Ceramic Tiles
If you're wondering what to do to brighten up your room, and have already considered and implemented the usual methods - painted the walls, hung a picture or three, added a few more lights and exchanged your heavy drapes for lighter curtains, you might want to think about ceramic tile flooring. Ceramic tiles, no matter the colour or finish, have a certain gloss and easy beauty about them, which can do wonders for the appearance of your room, making it look effortlessly lighter. It helps, of course, that ceramic tiles can be easily cleaned; this makes it an excellent choice for households with young children, or establishments in any way likely to have a lot of things spilled on the floor.
Purchasing Ceramic Tiles
You can obtain ceramic tile flooring from many sources - most shops specialising in home improvement items stock them, and many shops that sell bathtubs and basins also sell ceramic floor tiles. Marble and granite tiles are available from dealers specialising in the material, as well as from larger brand-name stores, but are not as readily available as porcelain tiles. Tiles of all materials are available in various shades - and, in case of porcelain tiles in various patterns and designs - in almost every locality, and certainly in every town; you can obtain them easily, even without talking with dealers or contacting large, brand-name stores.
Brand-name Dealers
However, doing so is probably a good idea. While locally-bought material can be easier to get hold of, and is probably easier on the pocket, you have to remember that it comes without any guarantees. It is hardly likely that you'll rip up your ceramic tile flooring the moment a single tile chips - it doesn't come cheap, after all, and installing it isn't entirely hassle-free - which means you might have to live with a few cracked or 
discoloured tiles ruining the beauty of your floor, or, if you've invested in patterned tiles, entirely spoiling your ceramic floor tile patterns.
Rather than take that risk to save a bit of cash, it's far more sensible to shell out enough to purchase and install brand-name tiles like Kajaria Tiles or Bell Ceramics, which are not only beautiful, but come with a guarantee that the beauty will last. These tiles are available fairly easily, as well, so not much extra effort has to be put in the acquisition.
So, to add to the beauty of your home, install ceramic tile flooring; and to ensure the durability of these floors, opt for brand-name ceramic floor tiles.