Layout of tiles in the bathroom: rules and methods, color features, ideas for floor and walls

Rules for laying tiles in the bathroom

Basic Rules:

• In a room with low ceilings, a vertical tiled layout should be used, which allows visually stretching the space to a height.
• To expand small or narrow bathroom in Khrushchev, you need to use horizontal stacking of elements, which should be small in size and rectangular in shape.
• IN combined bathroom, due to various masonry, you can highlight the desired area, a niche or create an accent with certain areas, for example, with a washbasin, toilet, shower, heated towel rail. When using cladding in darker colors, the highlighted part becomes illusory closer.

Layout Methods

Several styling options are distinguished, on which not only the general appearance, but also the spatial perception of the bathroom will completely depend.

Standard

It is the most popular and fairly simple way, which can significantly save time and materials. With this layout, tiled modules are placed in straight, straight rows of seam in seam. Such a typical design option can also be combined, in the form of a harmonious multi-colored cladding, due to which it is possible to significantly diversify the design.

The photo shows the interior of the bathroom with a standard layout of tiles, made in two colors.

Offset

This layout is also referred to as a run or dressing. When using it, it turns out to create an imitation of brickwork and, depending on the direction of the elements of a rectangular shape, make changes to the geometry of space.

In the photo, the layout of the green tile is a boar with an offset on the wall in the interior of the bathroom.

Staggered

Basically, this classic layout involves the use of square tiles black and whiteresembling a chessboard. Also, to create a more interesting pattern on the surface, other combinations, for example blue and yellow, red and white, beige and brown, or purple and light green, will be appropriate.

Herringbone

It has a rather luxurious appearance and is characterized by the placement of elements at an angle of 90 °, which repeats the laying of a parquet board. This design is distinguished by the presence of several subspecies, such as a French herringbone, double herringbone or a triple herringbone that looks like a weave.

In the photo there is a bathroom with narrow rectangular tiles in different colors with a Christmas tree layout.

Diagonally

Thanks to the diagonal styling, you can not only decorate the surface, but also hide its minor defects and visually expand the boundaries of the bathroom. For this method, square tiled products, with a plain or patterned design, are most often used. The only negative is that after facing there is a lot of excess material.

With a border

It involves dividing the room in color into two parts, where the lining of the lower level has darker shades, and the upper one is light or vice versa. With this styling, you can make the room lower or wider.

Modular

Looks great, both on the walls and on the floor. For a modular layout and create an interesting geometric pattern, use at least three tile elements having different sizes.

Linear

Provides the ability to use tiled finishes in different colors, which can be arranged in the form of wavy, solid, broken, or parallel lines in any order.

In the photo the interior of the bathroom, with a wall lined with mosaic tiles with a linear layout.

Carpet

This method is similar in appearance to a palace with a magnificent geometric pattern. Tiled carpet or panels can differ in bright patterns on a plain canvas or be framed with a color border.

Ornament

It can have the most diverse, intricate design and ornate ornament with the alternation of different masonry options and the use of tiles or mosaics in three or more shades.

Location recommendations for tile shape and size

A few basic tips:

• Diamond products will look better in a more spacious bathroom. When using this form in a variety of colors, you can create a three-dimensional effect on the plane. This design is often used on the floor or highlight small accent areas.
• An excellent option would be a laying scheme, in the form of vertical stripes from a large rectangular or square tile, in the middle of a large wall.
• A particularly interesting result can be achieved by combining the model with a boar or a brick with other tiled views. Thanks to this solution, you can not only avoid problems with decorating corners, but also achieve zoning of the space.

Tile layout color features

A classic and fairly common solution is to design the upper part in a light color, and the lower one in a darker color, using a clear border line. However, this layout option should not be used in small bathroom. In such rooms, a plain tile in beige, olive, light brown, gray or white tones will look better.

See more grout color selection rules.

When decorating a small bathroom with a two-color cladding, it is desirable that the selected elements do not contrast too much with each other.

In the photo there is a beige-colored pig with tiles in the style of patchwork on the walls in the bathroom interior.

Examples of laying tiles on the floor

The most optimal solution is tile of a classic square shape, which is small in size, but depending on the interior design, a variety of options can be chosen, for example, combined polygonal, curly or diamond-shaped elements that have absolutely any sequence.

In the photo, the floor in the bathroom with a chaotic layout of multi-colored tiles of curly shape.

To dilute the monotonous and boring floor design, a combination of large and small decorative tiles will be appropriate.

Photo layout of tiles on the walls

For wall decor, mosaics and a wide variety of tiled finishes of a large, standard size, square or rectangular shape are often used. When designing, first of all, the size of the bathroom is taken into account, for example, in a small room it will be better to use the decoration in light shades with masonry in the form of vertical stripes.

The photo shows the interior of a bathroom with a wall decorated with rectangular tiles in blue with a Christmas tree layout.

For the correct choice of the laying scheme, you should accurately measure the walls of the room, taking into account the opening from the door, niches and ledges. In a small room, it is better to use a tile with a smooth surface or apply relief elements to highlight small areas.

Toilet tile combinations

The most popular toilet solution is wall decoration halfway with the curb. This option slightly takes away the height of the room, but at the same time makes it more voluminous.

Be sure to check out the article on tiled toilet.

In a narrow room, do not place a long tile strip behind the toilet, as this will further stretch and narrow the space.

Original layout ideas

A rather non-standard option is fragmentary styling, which assumes a background tile of the same color with intersperses, inserts and accent contrasts or a kaleidoscope arrangement that allows you to create unusual patterns and figures using tiled elements that are not similar to each other.

Also no less interesting is the layout of the spray or patchwork, which includes multi-colored tiles in a chaotic or ordered arrangement.

In the photo there is a white diamond-shaped tile with bright splashes on the floor and on walls in the bathroom interior.

Photo gallery

Thanks to the layout of the tiles, you can implement a variety of interior concepts and create a unique design, both in a large and a small bathroom.