Bathroom Tile Ideas
THE TILE SOURCE Guide to Choosing Bathroom Tiles

Hopefully you will have chosen the overall colour scheme for your bathroom. You may also have decided on a style and will probably be restrained by a budget. You now need some bathroom tile ideas! Ceramic, stone, glass and metal tiles are all cost effective surfaces that will provide a versatile hard wearing finish that is unaffected by water, does not harbour dust, and are easy to clean, particularly if you have young boys!

The current trend for white sanitaryware allows your artistic talents to go wild as nearly any colour will work. Dark accent colours can be used with paler shades or whites. Wide or narrow vertical stripes can be used to emphasise features like your sink or mirror. Horizontal borders run singly or in parallel pairs can bring scale to a bathroom or be used to define the edge of a different coloured or textured tile.

Oblong tiles can be laid on their side (landscape) or upright (portrait) in either square or broken bond. When laid landscape it can make the room feel longer, while a portrait pattern can make the ceiling feel higher.

THE TILE SOURCE has a large range of different sized tiles from the huge down to the smallest mosaic. As a guide use a tile size that does not look too busy, so the larger the bathroom consider using a larger format tile. Consider using different size tiles in your project, perhaps using a smaller tile as a cost effective border or feature strip. If you are using square tiles consider fixing them, or a band of them at an angle.Mix different materials and textures. Ceramic, stone, glass and metal can be mixed to create unique designs to suit all budgets and styles.

Low cost white tiles could be used to create a modern look with glass mosaics used as an accent colour, or perhaps a stone effect ceramic tile with a contrasting natural stone mosaic		 Tile textures can also make a big impact. Matt, silk or gloss tiles, bumpy, riven, un-filled travertines, polished natural stone or porcelain and glass tiles all provide different effects and capture light differently.

Do not forget to incorporate bathroom floor tiles in your scheme. Extremely hard wearing, easy to clean and unaffected by floods they are ideal for kitchens. Match them up with Magnum Electric Underfloor Heating to create a beautiful warm and cosy floor. Either co-ordinate with your bathroom wall tiles or contrast. Using a darker flooring makes your bathroom look larger, and using the tiles chequerboard with a lighter colour tile can create an interesting effect. THE TILE SOURCE probably has the largest selection of co-ordinating bathroom tile floors available from stock in the country.

Natural stone mosaics could be used to create an interesting feature and add interest for both walls and floors.

Do not forget the finishing touches, consider grout width and colour. Contrasting grout colours can add definition (but also show up any grouting or tiling mistakes) or co-ordinating can create a seamless effect. Metal trims and plastic trims are available to add the final touch. THE TILE SOURCE has a huge range of bathroom tile ideas and room sets to inspire you in our showrooms across the south.
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