Beautiful tile design in the bathroom: stylish examples of wall and floor decoration

Make your bathroom unique and beautiful, so that in the morning you will be invigorated by its appearance, and not by a cold shower. Create an image of the bathroom that will send you to work every day in a good mood.

A person differs from others not only in habits, but also in taste. If you want to have a unique image of your bathroom, then you yourself must develop it. And the basic rules that should be followed, we will now consider.

Bathroom size division

It so happened that the rules of design design depend on the area of the room. In the case of bathrooms, the border figure is 15m². What is possible in large bathrooms is unacceptable in small and medium. Receptions for increasing the room are not needed in spacious rooms. But there are general rules.

The smaller the room, the smaller the tiles should be.
A light, especially white, glossy surface visually increases space and enhances lighting.

Pearl white tiles combine with all colors and shades.
Bright saturated colors can be used as a complement, decoration. Screaming coloring is needed only to emphasize or emphasize, but not be the main one. A lot of bright tone will put pressure on a person and deprive the interior of comfort.
The most acceptable solution for the bath is decoration in pastel colors.

A thicker tile with a rough surface is laid on the floor. The walls are smooth shiny.
Wall and floor decoration should be moisture resistant and easy to clean.
The most favorable color for the ceiling is white. The most practical ceiling is glossy stretch.

Bathroom lighting should be bright.

Tile selection

First of all, pay attention to the geometry of the tiles. It should be all completely the same size and rectangular in shape. Also, the entire batch should have the same shade. Compare samples from different boxes.

You can check the geometry by superimposing one on another and measuring the angles. Since squares we usually do not carry with us, it is enough to compare the length of the diagonals. You can use an ordinary rope or a thick thread, because the size does not matter, but only its equality. If the distance between opposite angles is different, then this is a marriage and you should not linger near such products.

Four countries now produce the highest quality tiles; Italy is well-known to all of them, as well as Germany, Spain and Portugal. It is necessary to pay attention to the state, not the company.

Buying balances at a discount is a bad way to save. You will first need to redo your design project for what you bought. Then, when almost all the tiles will be laid out, it turns out that somewhere the corners are broken, and something was broken during transportation and cutting. Since it is impossible to purchase, you will have to beat it off and replace it with another, spending money not only on the purchase of materials, but also the payment for the work of the master.

If you focus on the price, then high-quality tile starts from the cost per square meter, equivalent to 18 euros. Reasonable value for money ends at a price of just over 30 euros. Then you just pay for the brand, markups and more. Collections in which the border and decor are adorned with rhinestones, protrusions, ruffles are cheap, and are of poor quality. Yes, and washing them will be difficult.

The most harmonious and beautiful interior is obtained from the tiles of one collection, which contains light tones, dark tones, decors, borders and floor tiles. On the floor you get a matte, dark tile, the other products for decoration are glossy.

Lighting changes the hue of the surface. Therefore, pay attention to the spectrum and brightness of the lighting in the store. Try to find a place where the light is similar to yours, and there consider all types of finishes, their combination.

If you liked the interior in the photo, especially with a beautiful colored floor, count how many tiles fit in one row. Then count in your bathroom. If your area is not less, then you can make yourself the same floor or wall decor.

Bathroom Interior Design

A person automatically pays attention to what is located at the level of his eyes and below. Place the most important and interesting decor element opposite the door at a height of 150-160 mm.

The rectangular tile looks practical and beautiful in a modern interior. It should be taken as a basis. Dressing may have options.

For a bathroom up to 15 m² Observance of a number of rules will allow you to create a harmonious and cheerful interior that will correspond to your character, and will make the room spacious, bright, beautiful. Compliance with these techniques will not limit the flight of your imagination, but only show the most acceptable path and an infinite number of options.

Floor

To begin with, we will make the choice of tiles from one collection. The floor will cover a thicker matte, which does not slip. Splashes falling down form spots that are less noticeable on a dark background. And the space increases if the walls are lighter than the floor, and the ceiling is generally white.

Floor tiles are square in shape. If we compare the length of its side with the dimensions of the sides of a rectangular product for walls, then it is less than the length, but more than the height. Ideally, the diagonal of a square is the long side of the rectangle. But laying tiles on the floor diagonally in small rooms is not worth it. Such a floor will reduce the room and you will have to cut a lot of tiles to lay them along the walls, it is not rational and difficult.

The floor will look beautiful if you start the finish from the center of the room and go in a circle. Then symmetry will be observed and the trim along the walls will be the same.

Grout for the floor is selected 1-2 tones darker than the color of the main background.

Walls

For decoration of small rooms the most convenient tile sizes are 200x500 and 200x600 mm. It is better to lay a dark tone from top to bottom. Then it’s easier to calculate the height of the transition, which should be 7-10 cm above the bathtub, and go above the toilet bowl, but below the installation button. Having marked everything correctly, you will get a beautiful wide undercut below.

The toilet looks better on a bright background tile. Therefore, do not trim the wall behind it with decorative or light tile.

All taps, buttons, switches should be placed in the center of the tile. To cut a hole, draw a circle of the desired diameter. Then file it with a stone. After that, make a through cross-sectional incision. By connecting the ends of the cuts, you get a square hole. With the help of wire cutters, break off the remains along the contour. The file will not allow ceramics to collapse outside the circle.

The border in small bathtubs is used in extreme cases. If you have a fixed ceiling and you need to avoid ugly narrow pruning. In this case, one must remember the color reflex. Dark and light surfaces reflect each other, changing color and merging. Therefore, emphasize the ceiling by making a strip with a dark tile at the top.

As for the decor, it is not cut. Therefore, expect that you have a light strip of tiles and a wide cut in the corners above and below. The rest of the space can be filled with decorative tiles or various types of mosaics. This is a field of activity for your imagination.

Remember this rule of beautiful tile design. If you use a rectangular decor, the wall with the doorway remains without art inserts. In the case of decorating with tiles of a different color or with drawings of small mosaic tiles, a decorative design is also made around the door.

The grout on the walls is selected according to the lightest tone that is available in the finish.

Large bathrooms

The design of large rooms is different in that you do not have to worry about increasing the space. You can decorate the bathtub with vertical stripes, half-columns, lay out any patterns you like or just a scattering of color from a shallow mosaic. You only need to take care of lighting and harmony.

The most interesting fantasies help to realize small tiles of different colors and shades. These are various patterns on the entire wall, and vertical patterns. Bright, colorful surfaces reduce space. Therefore, they are undesirable in small bathtubs. But in large they are quite appropriate. But do not forget about the height of the ceiling. Vertical stripes can make it visually higher. Horizontal, on the contrary, will lower the ceiling and increase space.

If you put a square tile on the wall at an angle, in the form of a rhombus, then the room will become crowded.

In large bathrooms, walls can be decorated in different ways. Just try to stick to the color matching and contrast table. A very motley bathroom will be annoying, a bright one will oppress.

The lack of color can always be filled with colorful toilet articles, bright towels and decor. But the surplus cannot be removed.

Recently, more and more often used for decoration mosaic. It is soft, flexible and has been designed to cover rounded surfaces. But its cost is much higher. In addition, it can be cut only along the transitions and in order to avoid wide seams, it is necessary to dissolve, which is difficult and troublesome.

The embossed surface is difficult to wash and plates of electrical appliances and installations do not adhere well to it. But your bath and your imagination. If you really want, then you can use it. Just try to keep it away from taps and splashes.

Using embossed tiles, try to choose a shallow and shallow pattern, the so-called "pixel". The larger and deeper the swings, the worse the angles will look.