Timber Look
The beauty of timber, redefined
Crafted to capture the intricate textures, grains, and warmth of wood, these tiles give you the best of both worlds—a stylish, eco-friendly solution that stands the test of time. Whether you're designing a modern apartment or a sleek commercial space, our Timber Look Tiles set the stage for a space that feels both inviting and enduring.
Our Timber Look tiles
Timber gives a space its warmth, and our timber look tiles carry that feeling into surfaces that go where real wood cannot. The range moves across the timbers specifiers reach for: pale, limewashed oaks for light and calm; warm honey tones for living spaces; deep, smoked browns for drama and grounding. Plank formats run from classic widths to long, generous boards that draw a room out, with grain, knots and colour variation printed so the surface reads as natural rather than repeated. Because the body is porcelain, these timber tiles bring the look of a timber floor with the resilience of tile - no swelling, no gapping, no refinishing, and an ease of maintenance that suits busy and wet spaces alike.
Choosing the right timber look for the project
The decisions here are part aesthetic and part practical. Tone sets the mood: pale timbers open and lighten a room, darker timbers ground and warm it. Plank width and length shape the space, long boards stretch a floor and suit open plans, narrower planks read more traditional. Then comes the practical case for porcelain. Kitchens, bathrooms, laundries and entries all benefit from a surface that shrugs off water and wear, and a structured or grip-rated finish lets timber look tiles run into wet and outdoor areas where solid timber simply cannot go. Slip rating and format vary by range, so our team can supply the technical documentation to match the finish to each zone.
Designing with timber look tiles
Timber look tiles do something quietly powerful: they let one warm, natural floor run uninterrupted through a home and out to a deck. The lay carries much of the character. A straight plank lay reads calm and contemporary; a herringbone or chevron brings craft and detail to an entry, a hallway or a feature zone. Run a plank floor from a living room through to an alfresco deck in a grip-rated finish and the threshold all but disappears, inside and out share the same warmth and the building feels larger. These are surfaces that reward time spent with them, the grain you want to touch, colour that settles, a floor that feels familiar from the first step.
Why specify timber look tiles with BetterTiles?
BetterTiles has been an Australian family tile and flooring house since 1961, sixty-five years of choosing surfaces that work on site, on schedule and over time. Our timber look range is curated, hand-sourced from leading manufacturers across Europe and Asia and selected for the honesty of the grain and the quality of the format. For specifiers, the value is in the support: held samples, full slip-rating and technical documentation, and clarity on plank formats, availability and lead times. Our role is to steady the wheel, to take the friction out of the process so the design stays the focus.
They carry the same warmth, grain and tone but in a porcelain body that does not swell, gap, scratch or need sanding and resealing. Real timber is beautiful but reactive to moisture and wear; timber tiles hold their look in kitchens, bathrooms, laundries and outdoors where solid timber struggles. For many projects that resilience, with the look intact, is the deciding factor.
Yes, and it is one of their great advantages. Porcelain is unaffected by water, so timber look tiles bring warmth to bathrooms and laundries where real timber would be a risk. For wet-area floors you would specify a structured or grip-rated finish, and our team can confirm the right slip rating and supply the documentation for the space.
They are. In a grip-rated finish, porcelain plank tiles give the look of a timber deck while handling sun, rain and frost without fading, warping or splintering. Running the same tile inside and out, where the range allows, lets a living space and a deck share one continuous floor. We can supply the external slip documentation to suit the application.
Formats range from classic plank widths to long, wide boards, and the look shifts with the lay: a straight plank lay reads calm and modern, while herringbone and chevron bring detail and craft. The right choice depends on the room and the feel you are after. Because formats vary by range, our team can supply dimensions and samples so you can plan the setting-out.
Quality timber look tiles use multiple grain faces so the pattern reads natural rather than repeated, and careful setting-out keeps any repetition out of sight. The number of faces varies by range, which is one of the things worth checking before specifying a large area. We can advise on the ranges best suited to expansive floors and supply samples to assess it.
Always. We hold samples across the timber look range and supply full technical and slip-rating documentation so you can specify with confidence. Send us the project details and we will organise the right samples and paperwork to suit the application.
V-ratings (variation ratings) indicate the degree of colour and pattern difference between tiles in a collection, ranging from V1 (uniform) to V4 (substantial variation). These ratings help specifiers choose the right look for their project, from subtle consistency to natural, high-character wood aesthetics.