Mosaic tile, sold by the sheet in Doral.

Glass mosaic

Glass mosaics for backsplash, pool and feature walls.

Glass is the line our reviews mention most. It comes mesh-backed by the sheet in squares, bricks, hexagons, trapezoids and linear strips, from a near-white pearl to a deep cobalt. Glass reads brighter than stone in the same light because it bounces light rather than absorbing it, which is why it is the usual answer for a backsplash on a wall that gets no window.

• Mesh-backed sheets
• Brightens a wall with no window
• Held in Doral, ships nationwide

Stone and marble mosaic

Natural stone and marble mosaics.

Marble and natural stone cut into herringbone, chevron, lattice, picket and hexagon sheets, mostly the white Carrara greys that sit quietly behind a kitchen instead of competing with it. Stone is the line where the lot matters most: every sheet is quarried, not printed, so two boxes bought six months apart will not be the same white. Buy the whole run in one go.

• Quarried, not printed
• Herringbone, chevron, lattice, hexagon
• Buy the run from one lot

Pool tile

Waterlines, spas and water walls.

The blues and teals: cobalt, turquoise, petrol and the striped sheets that read as moving water once they are wet. Pool tile is its own line because it lives underwater and in the Florida sun all year, and colour behaves differently underwater: a sheet that looks mid-blue dry goes several shades deeper once the pool is filled. Look at it wet before you commit to a waterline.

• Waterlines, spas, fountain walls
• Look at it wet first
• Held in Doral

Cement tile

Decorative patterned floor tile.

The patterned floor tile: blue-and-white geometrics and encaustic looks that turn a small bathroom floor into the thing everyone remembers about the room. Pattern is the one line where ordering short cannot be fixed later. A repeat that runs out mid-floor cannot be topped up from a different lot without showing, because the pattern makes the join obvious. Measure twice and order the overage on the generous side.

• Geometric and encaustic looks
• Order the overage generously
• See the repeat laid out in person

Cement tile comes as single tiles, not mesh sheets, so the sheet planner above does not count it. Call with the room size and we will work out the tile count with you.

Peel-and-stick backsplash

Self-adhesive backsplash tile.

The self-adhesive line: sheets that go onto a clean, flat, dry wall with no thinset, no grout and no wet saw. It is the renter's answer and the weekend answer, and it is honest about what it is: a printed or moulded sheet, not a fired tile, which is why it is a separate line. It needs a smooth wall. It will not bridge a textured one, and it does not belong right behind a range with direct heat.

• No thinset, no grout
• Needs a smooth, dry wall
• Ships nationwide

Fireplace tile

Decorative tile for surrounds and hearths.

Surrounds and hearths: stacked stone, split-face ledger and relief sheets that catch low light the way a flat tile cannot. A fireplace is the one surface in a Miami house that gets looked at more than used, so it is where texture earns its keep. Ask about the material before you buy for a working firebox rather than a decorative one; the surround and the firebox are not the same specification.

• Surrounds and hearths
• Stacked stone and relief
• Ask about the firebox spec