Bathroom tile & colour advice
brynna2112
8 years ago
I am renovating my house & have lovely new bathroom space. The bath will be boxed in and a teak washstand with white countertop sink and tall tap. I am struggling with deciding in colour scheme and tiles (both floor sand walls). I need to tile behind bath (and niches) and showed and splash back of sink. Part of me thinks a grey shower but I would also like it to feel welcoming.
Any advice would be great!
Any advice would be great!
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8 years agobrynna2112
8 years agominnie101
8 years agoHi. Were you intending to tile inside the niches in the same tile? If not, why not try a hexagon mosaic (image from the sweet digs) combined with metro tiles (can all be in white if prefferred). Marble or marble effect also looks good with metro tiles (image from mad about the house) which you could do the bath panel in as an alternative option. If you go for white tiles around the bath I would add interest with grey metros in the shower. I'd also paint the wall above the bath in grey to make the bath stand out. I've attached a pic of a built in bath with metro tiles just as an idea if you were worried it would be too much. Obviously the colour of the grout will impact how much the tiles stand out. Image from gallery apartment therapy
brynna2112
8 years agolnsail
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8 years agoKevin Sharples
8 years agoI was in the same dilemma and I am half way through refurbishing the master bed and en-suite in our house. I decided to go with the grey and walnut combination, just need to get the walnut for the cistern top cover yet.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoTeak is a rich warm wood with great depth so would stay away from any flat matt grey tiles as it would drain it. Remember it's a tropical wood so looks better with something lively. Something with texture would look great in the shower and around the sink and bath. If you like grey see the photos below and once you choose a textured tile, choose a darker colour in the wall tile use this for some large tiles on the floor or just continue it along the floor.
A bathroom doesn't need to be bright and white, you can add a little more of a sultry feel. Tile showrooms often display the textured tiles with the possible options, you can go and see just for ideas. Remember to add colour and texture with larger leafed plants (peace lilies-Spathiphyllum- grow well in bathrooms as they like the shade), this will bring out the lusciousness of the teak. See the photos ...
lottys
8 years agoHi I am are just doing our bathroom and I i was going to just go grey or the split face white Quartz but then I found these tiles and fell in love with them . They are from Italy but not very expensive . They are a grey charcoal and stone colour and are beautiful in real life , they have a very old but modern feel . I have also got recesses above my bath and have put the plain tiles from the bath to just above the recesses and then done patterned to the ceiling , I have also put patterned in the recesses . I will do the wall the stone colour I think and have a dark floor . My husband has made a lovely unit that hides the cistern and I am having a lovely limestone sink on top of an oak worktop . The door on the sink unit will have a mirrored recessed into it with a crisscross over the top in wood and the whole unit will be painted in a stone colour from farrow and ball .
brynna2112
8 years agoHi there, thanks for all your input. I've seen these tiles today, they are dark but have lots of coppers in them. What do you think if them on floor and In the shower? Not sure if I would then have Matt white above bath and then dark (or something. Different) in the niches?!
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8 years agoSam Hill
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Stella Michael
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI know what you mean about dark floor tiles but I still think it's worth it for the drama and lusciousness ... you can barely see them but the floor tiles are the same as the wall tiles. I love it every time I walk into the bathroom and feel very spoilt, especially with the double people bath. (click each to see a more complete picture)
lottys
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoOur on suite in progress and our wallpaper and picture for our main bedroom . We are having large dark tiles on the floor in the on suite . We have dark grey limestone tiles on the floor in our kitchen and I love them .we are also having an internal window made to go above our tiles with large crosses on .
brynna2112
8 years agoLottys,
It's looking great. Are you using the same grey tiles on the floor as on walls? The sink you have chosen looks nice and deep. This is the sink that I am thinking, but only white(no silver!) but might be a bit shallow. Also would have same tap as top left.
brynna2112
8 years agobrynna2112
8 years agoOpps posted too soon.. Latest thought are... Maybe these but they are quite bland or changing to the brick look which shower would be grey and pattern in niches and the probably white next to bath and same pattern in niches... But still wouldn't know about floor!!
Please let me know your thoughts; it's all so interesting & helpful :-)
brynna2112
8 years agoLast comment from me for now!
The renovation is the whole house and think I have decided on the 'guest ensuite' (smallest room!!).
Just wondered if anyone is in agreement or better idea? Green will be feature sloping wall, white (or might do cream) on other 2 walls. The sink unit is the darker oak (same style as sink pic) and light oak for the floor tiles.
lottys
8 years agobrynna2112
8 years agoHi there, I have found these grey tiles.
Would they look good on floor, in the shower and behind the bath?
Or would this be too much?
they do a mosaic about 2in square in same colour - which I thought would be good in niche. Not 100% sure of splash back behind the sink.
Also not sure on wall colour, like the idea of grey behind bath but might all be a bit much.
lottys
8 years agojacol68
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