Bring a Splash of Style to Your Bathroom Floor
From tiles and stone to painted boards and multicoloured mosaics — treat your bathroom to a floor with more
Whether you are kitting out a bathroom from scratch or simply updating its look, it is all too easy to spend hours picking all the ingredients, from the chic lever taps to the wow-factor tub, and then forget about the floor. This is an often neglected element of the bathroom, but it can do much to improve its functionality and appearance. Bathroom floors need to withstand a daily battering of steam, moisture and wear and tear, but they also offer an extra design element, helping to pull your look together. So put your best foot forward and do your bathroom proud with a fantastic feature floor.
Create a striking contrast
Long planks of dark wood flooring are a classic contrast to an elegant, all white bathroom. Just make sure you choose wood that has been properly treated to cope with the wet, humid conditions of a bathroom.
Discover classic black and white schemes for your bathroom
Long planks of dark wood flooring are a classic contrast to an elegant, all white bathroom. Just make sure you choose wood that has been properly treated to cope with the wet, humid conditions of a bathroom.
Discover classic black and white schemes for your bathroom
Pick parquet
Traditional wooden parquet flooring, laid in a herringbone style, adds interesting pattern as well as natural texture and variations in shade to your bathroom. If you don’t want to go for real wood, there are lots of convincing vinyl and laminate lookalikes that will do the job just as well.
Traditional wooden parquet flooring, laid in a herringbone style, adds interesting pattern as well as natural texture and variations in shade to your bathroom. If you don’t want to go for real wood, there are lots of convincing vinyl and laminate lookalikes that will do the job just as well.
Brush on some paint
Can there be anything more simple or cost effective than revamping old floorboards with a tin of paint? So long as you use a tough, hardworking floor paint, suitable for the bathroom, you can’t go wrong. Don’t plump for the obvious white, though. Try one of today’s new neutrals, like this rich, grey shade.
Can there be anything more simple or cost effective than revamping old floorboards with a tin of paint? So long as you use a tough, hardworking floor paint, suitable for the bathroom, you can’t go wrong. Don’t plump for the obvious white, though. Try one of today’s new neutrals, like this rich, grey shade.
Pump up the luxe
Seamless blocks of richly veined grey marble look fantastically sleek and luxurious. Here, the discreet ceiling spotlights illuminate the natural veining and are reflected in the marble’s glossy finish.
Seamless blocks of richly veined grey marble look fantastically sleek and luxurious. Here, the discreet ceiling spotlights illuminate the natural veining and are reflected in the marble’s glossy finish.
Lay an artwork
This coastal themed tiled floor injects just the right amount of colour and interest to a neutral scheme. Who says the art needs to be on the wall?
This coastal themed tiled floor injects just the right amount of colour and interest to a neutral scheme. Who says the art needs to be on the wall?
Choose checks
This flooring idea is simply genius. What looks like a plaid carpet is actually an intricate pattern of wall-to-wall black, white and red mosaic tiles. Juxtaposed with the antique vanity basin and Deco style mirror, this is interior eclecticism in its truest sense.
This flooring idea is simply genius. What looks like a plaid carpet is actually an intricate pattern of wall-to-wall black, white and red mosaic tiles. Juxtaposed with the antique vanity basin and Deco style mirror, this is interior eclecticism in its truest sense.
Get a graphic look
Geometrics are bang on trend this season and here, the mesmerising black and white pattern is the focal point of this otherwise minimalist bathroom. The pattern, created from tiny mosaic tiles, is continued up the walls and onto the ceiling above the shower, for a strong, exciting statement.
Geometrics are bang on trend this season and here, the mesmerising black and white pattern is the focal point of this otherwise minimalist bathroom. The pattern, created from tiny mosaic tiles, is continued up the walls and onto the ceiling above the shower, for a strong, exciting statement.
Play with pattern
Don’t be afraid to let loose with pattern on the floor, but make sure the rest of the room is simple and clutter free. You don’t need to use patterned tiles, but can instead arrange beautifully shaped tiles on the diagonal, as here. This grey and white tiled floor is a softer take on the classic chequerboard look and takes the colour scheme from the walls and extends it underfoot.
Get inspired with 10 vibrant mosaic tile designs
How do you keep your bathroom style interesting? Give us your favourite tips in the Comments.
Don’t be afraid to let loose with pattern on the floor, but make sure the rest of the room is simple and clutter free. You don’t need to use patterned tiles, but can instead arrange beautifully shaped tiles on the diagonal, as here. This grey and white tiled floor is a softer take on the classic chequerboard look and takes the colour scheme from the walls and extends it underfoot.
Get inspired with 10 vibrant mosaic tile designs
How do you keep your bathroom style interesting? Give us your favourite tips in the Comments.
This charming patchwork arrangement of patterned tiles adds bags of personality to this simple grey and white scheme. The cheerful hues and mix-and-match designs create an uplifting, vintage look that has real star quality.