1. PICK BATHROOM WALL TILES WITH CHARACTER
Bathrooms, by their very nature, are practical spaces. Function has to come first, form follows. But see your bathroom wall tiles as a sure-fire way to inject a ton of character and personality into your space. Use them to bring in color, texture, depth, and shape.
2. BUT THINK ABOUT THE PRACTICALITIES TOO
And alongside thinking colors and shapes, do be thinking practically too. There's no point choosing beautiful tiles if they aren't right for your space.
3. CREATE ART WITH SWATHES OF PATTERN
As this walk-in shower proves, not all bathroom wall tile designs need to be made up of lots of individual tiles with structured, visible grout lines. For a more stunning and seamless look, use mosaics to create a display that's almost like wallpaper in its detail and depth. Look closely at this space and you'll see it's made up of hundreds of tiny petal shapes glass tiles set into a neutral grout.
4. ALLUDE TO MORE SPACE WITH STRIPES
It's design 101 that stripes make a space feel larger, and since bathrooms tend to be the smallest room in the house, it makes sense to create this classic pattern in tile form to create the allusion of a larger room.
5. ADD INTERESTING TEXTURES FOR SUBTLE STYLE
Subtle doesn't have to be bland. Tiles in neutral hues may not add color to a bathroom but they can add texture, and done in the right way they can be just as bold.
6. KEEP IT SLEEK AND SIMPLE WITH LARGE STONE TILES
For a sleek and seamless look, large-scale tiles are the way to go. While metro tiles will always be a popular choice, there's no denying that all those grout lines cause a lot of... distractions, and in some spaces, particularly smaller ones they are just going to overwhelm.
7. 'DOUBLE' YOUR SPACE WITH MIRRORED TILES
Mirrored tiles can be a tricky look to get right, but we think this bathroom gets it spot on. The key is to go big – take it floor to ceiling and 'double' the space. And don't go too...shiny either, you want your mirrored tiles to have a bit of age, an antiqued look that isn't going create a really stark, clear reflection.
8. WARM UP A BATHROOM WITH PEACHY PINK TONES
Not ready to go too bright with your bathroom wall tiles, but still don't want the potentially clinical feeling of an all white bathroom? Pink tones are the perfect way to create a space that errs on the side of neutral but still creates a room an inviting feel.
9. GO HALF AND HALF WITH TILES AND WALLPAPER
Have we really got this far without mentioning a subway tile? Although it's not so much the shape of these tiles we are obsessing over, it's that deep, inky, sea green shade. The classic shape gives familiarity but the shade feels so... unique and unexpected.