Tiles in bathroom - help
Jenny
5 years ago
I bought a new property recently. The bathroom is partly tiled, so I now need to tile the remaining bit so it can be used for showers, but I don't know what to do. Could someone give me an advice?
As you can see from the pictures, it currently has two different tiles already.
Option 1. I can tile the rest of the bathroom with the same gile as one of them, the plain one which is from Porcelanosa.
Option 2. I'm requesting quotes, but Porcelanosa may end up being expensive. Would it look bad if I use a third different tile, also white and plain? I'll need need to find a similar size though...
Option 3. Any other suggestion?
Also, there are no tiles above the wash basin and I'm not sure if I should tile it a bit as well to avoid getting weat?
Thanks in advance.
Jenny
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5 years agoHi Jenny, why not tile the rest in a light grey or marble effect hexagonal tiles? Just to give it a bit more texture and to break the plain white tiles a bit? Would look great, don’t be afraid to mix and match, if selected right, even 3 types of tiles can work well together! But they do need to have some contrast in terms of style and colour. Good luck!
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