Geoffrey Hedge looks at some of the latest options for your walls and floors Choosing the perfect tiles can turn an ordinary kitchen or bathroom into a stunning showpiece, which also combines both practicality and good looks.

And with so many designs on the market, tiles can become a feature of virtually every room in the home be it a new-build or an older, period property.

In areas such as the bathroom, shower room, cloakroom and kitchen, the trend is to choose tile ranges which can be used for both floors and walls. The stone look remains popular with slate, limestone and marble being chosen by many style-conscious homeowners.

Abbey, from Indigenous, of Burford, right, is aged limestone which can be used in kitchen and living areas. Occasional pale grey tones form part of the otherwise creamy colour The Oyster Slate floor, bottom right, also by Indigenous, complements darker wooden kitchen units This Bastide kitchen features Old Tuscan Walnut floor tiles and Valencia Opal wall tiles, both from Fired Earth. Showrooms are at Twyford Mill, Adderbury, and Woodstock Road, Oxford The warmth of the Mediterranean, above, is captured by the latest from Bandol designs in the Craven and Dunnill Renaissance Gold Collection. Or go Neolithic with Stonehenge tiles, also by Craven and Dunnill, above left Shaker bathroom, featuring New England's October Sky wall tiles and Minster Limestone floor tiles, both from Fired Earth.