Creating a Tile Design Scheme For Your Bathroom
One of the easiest ways to freshen up the appearance of your bathroom is laying down a new tile scheme. Here are a few tips on how to do it.
Safety should be your first concern when laying down tile in your bathroom. There is increased risk of slipping with certain types of tiles. Even if you yourself are not particularly concerned with slipping, do you have children or elderly people living with you that are more apt to slipping? Keep in mind that tiles that are known in the industry as “glazed” are generally more slippery than “non-glazed tiles.” So, the safer option would obviously be non-glazed tile. Terracotta, quarry, and porcelain are good examples of non-glazed tiles. Their surfaces are more rough, giving your feet more traction and therefore reducing the risk of slipping. However, one disadvantage to having non-glazed tile is that it is harder to clean because dirt and oil can get within the tiny recesses within the surface.
Glazed tiles have a layer of glass brushed or spray painted on before they are baked in the production cycle. This creates their distinct smooth and shiny surface. There are significantly less crevices within the surface, so glazed tile is much easier to clean than non-glazed tile. When it is clean, it can create a dramatic shine to your bathroom to make it look spic and span.
In terms of appearance, you can never go wrong with all white. However, it is best that you use glazed white tile if you intend to go all white. Non-glazed white tile is very difficult to keep clean. Then again, there’s the issue of an increased risk of slipping so white is not always the best choice for everyone. Alternatives to white include beige, bone, gray, and sand. These will match with many existing bathroom themes, so keep that in mind if you don’t want to change your bathroom around too much. It usually helps to pay attention to your existing fixtures, especially your sink countertop. Matching your tile to your countertop will often result in a well balanced color scheme. But it also helps to pay attention to your faucets and mirrors. If you have big and shiny mirrors, and stainless steel or chrome faucets, you can usually create a visually stunning look with bright tile such as red and blue. Faucets with matte finishes, such as bronze, copper, and nickel often go well with darker tile such as chocolate or carbon gray. However, they can also look great with Spanish tile, mosaic, and marble.
Sometimes your bathroom will look better if you use more than one color. Small bathrooms, for example, look better with a checkered pattern. Bathrooms that have a particularly long corridor usually look great with one or two rows that differ in color in relation to an otherwise solid tile setting. Consider laying down some accent tiles, these are smaller tiles that you place aside the bigger tile to give you variation in color and lines. Accent tile looks good in both small and large restrooms.
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