I have Novalis wood plank flooring from Lowes in my kitchen and I love it.

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I had a guy mistake it for real oak as he was in the act of setting a real oak coffee table on top of it.

That's laminated wood flooring, right? (Looks great!) What I am talking about is ceramic tile that looks like wood

I did see it throughout a house that was for sale - I personally didn't care for it, it looked just like fake wood. The laminated wood looks far more real than the ceramic/porcelain.

P.S. I thought of the expense to rip it out and replace it... that thought was enough to cross the house off my list!

Threegrad, no it's vinyl flooring, and it comes in planks which gives it a more realistic look -- so it's really easy care, being vinyl. Sorry, I misunderstood as you didn't say ceramic. I've never heard of ceramic tile that looks like wood.

I stayed in a place for a few months in between homes that had ceramic tile that looked exactly like wood. I LOVED it. It was quite shocking that it was not wood. It was super durable, very easy to clean and hid dirt very well. I am in florida so another benefit was that it stayed very cool, my dog thought it was wonderful.

I am a wood floor person, so in general I stay away from homes that are all ceramic tile but I would make an exception for this. It looked just as warm and inviting as wood. I dont know where he got it or who made it.

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My brother has some in his kitchen. It looks very shiny though. It looks good, but, there is no doubt it is "not" wood.

I've seen it and don't care for it because the "planks" have to be kind of squatty in length. It makes the "wood" look even less realistic when the planks are that short.

My sister actually just saw it in her friend's house and loved it so much she is planning on getting it for her (very small apartment) kitchen. I can try and find out out more info although she did say that she thought it would look great in a small ktchen or in a bathrrom but not in a larger kitchen or other room.

We haven't installed it yet, but that's exactly what we ordered for our fireplace hearth. When I went to look for it at the (very accommodating, fairly high-end) flooring store, I asked for it just like you did: "That new ceramic tile that looks like wood." They told me that it's actually been around for quite a long time,l but it goes in and out of style, and has never been a really big hit. They thought there might be a sample board or two if I wanted to look through them. I looked at everything they had and was surprised to find that they had lots and lots of samples, looking like many different species of wood.

We are using wood-look porcelain tiles that have graining and color very similar to our oil-not-poly white oak floors. I'm very psyched! In the spring and summer I want the fireplace hearth to fade in visual importance, so finding tile like that was very exciting. However, since it hasn't been installed yet, I can't speak from experience about how it works out.

type in "wood look tile" in google, here's one site I got.

Here is a link that might be useful: wood look tile

My neighbor just installed some in his home (not sure what brand), and I did not like it at all. Looked very fake - no way to mistake it for real wood or even laminate. But there may be more than one brand/price point that look more realistic.

I've seen parquet-like tile that was absolutely stunning. It made the room look very formal. I've seen the tile planks, too, but thought they were too short to mimic wood successfully.

Oceanna, I remember seeing your Novalis floor in another pic, and I love it! I truly regret not having done this in my kitchen when it came time for me to lay another floor. I did mine about 4 years ago w/Armstrong peel & stick tile, and it's holding up well, not to mention how easy it was to do! It's an okay color, but I cannot believe I didn't even consider the Novalis at the time! So I don't feel like I can replace it just yet, but the next time I do it, I want it to look JUST like yours!

I was interested in the product for my previous house's master bathroom in one of its multiple design incarnations ;-) because the tile itself looked pretty decent. After seeing a couple of installations I didn't really care for it - for me the grout lines pretty much spoiled the illusion that it's wood, even if the grout is matched color-wise to the tile, and I agree with the previous posters that the "planks" are too short. In real hardwood flooring, unless you're doing a parquet-like installation, short planks are often the sign of a cheap product which was not a look I wanted to have.

I've seen the tile that looks like wood. At least the sample at the tile place looked quite a bit like wood. I don't think I'd care for it personally, however. Depends on how it was used I suppose. It seems like you would either want wood or tile. Not tile that looked like wood! I guess you can tell it didn't wow me.

The Novalis is very real looking.

Thanks, Brutuses. I'm very happy with it.

ReeRee Natural has Ceramic wood floor planks in a bathroom in her home. For the life of me, I can't find the thread, but she posted pictures. She may be able to help you. Hopefully she will see this, she is usually on the cleaning tips forum as well. Good luck!

ThreeD - About 6-8 years ago we were looking at a model home for fun and they had this ceramic tile plank that looked exactly like wood. (This was before I know there was anything else but wood or laminate) I actually called them about it a few days later, I liked it so much. That's when I found out, it was indeed a ceramic tile. I don't remember the brand and it was before my digital camera days or I'd have a picture. If I recall, they had them butted up against each other. I ended up going with Amtico, a vinyl plank that was so life like that in 2 houses we had to tell people that no, it's not wood it's amtico. I'd be a little concerned that if you dropped a can or whatever on the tile, if it cracked or chipped, you'd have a problem and expense of repairing it. That is why I liked the Amtico since you could just lift up the plank, scrape the glue off and reglue a new piece. We never had to do that, including kids and a dog, but when I get rid of the flooring in the house we're in now, I'd most likely do Amtico again just for those reasons. As much as I like real wood, with my luck, I'd getting fading by the sliding glass door or scratches or something and I'd be babying it all the time and I never had to do that except for putting felt circles under heaving furniture.

We just had a commercial-grade of this tile installed in a reception/cafe/bar area of a resort in Key Largo, and beyond being a dead-ringer for real wood, it is a source of entertainment as person after person gets down on their hands and knees to rap on it with their knuckles to prove to themselves that it is really not wood. The good versions of this are a little pricey, but you will absolutely not believe that you aren't dealing with wood. Stunning!

andy10917, do you know what brand of commercial grade tile was installed at the resort? Thanks!