Herringbone or brick bond tile format?
I going to be getting our bathroom retiled to make it lighter. I'm going for Laura Ashley Mr Jones tiles on the floor (see bottom image) with off-white metro tiles on the walls above the shower and bath (just replacing the existing tiles).
I'm torn between getting the tiles laid in a herringbone format or a brick bond format. If I go with the latter, I think I'd get a dark dado tile at half height to pick up the dark pattern in the tile, but would this look odd as it would just be one 1.5 walls? I thought about tiling to half height around the rest of the bathroom, but with the niches, recesses and towel rail, the space is already quite busy.
Just plain floor to ceiling brick bond format seems a bit dull, but then herringbone might be too busy when combined with the diagonal patterns on the floor. What do people think?
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Carolina
7 years agoI think that herringbone with a light grout won't be too busy. I'd tile the parts that are tiled now and paint the rest a light grey that matches the floor tiles.
Just an idea, you could go for a 10 x 30 cm tile instead of a metro tile.
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoHi Weewelshdragon,
You're correct, brickbond metro tiles is boring, in fact metro tiles period, are boring.
They've been around since about the turn of the 20th century, and so "last year!"this is an ensuite I transformed last year from a dark, dingy and depressing space into something light, airy and really quite special.
The product is the new thin porcelain tile, which is taking tiled rooms to the next level, and is only bound by your imagination.
sizes start at 900 x 900 and go all the way up to 3.2m x 1.6m and range from 4.8mm to 6mm thick and although they half the thickness of regular porcelain they proven to be twice as strong when fitted correctly. Generally available in matt, gloss and textured, the designs and colours are endless.
Search for companies like Porcel-Thin™ And see what's available, they shouldn't be overlooked and you'd be the envy of everyone you know.
Good luck with your search.
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7 years agoNaithan Gaskell
6 years agoHey, I've just done herringbone in my porch using flat, Matt white 20 X 10 metro tiles with charcoal grout. Just need to put a black dado to finish it off.
It looks very traditional however next time I do a bathroom I'm going to use 30 x 10 rough edge tiles.
Some food for thought for you :-)
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