When my sister was deciding on flooring in her house, she wanted the look of wood but was nervous about the maintenance with kids and being out on a ranch (lots of dirt).  She fell in love with this Natural Redwood Series porcelain tile (affiliate link) it comes in 6″ x 24″ pieces.  This tile looks so great on the floor.  She has a lot of cool tile in her house, but the floor that everyone always comments on is this Natural redwood tile, the common question is ‘what is this? wood?’.  It looks that great.  I love the coloring of the tile, it has a nice mix of browns and grays with a touch of blue.  The other wonderful feature about this tile is that during the manufacturing process unlike most tiles, these tiles are cut after the kiln process, so they are actually square and true.  That means you can use super tight grout lines and you don’t have to pull out your hair to do so.  I installed her floor with 1/16″ grout lines and it was so smooth, hands down the easiest tile that I’ve installed.  Well lets get laying.

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