Your house, painted as a Delft tile.
The facade of your home, translated into authentic cobalt-blue brushstrokes — on real ceramic. A housewarming gift that doesn't wilt. A keepsake of the family home. A goodbye that lasts.
Free to design — only pay when you're happy.
Your facade, truly painted in — not just printed on top.
Upload one photo of the front facade. Our AI redraws the building in the same cobalt-blue lines as a 17th-century Delft tile — brick by brick, window by window. The address and date are painted into an elegant cartouche at the bottom.
- Story
- Grandma and grandpa's house
- Date
- Since 1952
- Placement
- Top, in an elegant cartouche.
Real ceramic, fired at 1080°C — forever.
The same house, two styles.
Classic Delft Blue or a full-colour photo tile — both on real ceramic. Choose what fits the room it will live in.
Type the address + the date
Fill in your text below. On the next page you upload a facade photo and our AI brings your design to life in cobalt brushstrokes.
Optional: type up to 4 lines (address, date, house name, short wish) and we paint them into a cobalt-blue Delft cartouche.
Placement on tile
Painting preview — indicative
Type at least one line of text to continue — or add a photo and a style for the full preview.
What do you put on a house tile?
A few examples of what others have typed — as a starting point for your own text.
- Classic
Hoofdstraat 12, Utrecht — Since 1952
- Short wish
Our first home — 25 August 2026
- Family story
Grandma and grandpa's house — Dorpsweg 7, Wassenaar
- Holiday home
Duinpad 4, Schiermonnikoog — Endless summers
How your house tile looks
Real tiles we've made for other homes — for inspiration. Works on terraced houses, canal homes, farmhouses, and everything in between.
Why a Delft Blue house tile?
Three reasons this gift outweighs yet another bottle of wine or orchid at the housewarming.
A house is more than bricks
The place where the kids grew up, where your parents lived for 40 years, where you got the first key. That house deserves more than a phone snapshot in a camera roll — it deserves a keepsake.
Fits any Dutch interior
Delft Blue sits on a dresser next to oak beams, and just as well in a minimalist loft. Not a style that goes out of fashion — it's been timeless for 400 years.
Real ceramic — not a print on MDF
Fired at 1080°C, just like the Delft tiles in the Rijksmuseum. No poster, no sticker, no picture on plywood. In 50 years it's still hanging there.
How it works — in 4 steps
- Step 01
Upload a photo of the facade
Taken straight on, in daylight, without cars or scaffolding in front. One photo is enough.
- Step 02
Type the address + the date
For example: "Hoofdstraat 12, Utrecht — 25 August 2026". Our AI paints that text into the tile in cobalt blue, in an elegant cartouche.
- Step 03
Choose style and size
Classic Delft Blue or full colour. 15×15 cm or 20×20 cm XL. See your preview live in the editor.
- Step 04
Order — we do the rest
We fire your tile within 24-48 hours and ship fast. Secure payment with iDEAL, Bancontact, PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Klarna.
What is Delft Blue, really?
A Delft Blue tile points back to a Dutch earthenware tradition stretching to the 17th century. At its peak (1640-1740), the city of Delft housed dozens of ceramic factories — around 33 at the height — producing tin-glazed earthenware with cobalt-oxide pigments: grey in the pot, vivid cobalt blue once fired at 1080°C.
Our house tiles bring that classic Delftware style into a modern key: your facade photo is translated by our AI into the same cobalt brushstrokes — brick by brick, window by window — then printed on real ceramic. No potter's wheel, but the same Dutch warmth that made the original so beloved.
Two sizes — both real ceramic
For a facade with lots of detail (windows, dormers, ornaments) we recommend 20×20 cm XL. Combine with a wooden tile holder for the dresser, or an invisible hook for the wall.
For which moments?
Housewarming / moving gift.
The perfect gift at a housewarming, or as a surprise for someone who just got the keys. More personal than a plant, and beautiful for years on the mantelpiece.
Saying goodbye to the family home.
When mom and dad move out after 40 years — this stays. Even after the box of Christmas decorations and the old window with the painted feet have been given away.
First home of your own.
For yourself — or for your partner — as a memento of the first home that was truly yours. A tile that 20 years from now still says: this is where it began.
Holiday home or "our place by the sea".
The cabin, the beach house, the cottage in the Lake District, the farmhouse in France. A tile of that one place where summers never end.
Business, café, or shop.
For the boss who ran the café for 25 years, for the shop closing after three generations, for the office where you spent your whole career. A leaving gift that actually means something.
What customers say
5 out of 5 starsEcht een oer-Hollands cadeau
Een Delfts blauw tegeltje met een foto van het huis waar mijn ouders 50 jaar hebben gewoond, gegeven bij hun gouden bruiloft. De combinatie van de typisch Nederlandse stijl met hun persoonlijke verhaal maakte het cadeau heel speciaal. Iedereen wilde het zien.
5 out of 5 starsSouvenir voor Australische vriend
Mijn beste vriend is naar Australië verhuisd. Een Delfts blauw tegeltje met onze gezamenlijke foto opgestuurd als verrassing. Hij belde meteen op om te zeggen hoe geraakt hij was. Precies dat stukje Holland in zijn nieuwe huis.
5 out of 5 starsWerkt op alle foto's super
Heb 3 verschillende foto's geprobeerd: portret, landschap en groepsfoto. Bij alle drie kwam het Delfts blauw effect prachtig uit. Het keramiek voelt premium aan en de tegelhouder erbij maakt het af. Aanrader!
4 out of 5 starsMooi tegeltje, donkerblauw was wel echt donker
Op zich een mooi resultaat, alleen werd mijn foto wel echt donker omdat de Delfts blauw stijl met diepe blauwtinten werkt. Een lichtere foto met meer contrast werkt waarschijnlijk beter. Volgende keer beter geprobeerd.
Frequently asked questions about the house tile
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