Everyone wants a wow-kitchen! A kitchen that makes your friends let out a little sigh when they see it, because they secretly wish it was their kitchen too. Unique kitchens, apart from turning your besties into jealous friends, can become the central focal point of a home around which everything else orbits. If you get your kitchen layout right, including the tiling choices right, you can create an incredibly valuable and beautiful space that your home will be remembered for.

With so many different layout designs, tile styles and tile colours to choose from, it can be tough to decide on the unique kitchen wall tile design that’s right for your home. You want something that will look great and that your friends will be jealous of, but you also need something that is durable and easy to clean.

Let us take the worry off your shoulders. We’ve created a list of some of the latest kitchen wall tile design ideas for this year. We also incorporate the top five kitchen design layouts that will help to create that wow-kitchen and give you tips on how to create all of this for your own home too.

Which are the best kitchen wall tile designs in 2022?

When it comes to trends in the latest kitchen wall designs for 2022, some trends remain from years passed and others are brand new. We’ve compiled a list of our favourite kitchen wall tile designs that both us and our customers love;

• Colourful Subway Tiles – whether you choose a bright red subway tile or a bottle green one, adding a wall of vibrant subway tiles is still a very popular trend in kitchen design right now.
• Natural Stone – the country, farmhouse kitchen look has and always will be a popular choice in kitchen design. Designers will often showcase one large wall of natural stone, red brick or light stone walling to create that intimate, raw country appeal.
• Glass & Ceramic Backsplashes - in today’s modern, minimalist kitchens the backsplash is often the only area of the kitchen that is tiled. Backsplashes can be tiled with a variety of tile designs like glass mosaics, ceramic mosaics, and even subway tiles.
• Wall Spotters – while not everyone’s cup of tea, wall spotters can look quaint in certain settings. Vintage, printed tile spotters can be used to bring interest and quirkiness to a kitchen space.
• Border or Listellos – interest can be brought into a minimalist, sleek kitchen with the correct use of listello tiles. You can use sleek black, ceramic listello tiles in a bachelor pad kitchen or even natural stone listello tiles in a country kitchen style.

With these simple kitchen wall tile designs in mind, here are some of the most unique (and most popular) kitchen design layouts that work every time. Depending on the amount of space you have in your home, you too can create one of these layout designs for yourself too.

The 5 different unique kitchen wall designs layouts

No matter where you live in South Africa, having a kitchen in your home that falls into one of these design layouts will ensure that you’re bang-on-trend for this year. 

The one-wall kitchen

Often seen on television in contemporary, New York flats, the one-wall kitchen design layout is literally a design where one wall is where all the magic happens in the kitchen. You’ll have the fridge, sink, preparation area and cooking area in one straight line, usually with cupboard space above and below. The rest of the kitchen is not walled and is open to the adjoining living spaces.

The galley kitchen

As the name suggests, a galley kitchen design is basically two countertops that are separated by a galley or walkway and joined at one end by another countertop. This design is ideal for small kitchen spaces where open-plan designs cannot work. It’s a super-efficient working design and allows for lots of cupboard space to be added in too.

The L-shaped kitchen

The L-shaped design is a super popular one because it can work in just about any home or kitchen space. It allows a person a triangular work space area that can enable them to be working in the kitchen and still be a part of the happenings in the room adjacent or in front of them. The L-shaped kitchen layout will have the cooking area along one side (where you will often find a wall of cupboards too) which is joined to another side that has your prep area, countertop and sink too. 

The U-shaped kitchen

The U-shaped kitchen is otherwise called a horseshoe kitchen, and is characterised by it’s three-walled or even semi-circular design. The U-shaped kitchen usually has a cooking area along one wall, a preparation area along another and a countertop in the middle to join the two walls. This layout is ideal for smaller spaces, such as in bachelor pads and flats, or even for those larger spaces that want to create the feeling of an open-kitchen.

The island kitchen

A super popular design choice for family kitchens, the island kitchen makes use of a central island that can be used as preparation space, working space and seating space too. Often times, the kids in the home will do their homework and eat at the island while mom or dad get the lunch or dinner ready. The island kitchen can be incorporated into a U-shaped and an L-shaped kitchen too and offers additional storage in the kitchen too.

Top tips for creating the most unique kitchen

So, you’ve decided what wall tiles you love and what design will work best for your kitchen. Now it’s time to create that unique, jaw-dropping kitchen to turn your friends green with envy. Here are our top tips for doing this;

• If you aren’t bashing down walls and completely remodelling your home, use the space you have to the best of your ability. Take what you have and make it uniquely yours
• For smaller spaces, consider muted tones with splashes of colour to make certain areas stand out.
• Always consider the amount of storage and seating space you need in your kitchen when designing your space.
• Make sure you’re clear on your budget – both the bottom and top end of it as well – and be sure to stick to it.

Shop for CTM kitchen wall tiles now, at the best prices in town. We offer a range of subway tiles, mosaics, natural stone tiles and cladding to turn any kitchen space in the ultimate wow-kitchen!

FAQs

What is the best unique kitchen wall design for my kitchen?

The best kitchen wall design is one that matches the space you have and expresses your unique décor style as well.

Why would my friends be jealous of my newly designed kitchen?

When you design a kitchen that is modern, simple, spacious and optimised to what you have, your friends will wish they had the same kitchen as the heart of their home.

How do you fill empty wall space in a kitchen?

There are a variety of ways including with cupboards for storage, with design elements like tiles or art work to bring in colour and creativity, or sometimes inserting a window could bring more light into a kitchen.

How can I decorate my old unique kitchen?

Remodelling an old kitchen is a very cost-effective way of creating a dream kitchen on a budget. You can paint old tiles and cupboards or update old tiles with new, modern ones too.