The possibilities of bathroom interior décor with modern bathroom tiles are almost endless. You can create any type of space you want to experience daily. From the plain vibes of simplicity to otherworldly dimensions in colour and pattern, modern bathroom tile texture offers everything you can imagine.
Spaces for Tile Installation in Modern Bathroom
If you have a large bathroom with a separate corner dedicated to the overhead shower experience, you can have as many as four different spaces for tiling. However, in a midsize or small bathroom, there really are only two, or three if you are installing a vanity.
- Bathroom Wall
- Bathroom Floor
- Shower enclosure wall and floor
- Vanity countertop
All four spaces (or three if it’s an open shower) can use different tile designs. Although you can install a different tile design in the shower enclosure the tile ideas are the same for walls and floors. You just need to use a different colour and pattern if you want to mark the shower area separate from the rest of the bathroom.
Bathroom Wall Tile Ideas
You can count on the luxe factor while choosing bathroom wall tiles. Considering you want to have a unique and exclusive bath to something which blends in with all and is even a bit nostalgic.
Here are six wall tile designs that will get your mind rolling for a new bath interior:
Glamour & Exotic Series from H&R Johnson
H&R Johnson is one of the most popular tile brands in India and boasts a large collection of floor and wall tiles. Glamour and Exotic tiles from H&R Johnson hold some of the most unique and colourful tile patterns.
Whether you wish to create an otherworldly look in your bathroom or go exotic with natural and random patterns, this is the portfolio you can explore.
Ceramic Tiles with High Definition (HD) Prints
HD-printed ceramic tiles are some of the most popular wall tile designs for bathrooms. You can install these tiles in a unique pattern according to their coordinated design. These high-gloss tiles make your bathroom look organised and professional.
Special Polished Marble Look-Alike Tiles
Want to install the most exotic marble tiles in your bathroom? Don’t worry about price and sourcing, just find the specially polished marble look tiles. If you find these tiles in randomised print, they’ll be as close to the natural tiles as you can get.
The GVTs (glazed vitrified tiles) are water and stain-proof, unlike natural marble. The best part is, perhaps, the cool colours the polished marble tiles boast, i.e., green, gold, white, pink, yellow and so on.
Geometric Patterns
Geometric or digital patterns are popular designs for modern bathroom tiles due to their versatility. You can install the patterns as listellos, as a complete wall, or as a part of a coordinated design. These patterns also do well with commercial bathrooms and modern office bathrooms.
You can select darker tiles with golden colour patterns and similar other combinations for a modern luxury bathroom appearance.
3D Elevation Tile Designs
Like the geometric tiles 3D elevation tile designs are also quite popular on bathroom walls. However, their use is typically limited to the dry areas in the bath, for example, accent over the vanity basin.
These tiles can accumulate dirt and grime due to their elevated 3-dimensional patterns. So, you should clean these tiles regularly. You can also try installing 3D elevation tiles featuring glossy surfaces.
Classic Heritage Tiles
Image: Heritage & Plank Tiles Installation Patterns
Classic or heritage tile designs can give your bathroom a nostalgic appearance. Typically available in solid colour and glossy finish, these tiny tiles can take you back to your grandparents’ era in no time.
The black and white chessboard pattern is a famous heritage tile pattern you can replicate with other contrasting colour combos.
Floor Tile Ideas
The bathroom floor tile selection is usually not the same as the wall tiles. For one, the floor tiles are expected to carry the weight, and surface hardness to handle the traffic without losing their appearance. Secondly, the floor tiles also require an adequate wet grip, especially in home bathrooms.
Thus, most of the time floor tiles will not use floor tile designs with high gloss, gloss or even satin matt finish surfaces. Here are the four most popular floor tile designs after filtering all the ineligible designs:
Digital SSR Tiles
Digital SSR or scratch and stain-resistant tiles are perfect for bathroom floors. You can use these tiles for both residential and commercial bathrooms as they can handle medium to high traffic without visible surface damage.
At the same time, these tiles offer multiple design patterns, including the all-time favourite, wood looks tiles. Also available in rustic, geometric and floral patterns.
Mosaic Patterns
Mosaic pattern tiles have been a popular choice for flooring for more than four thousand years. The only difference between classical mosaic tiles and modern mosaic is that now you can install a mosaic pattern instead of creating the pattern piece by piece.
These tiles are available in both glossy and matt finish. So, if you find one, do look for the other and see if it gives your bathroom a better appearance.
Floral Designs (Rectified Tiles)
Modern bathroom tiles with floral patterns give a royal appearance to your bathroom, with a natural and warm feeling. You can choose to install a dual-tone tile or choose a more colourful one in these patterns.
You can use rectified tiles with floral patterns and create a coordinated design. Rectified tiles can be installed much closer to each other as they feature rectified (sharp) edges, unlike other tiles.
Quartz
Quartz tiles look like the colour pigment has been sprinkled on them. However, they are sturdy and look beautiful when installed. This is also one of the oldest floor designs. Earlier the floor used to be created using glass, stones and quartz pieces mixed with cement. But with quartz tiles, it’s only a matter of installation.
You can use these tiles with a single colour like green, grey, pink, brown, etc. or create a pattern of your choice by mixing the tiles.
Common Wall & Floor Tiles
While different floor and wall tile designs create a beautiful interior, you can up the luxe quotient by using the same tile designs for both floor and walls. The following tile designs and patterns have been popular with this kind of uniform interior.
Wood Planks
Wood planks perfectly resemble any natural wood you can dream of installing on your bathroom floor and walls. Wood plank tiles are GVTs available in 120x20cm versions. You can use a single type of wood plank for your entire bathroom or mix two plank designs (or colours) to create a unique space.
Wood Matt Finish Tiles
Unlike wood planks, wooden tiles are sized as larger ceramic and vitrified tiles but feature wooden patterns. These larger tiles would make the installation easier but keep your bathroom interior natural, the same as wood plank tiles.
Rustic Finish Stone
Rustic stone is also a GVT with a natural stone appearance. These tiles often feature veins just like the natural stone and a rustic, non-reflective surface which replicates the appearance of granite and other natural stones perfectly.
Almost all ceramic and vitrified tile designs listed here can be installed on the floor and walls. However, with bathroom floors, you need to be careful and use only matt finish tiles or tiles clearly marked for anti-skid properties.
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