Why Buy Tiles Online?

Online shopping has become second nature to most of us in recent years, especially with 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic meaning that most of us are more comfortable shopping online than in person for our products. For some of us, it might even be a necessity rather than a choice, so you will need to look to an online tile store to enhance your home in the coming months.

Being able to browse a multitude of tile ranges and even get visualizations of how they’ll look in your home, all the while not having to leave it to contend with traveling, queues and potential lockdown restrictions means that you can still get access to all the inspiration, ideas, and available options. 

Using An Online Tile Store

Tilebar samples showing different tiles from glass pool tiles to small circle one inch tiles as well as luxury designer tiles. Shapes of the tiles range from hexagonal to lantern shaped tiles.

With hundreds of tiles to choose from it is important that you can find the ones that you’re looking for easily. Rather than searching around a store, it’s far easier to use an online system to browse.

Are you looking for a particular color to complement your bathroom? Or maybe you know that you want some marble tiles because you want some better insulation? Perhaps you are just looking for backsplash tiles or mosaics instead of subway tiles. When you’re browsing online it’s simple to filter what you’re searching for easily, saving you time when comparing what you want.

You can be even more specific using filters too, meaning that if you know that you want green glass mosaic tiles for your wall, you’re just a few clicks from being shown the whole range available to you.

Inspiring Tile Collections

Deep blue horizontally laid subway tiles in a shower environment. The tiles are textured in colours and aren't a standard subway tile by any means.

If you’re not quite sure what you want and are looking for inspiration then you can look at our collections which are currently trending, such as the modern subway tile Manchester collection, or the medieval-modern fusion tile the Castle collection

You could also take a look at our designer tile collections such as Stacey Garcia’s Maddox collection or the bold, timeless Art Deco collection from Vanessa De Leon. These fantastic collections can be just the thing to bring your rooms to life in style.

If you’re looking for some inspiration on how tiles can fit with the overall feel of your rooms you can look at our new mood boards here for some ideas, or even keep up to date with upcoming trends with our Tileist posts. 

It’s as simple as clicking a button to view and compare whole collections when buying tiles online, and even if these aren’t quite what you’re looking for they might be just the inspiration that you need to pick your own tiles to exactly your specifications and bring your vision to life.

Visualize Your Tile Design

Tilebar sample shapes to help buyers visualise what they can have and want

Undoubtedly the greatest benefit to shopping online for tiles is our room visualizer tool which allows you to see exactly how your chosen tiles will look in a room. You can use images of our kitchens, bathrooms, offices, bedrooms, and more or  – even more usefully – you can upload an image of your room to see exactly how your choices will look.

This is perfect as a bathroom design tool, or flooring visualizer, all from the comfort of your own home. Easily see how your walls and floors will look, mix and match tiles, rotate to get the perfect look, change colors, and swap collections to see exactly how you can enhance the aesthetics of your rooms, all with a few simple clicks. 

We could talk about this tool forever but looking for yourself to will leave you more impressed than anything we could say about it. You won’t be disappointed. 

Get Tile Samples Delivered To Your Door

Finally, when you’ve taken a look at all of the tools available to you and made your choices you can order samples to come straight to your door, no need to head into a store to collect them.

While browsing through collections you can click the order sample button at the bottom of any product to quickly add it to your cart, or on each product page, there is a button under the step 1 section that you can click to add the sample to your basket.

Then you just need to click your cart and checkout, your samples will be with you in 5-7 working days. Easy!