Durable & Easy-to-Clean Floor Tile

Featured Image: Reflexion Mercury 24 x 48 Porcelain Living Room Floor from Arizona Tile

When it comes to choosing flooring for your home, in addition to being stylish and matching your home’s aesthetic, it’s important to get durable, easy-to-clean flooring. After all, floors aren’t something you replace frequently so whatever choice you make, you’ll have to live with them (literally) for a long time.

The last thing you want is to have floors that stress you out because they require a lot of maintenance or because they stain and wear easily. This is why we’ve rounded up the top easy-to-clean flooring options for your home. Not only are these materials gorgeous and look lovely in a variety of spaces, but you’ll love just how low maintenance they are.

Image: Cemento Cassero Antracite 12 x 24 Porcelain Pantry Floor Tile from Arizona Tile

Benefits of Durable, Easy-to-Clean Flooring

Let’s first look at some of the top benefits of choosing material that’s not only beautiful to look at but that’s also durable and low maintenance.

Requires Minimal Effort

One of the greatest benefits of easy-to-clean flooring is the low-stress level that effortless cleaning and minimal maintenance bring. You can save time and energy for more important things than giving your floors special treatment. Simply vacuum or dust mop your floors from time to time and you’re good to go!

Great for Kids and Pets

It’s no secret that kids and pets love running around the house, dragging dirt (and who knows what else along with them) – ultimately onto your floors. With easy-to-clean flooring, you don’t have to worry about the inevitable dirt kids and pets will leave on your floors or the food and beverages that end up on them, especially in the kitchen. Dirt, food, and spills will be easy to clean and won’t damage the surface of your floors.

More Economical

Regardless of how much the flooring option you choose costs, you’ll save money over the long term because you won’t need to buy additional specialized cleaning products. Also, choosing flooring that is waterproof, means you’ll also save money on not having to deep-clean them (think “carpet steaming”)!

Image: Shibusa Grigio Hex 9 x 11 Porcelain Laundry Room Floor Tile from Arizona Tile

Where to Install Easy-to-Clean Flooring in Your Home

While any area of your home will benefit from flooring that’s durable and easy-to-clean, these areas are most important to install this type of flooring in:

• Entryways – High traffic volume
• Mud Rooms and Laundry Rooms – Where a lot of dirt is tracked in from outside
• Kitchens – Where messes are common

Image: Reverie 6 Porcelain Laundry Room Floor Tile from Arizona Tile

Maintaining Easy-to-Clean Tile Flooring

Below are our top easy-to-clean flooring options. Each tile option is highly durable, a breeze to clean, stylish, and versatile.

Wood Look Tile

Cleaning wood-look porcelain tile floors requires little equipment – just sweep or vacuum when necessary. Unlike with real hardwood floors, there’s no danger of water damage, so a simple mop and bucket will do the job for a mess and easy maintenance. However, to be on the safe side, it’s best to avoid using acid-based cleaning products or harsh scrubbing equipment at risk of potentially damaging the surface.

This tile is highly durable – it won’t scratch, deteriorate, or break easily – making it ideal for high-traffic areas such as hallways, entryways, living areas, kitchens, bathrooms, mudrooms, home offices, kids’ playrooms, and laundry rooms. Basically, it’s suitable anywhere you need flooring in your home.

A few of our most popular wood-look tile options that look fabulous in any space include Aequa, Alpi, and Essence.

Porcelain Tile

Another great easy-to-clean flooring option is porcelain tile. While this tile is highly popular in kitchens and bathrooms, since it’s highly versatile – with a wide array of patterns and designs to choose from – it’s a great choice for many different spaces. Porcelain tile surfaces are also known for their durability, as they are highly resistant to stains, scratches, and dents. Look to our porcelain tile products that look like concrete for durable and attractive options.

The cleaning process is also simple and convenient. Porcelain tile can be cleaned by sweeping away all the dust and finishing the process with a wet mop and a pH-balanced neutral cleaner, if necessary

Some of our top recommended porcelain tile options include Vetri, Anthea, Reside USA, and Cemento Cassero. For a chic, non-patterned look, our Shibusa tile has beautiful options to choose from. If you’re looking for flooring with an attractive pattern, you’ll love the designs offered in our Reverie series.

Image: Essence Mahogany Porcelain Living Room Floor Tile from Arizona Tile

Shop Arizona Tile

When it comes to choosing flooring for your home, yes, aesthetics matter. But so does the peace of mind and convenience of a floor that’s not high maintenance- And the tile options recommended above provide the best of both worlds!

Keep in mind that, no matter which easy-to-clean floor tile you choose, it’s always a good idea to maintain a regular cleaning routine to prevent the build-up of dirt and bacteria in the grout.

Shop Arizona Tile for the easy-to-clean tile flooring options shown in this post and more. For additional information about tile, natural stone, quartz, or any other questions you may have, reach out to us to speak with one of our design consultants or visit a store near you.

Be sure to also use our tile visualizer tool to check out the various tile and slab options we offer and get a better feel for how your space will look with your selections.