Topps Tiles run a sample service so you can see how a colour, finish or pattern actually looks in your own room before committing to a whole floor or wall. Their own page confirms free samples with free delivery.

Order online and the samples are posted to you at no cost, or call into any of their 300 UK stores and pick them up in person along with a look at the full range.

Well worth doing before you buy: tile colours and textures look very different under your own lighting than they do on a screen or in a showroom.