Subway tiles are a kitchen backsplash classic that seemed to be losing steam. But this small change in layout is making these tiles a top 2026 trend.

Even if they trended on Pinterest boards at one point in time, some major design trends are already starting to feel dated and out of style.

Start your search for your new backsplash pattern here.

In the world of tile patterns, there's always been super-uniform (e.g. stacked subway tile) and super-custom (e.g. a black-and-white line drawing on the floor), and not much else in between. But we're ...