbone range from leading manufacturers across Europe and Asia. We curate them specifically for the formats, finishes, and durability the pattern needs to look good and stand the test of time. We offer steady support with the guidance you need. We provide advice on scale and direction, technical and slip documentation, and samples so you can test the layout before you lock in your brief. When the layout gets tricky or you need to confirm a finish, you have a team on your side who has already solved these problems before. That is what we mean by steadying the wheel. We take the friction out of the details to make sure the pattern lands exactly as you intended.
Yes. The herringbone pattern works on floors and walls alike, bringing direction and warmth to a floor and texture and movement to a splashback or feature wall. On floors, finish and slip suitability lead the decision, especially in wet areas, while on walls the choice is freer. Tell us where you are using it and we will point you to the formats and finishes that suit.
It depends on the room and the rhythm you want. A smaller, slimmer format gives a tighter, more traditional pattern that suits compact spaces and walls, while a larger format opens the angle out and suits broad floors and open-plan areas. Our team can help you judge the proportion at scale with samples before you commit.
Both wear the pattern well, and the choice is really about character. Timber-look brings the warmth and grain of a board floor with the hard-wearing durability of porcelain, while stone-look reads cooler and more mineral and pairs well with contemporary, pared-back interiors. We can arrange samples of each so you can compare them in the actual light of the space.
Direction is one of herringbone’s quiet strengths, because the angle leads the eye. Running it along a hallway, towards a window or in line with the main view draws attention where you want it and can make a space feel longer or more open. We are happy to talk through the setting out and starting point early, since they shape how cleanly the pattern reads across the room.
Porcelain gives herringbone the hard-wearing performance that high-traffic floors and wet areas ask for, with the right finish providing underfoot grip where it is needed. Slip suitability depends on the specific range, so it should be confirmed against the brief rather than assumed. We can supply the slip and technical documentation for any herringbone range you are considering.
We supply both residential and commercial projects and have done since 1961, including the hospitality and retail fit-outs where a herringbone floor sets the tone. Our team can help match formats and finishes to the specification and confirm availability and lead times for the quantities involved. Talk to us early and we will help steady the setting out and the detail before it reaches site.