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Really? I actually don’t understand why they are frowned upon xD There is currently nothing better on the market for me... Everyone who has entered the house so far is completely thrilled about it. Ultimately, it’s also just the maintenance... You don’t see any dust, it’s very easy to mop/vacuum, it doesn’t fade in the sun, it’s durable (especially with kids) and visually just awesome :)

I feel exactly the same way. We ourselves are totally anti-tiles, but we also gave in to the wood look. It simply has advantages (kitchen, children, ...) compared to parquet. However, without tile skirting but with wooden baseboards. It was difficult to find a wood-look tile that didn’t look completely fake. Especially the oak look was hard to get, everything was somehow grayish. The Villeroy & Boch ones mentioned by Kati stand out here; for us, it turned into something from Novabell. The tile dealer confirmed that the "honey tone" is apparently still difficult in production. A corresponding long format is also important; 60x30 doesn’t look good at all in such decors in my opinion.

I really like the tiles in the wooden shed. But the 120x20 ones aren't exactly cheap and their installation is also correspondingly complex and expensive. For us, the difference to real wood was then too small.

I also wanted to install wood-look tiles in the bathroom at first, but then I think of the tiles from the 70s and decide to go for something more timeless. This wood tile look is probably just a trend that people will cringe at in 20-30 years :D

I also wanted to install wood-look tiles in the bathroom at first, but then I thought of the 70s tiles and decided to go for something more timeless. This wood tile look is probably just a trend right now, where in 20-30 years you'll wrinkle your nose :D

Hard to say... Our tiles look almost identical to parquet. So purely "visually," I don't think anyone will wrinkle their nose. In practice, tiles have certainly proven themselves more than once over decades. Therefore, in a living/dining/kitchen area (which has been equipped with parquet for decades), I see more the advantage of a timeless design.

But sure... What will happen in 30 years?? I always find that hard to say... Ultimately, somehow everything can go out of fashion.

We had these tiles (Craco, beige) installed in 120x30cm.

Sure... Not exactly cheap price-wise, but just a lasting investment "for life."

But it was hard to find a wood-look tile that didn’t look totally fake. Especially the oak look was hardly available, everything was somehow grayish. The Villeroy & Boch mentioned by Kati stand out here, for us it ended up being something from Novabell. The tile dealer confirmed that the "honey tone" is still probably difficult in production. A corresponding long format is also important; in such decors, 60x30 in my opinion doesn’t look good at all.

I also found them to stand out positively. Unfortunately, they are also more expensive (for us, tiles are only up to €35 as standard), but we only used the Villeroy & Boch for the two bathrooms, so the extra cost is limited because the quantity is limited.
In the first house, we had the "Greenwood Bruno," which was rather dark brown. In the showroom, I thought it was great – and in the shower when wet too – but in the bathroom under the ceiling spotlights, it always had a kind of gray veil to me. Or rather – I think that is more a reflection from the light, I’m not entirely sure. This time we are using the lighter Villeroy & Boch wood tile with the same wall tiles (main and decorative). Then it’s less contrast and I hope we won’t have this veil anymore.

You can see every crumb of water droplets from what feels like 10 meters away.

Better than almost white tiles. I've been cured of that too. Next time there will be a very spotted brown (if my wife cooperates).

Seen that way, you’d have to choose the Aldi camo marbling *LOL*

We have tiles in wood look everywhere except the bathroom and are very satisfied. Those are sometimes very frowned upon here,

I think, as a caller in the wilderness, I don’t even have faction status yet ;-) and "frowned upon" is actually too strong. I have an aversion to fakes in general – not only when porcelain "plays" wood. But I just don’t like it, it’s a head thing; with @Tom/Ybias/Diversenamen78, I still ultimately didn’t dislike it.

This woodztile look is probably just a fad where in 20-30 years people will wrinkle their noses

I don’t fear that, on the contrary, by then we will still see that it’s far from the end of the line. I don’t see "fake" at its zenith yet; around 2080/90 there might even be a "fake" retro wave *ROTFL*