In the bathroom, a modern person spends a little time, but it is the image of this room that can make the day, set to a good mood and help to find harmony in the evening. Before getting the right emotions, you must find a compromise between personal preferences and the planned budget, not forgetting to take into account the area of the room. Creating a beautiful interior, taking into account all the nuances, will help design tiles in the bathroom.
The reason for the popularity of tiles in front of other materials for finishing the planes of the bathroom is obvious: strength, durability, practicality and most importantly, versatility of use. An impressive selection of samples in size, texture, color design will easily fit into any stylistic direction. Modern collections reflect the latest interior design trends. To understand the variety of options presented, it is enough to possess the necessary information and then the final result will correspond to the idea conceived.
A bathroom is a room with special conditions: high humidity, temperature changes, aggressive and frequent exposure to household chemicals.
Each of the species should have certain characteristics:
Moisture resistance. Particular emphasis is placed on hygiene standards, because the development of bacteria, fungi in the especially porous structure of the material is not included in the repair program. The division of moisture resistance into 8 groups: for the design of the bathroom, samples 1, 2, 3 are recognized as optimal;
Wear resistance. It is selected depending on the semantic purpose. Special pictograms and strength classes will help you figure it out on your own. Palm silhouette - suitable only for walls, rather soft material, the first class is optimal, without overpaying for increased strength. The silhouette of the foot is the finish of the floor. Experts recommend stopping the choice of the second or third, without overpaying extra money, because after the fourth - the premium for wear resistance will be significant, suggesting increased use in public places (airports, pools);
Coefficient of friction. The criterion is relevant for ceramic tiles used as flooring. To exclude the traumatic risk of slipping bare feet on wet tiles, class B products are recommended;
Resistance to household chemicals. Marking "AA" will provide protection from the aggressive environment of detergents, disinfectants;
Exposure to ultraviolet is absolutely not relevant if there are no windows, as well as the “frost resistance” characteristic.
Tile Material
Regardless of the intended design of the tile, according to its functionality, it is divided into three types: wall, floor, decorative elements, each of which is made from completely different materials.Such seemingly simple ceramics can be divided into 2 types depending on the number of firing: monocottura (one firing), bicottura (two stages). Several characteristics of the latter variety often provoke a positive choice in their favor: low cost, ready-made collections with decorative elements and layout for cladding.
Clinker is gaining more and more popularity - it has an amazing ability to maintain appearance, strength, durability in any conditions. Some design ideas (loft style, ethno) can be ideally realized only with the help of clinker. Able to change the visual geometry of the bathroom only using the alternative method of laying out.
Porcelain tile, being a variety of ceramics by the technical method of production, by its external characteristics has long been successfully replacing stone. Like stone tiles, it will last a very long time if the installation work is carried out correctly, the price of which will be significantly more expensive than when dressing the bathroom walls in tiles. It is worth taking care of the renovation of such tiles in a few years - polishing of the stone may be required.
To choose a tile taking into account the key features of the material will help the table:
Title
The maximum possible range of colors
Price aspect (have to spend money)
Wear resistance
Using
for any surfaces
Texture
Ceramic monocottur
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Pottery bicotura
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Clinker
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Porcelain Tiles
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Size and shape
The size of the tile is important for the design of a spacious bathroom, and for a small one it is of direct importance. Professional designers advise you to always adhere to the following recommendations when choosing a tile size that can even change the geometry of space:
Using a tile in the form of a rectangle with 3 × 2 sides: the location to the side, if necessary, to make the room look visually wider
Large tiles on a small surface - fit only a few pieces in a row. Most often, additional seams are required: the case of crushing, dividing tiles in complex areas, corners. Gold standard for aesthetics of wall surfaces - at least 6 pieces in a row;
Aesthetically beautiful when all the taps, buttons, holders are located in the center of the tile segment;
The sizes of floor coverings vary from a minimum of 2.5 * 2.5 cm to an impressive 60 * 60 cm. The fashionable parquet design of floor tiles in an extravagant bathroom has a non-standard size of laying material: 36.5 * 12 cm;
For fans of the classics, but with a modern bias, the designers came up with a combination of a square identical in design, but different in size segments.
Too small tile size automatically increases the number of seams. They need a moisture-resistant grout and timely, constant antiseptic treatment.
The modern design of the bathroom often involves the use of tiles of various shapes. Rectangles, squares and bricks - this is only a small part of the range that the tiled collections have. Curved edges allow curly tiles to become the main decoration in the "wet zone".
Bright reception: contrast enhancement is achieved by finishing the accent wall with figured tiles in catchy colors, for example in the form of honeycombs, against the backdrop of classic samples of calm, neutral tones. Amazing hexagons have become one of the major breakthroughs of the year, as they are used in a wide variety of styles.
Style
The design of the bathroom implies the same huge selection of stylistic trends as in the interior solutions of other rooms. Modern collections of ceramic tiles allow any, but still the most common is the classic. Advantages: suitable for large, full-sized and small bathrooms.
Color performance: a standard, win-win option is the design in two tones of a related palette, with the dark component located at the bottom. For differentiation, a border is used that performs the connecting function of color performance. The use of a decorative edge in the following design will add liveliness to the bathroom interior:
Flower ornament;
Geometric pattern;
Sophisticated photo print.
The color classics of the genre are shades of white, blue, beige, the addition of gold and bronze as accents.
Elements of the Mediterranean style will bring special luxury, as it is characterized by decorative moments in the form of panels, mosaics. It is compensated by a calm color scheme - natural colors typical of the coast in the bathroom: natural greens, blue, sand, deep terracotta.
Fans of maximum practicality, functionality should pay attention to modern styles, such as high-tech. Primary colors: white, gray, black, silver. Reflecting modernity will help individual elements - tiles in the form of metal inserts, mirror ceramics. Art Nouveau is characterized by design using panels, the active inclusion of mosaics, not only on the walls, but also on the decoration of plumbing, mirrors, and the shower area. The color scheme can be calm, made in pastel shades, but the accents are always bright.
Oriental-style design is gaining popularity - design gives the necessary exoticism, but it is dosed: in the bathroom a person spends not so much time as in other rooms. Therefore, you can use intricate motifs, especially bright tones of red, yellow, green, turquoise. The Egyptian, Arabic style can be suitable for small “wet zones” if ornaments (hieroglyphs, Turkish “cucumbers”, other characteristic details) can be used dosed or only on borders.The design will be relevant for those who gravitate toward the abundance of gold in the interior - here you can safely and in any quantities can be implemented without fear of bad taste, “kitsch”. Therefore, those who love the "richer" will suit the baroque, art deco with their pretentiousness, lack of modesty.
Calm retro, country will help to become more romantic and peaceful. The appearance of tiles “for textiles” will help to realize these stylistic directions. Eco and ethno styles also do not go unnoticed by collection developers. I want to touch a tile with imitation of snake, crocodile skin. She looks particularly well against the background of calm, natural shades, especially fashionable in the season:
Earthy, beige;
Grayscale, including graphite - “new” gray;
Edible: truffle, cappuccino, mocha;
Green, especially the color of young foliage.
Color
Choosing a favorite style, many are guided by the characteristic colors characteristic of each individually. But in addition to choosing the color palette of tiles, it is necessary to take into account the general harmonious combination with specific plumbing, the area of the room. A black and white monochrome will come to the rescue, which will not lose its popularity for a long time.
The universality of this “non-color” solution lies in its execution for various styles of bathroom design:
Minimalism, hi-tech - actual brevity;
Gothic, neo-baroque, glamor - the addition of gold elements, an abundance of decor, shiny bricks.
A simple solution will be the design in one color key: this will avoid additional thought over every detail, especially careful selection of furniture, as in the case of contrasting performance. Calm, bright colors will allow you to seamlessly perform an elegant arrangement. Bright colors, such as red, find fans of art deco, oriental and avant-garde styles, but not only the choice of tiles, but also the combination of all other bathroom items, accessories, and decor will help to achieve an organic atmosphere here. You can always enhance the brightness and add depth using the texture of the tile material.
When purchasing a tile, they are guided by the addition of 15% of the material to the calculated amount. In case of unforeseen moments, which any repair is so famous for, it will be problematic to acquire a similar one - there is a high probability of discrepancy in shades.
Decor and other exotic
Standard collections provide for the inclusion of decorative elements, but you can choose among all the variety that can transform a template, typical interior beyond recognition:
Borders
Mosaic. The design around the doorway looks beautiful, as a continuation of the design idea. Small inclusions will practically not affect the budget and the visual, rather insidious decrease in the volume of the room;
Friezes. The design of special areas - for example, the zone of the sink, will add a twist to the interior;
Mirror segments. Undoubtedly add space and problems to the care and polishing.
All this beauty can be located opposite the door, at the level of human eyes or slightly lower (150-160 cm) - the maximum concentration of attention.
The maximum expressiveness of the design can be achieved using non-standard options, the variety of which is amazing:
Panel. Ideal for a large, medium area, the ability to create an original, exclusive option without harm to the budget;
Majolica - a hand-made bicotura variety that has a certain ornament and an amazing blue color, which allows designers to dress the walls in exclusive "clothes";
Earthenware - for the old, vintage style, country is simply irreplaceable;
Porcelain is an expensive material, but it allows to realize certain ideas;
Glass is a more modern trend, which allows for a fashionable combination with a transparent shower, partitions, making the room airy, spacious;
Cotto is a monocotture variety, more often the special color of red clay will bring originality, authenticity to the interior of the bathroom;
Tree.Successful imitation will allow not to violate the style of, for example, the eco-interior of the entire apartment or house. Natural colors contribute to maximum relaxation, allowing you to draw an analogy with the spa.
Photographic tile and other technologies
Special attention should be paid to modern technologies that have captured the tile market segment. Sublimation, decal, UV printing allow you to create unique designs that meet all the requirements put forward by conventional, classic designs:
High stability;
Excellent color rendering;
Ultimate sharpness for any size.
A clear advantage - you can order an individual drawing for your own selected material. You can enter a photo tile into the bathroom of any size, and even increase the space due to the 3D effect, creating a third dimension: a marine theme with open spaces of the ocean. Convex compositions: wave-like ridges, figures, oblique contour profiles are simply created to become the central decoration of the bathroom. Against their background, cranes and accessories look in a special way. Well-chosen 3D-patterns will fit into any style, starting with minimalism and ending with glamor: likes for selfies are provided against the background of such walls.
5 nuances of designing a small bathroom
Gloss is an additional function of reflecting light, but for some owners of a completely glossy bathroom it can cause discomfort with glare;
The optimal size of the tile segments: square - 20 * 20, 30 * 30; rectangle - 15 * 30, 30 * 60. The shape of the bathroom is taken into account - narrow or square;
Refuse porcelain stoneware - this is a very difficult material for cutting, and in a small room, crushing will be striking;
White undoubtedly adds volume, but can provoke associations with the hospital. Bright accents or the use of an alternative in the form of inclusions of marble surfaces will help to avoid this;
Blue color will help you feel freedom and infinity, naturalness is the color of the sky and the sea.To add depth will enable the inclusion of dark blue, Marsala.
Keeping up with the times
Having studied the latest trends in interior design and new products offered by manufacturers, you can create a unique bathroom, breaking the familiar patterns. Understanding the importance of the interior of the bathroom in the overall design of the whole house encourages the creation of exceptional types of tiles.
This year brought the maximum variety of imitations:
Imitation of wallpaper texture;
Metal, which immediately found application in the high-tech style, minimalism;
Improved wood-like collections, imitation of aged brick, which is important for a loft, a rustic style;
Cotton, satin, embroidery - considering new items, it is difficult to believe that this is a tiled material.
As for specific performances, the new season shows diversity: restrained Scandinavian style, optical illusions of futuristic bathroom interiors. The undoubted trend is still ethno-motifs with imitation of hand-painted paintings, while emphasizing the cosmopolitanism of the owners of such bathrooms. Fans of harmonious and concise arrangements will love the art of origami, reflected in characteristic squares.
Graffiti-style tiles in partnership with plain tinted will find their followers. Porcelain stoneware fans will like the decision of manufacturers to release this popular material in new size segments: 30 * 90 cm. All this will lead to the search for their own way to custom design the bathroom using such standard material as tiles.
In the bathroom, a modern person spends a little time, but it is the image of this room that can make the day, set to a good mood and help to find harmony in the evening. Before getting the right emotions, you must find a compromise between personal preferences and the planned budget, not forgetting to take into account the area of the room. Creating a beautiful interior, taking into account all the nuances, will help design tiles in the bathroom.
The reason for the popularity of tiles in front of other materials for finishing the planes of the bathroom is obvious: strength, durability, practicality and most importantly, versatility of use. An impressive selection of samples in size, texture, color design will easily fit into any stylistic direction. Modern collections reflect the latest interior design trends. To understand the variety of options presented, it is enough to possess the necessary information and then the final result will correspond to the idea conceived.
Content
Functional purpose
A bathroom is a room with special conditions: high humidity, temperature changes, aggressive and frequent exposure to household chemicals.
Each of the species should have certain characteristics:
Tile Material
Regardless of the intended design of the tile, according to its functionality, it is divided into three types: wall, floor, decorative elements, each of which is made from completely different materials.Such seemingly simple ceramics can be divided into 2 types depending on the number of firing: monocottura (one firing), bicottura (two stages). Several characteristics of the latter variety often provoke a positive choice in their favor: low cost, ready-made collections with decorative elements and layout for cladding.
Clinker is gaining more and more popularity - it has an amazing ability to maintain appearance, strength, durability in any conditions. Some design ideas (loft style, ethno) can be ideally realized only with the help of clinker. Able to change the visual geometry of the bathroom only using the alternative method of laying out.
Porcelain tile, being a variety of ceramics by the technical method of production, by its external characteristics has long been successfully replacing stone. Like stone tiles, it will last a very long time if the installation work is carried out correctly, the price of which will be significantly more expensive than when dressing the bathroom walls in tiles. It is worth taking care of the renovation of such tiles in a few years - polishing of the stone may be required.
To choose a tile taking into account the key features of the material will help the table:
for any surfaces
Size and shape
The size of the tile is important for the design of a spacious bathroom, and for a small one it is of direct importance. Professional designers advise you to always adhere to the following recommendations when choosing a tile size that can even change the geometry of space:
The modern design of the bathroom often involves the use of tiles of various shapes. Rectangles, squares and bricks - this is only a small part of the range that the tiled collections have. Curved edges allow curly tiles to become the main decoration in the "wet zone".
Bright reception: contrast enhancement is achieved by finishing the accent wall with figured tiles in catchy colors, for example in the form of honeycombs, against the backdrop of classic samples of calm, neutral tones. Amazing hexagons have become one of the major breakthroughs of the year, as they are used in a wide variety of styles.
Style
The design of the bathroom implies the same huge selection of stylistic trends as in the interior solutions of other rooms. Modern collections of ceramic tiles allow any, but still the most common is the classic. Advantages: suitable for large, full-sized and small bathrooms.
Color performance: a standard, win-win option is the design in two tones of a related palette, with the dark component located at the bottom. For differentiation, a border is used that performs the connecting function of color performance. The use of a decorative edge in the following design will add liveliness to the bathroom interior:
The color classics of the genre are shades of white, blue, beige, the addition of gold and bronze as accents.
Elements of the Mediterranean style will bring special luxury, as it is characterized by decorative moments in the form of panels, mosaics. It is compensated by a calm color scheme - natural colors typical of the coast in the bathroom: natural greens, blue, sand, deep terracotta.
Fans of maximum practicality, functionality should pay attention to modern styles, such as high-tech. Primary colors: white, gray, black, silver. Reflecting modernity will help individual elements - tiles in the form of metal inserts, mirror ceramics. Art Nouveau is characterized by design using panels, the active inclusion of mosaics, not only on the walls, but also on the decoration of plumbing, mirrors, and the shower area. The color scheme can be calm, made in pastel shades, but the accents are always bright.
Oriental-style design is gaining popularity - design gives the necessary exoticism, but it is dosed: in the bathroom a person spends not so much time as in other rooms. Therefore, you can use intricate motifs, especially bright tones of red, yellow, green, turquoise. The Egyptian, Arabic style can be suitable for small “wet zones” if ornaments (hieroglyphs, Turkish “cucumbers”, other characteristic details) can be used dosed or only on borders.The design will be relevant for those who gravitate toward the abundance of gold in the interior - here you can safely and in any quantities can be implemented without fear of bad taste, “kitsch”. Therefore, those who love the "richer" will suit the baroque, art deco with their pretentiousness, lack of modesty.
Calm retro, country will help to become more romantic and peaceful. The appearance of tiles “for textiles” will help to realize these stylistic directions. Eco and ethno styles also do not go unnoticed by collection developers. I want to touch a tile with imitation of snake, crocodile skin. She looks particularly well against the background of calm, natural shades, especially fashionable in the season:
Color
Choosing a favorite style, many are guided by the characteristic colors characteristic of each individually. But in addition to choosing the color palette of tiles, it is necessary to take into account the general harmonious combination with specific plumbing, the area of the room. A black and white monochrome will come to the rescue, which will not lose its popularity for a long time.
The universality of this “non-color” solution lies in its execution for various styles of bathroom design:
A simple solution will be the design in one color key: this will avoid additional thought over every detail, especially careful selection of furniture, as in the case of contrasting performance. Calm, bright colors will allow you to seamlessly perform an elegant arrangement. Bright colors, such as red, find fans of art deco, oriental and avant-garde styles, but not only the choice of tiles, but also the combination of all other bathroom items, accessories, and decor will help to achieve an organic atmosphere here. You can always enhance the brightness and add depth using the texture of the tile material.
Decor and other exotic
Standard collections provide for the inclusion of decorative elements, but you can choose among all the variety that can transform a template, typical interior beyond recognition:
All this beauty can be located opposite the door, at the level of human eyes or slightly lower (150-160 cm) - the maximum concentration of attention.
The maximum expressiveness of the design can be achieved using non-standard options, the variety of which is amazing:
Photographic tile and other technologies
Special attention should be paid to modern technologies that have captured the tile market segment. Sublimation, decal, UV printing allow you to create unique designs that meet all the requirements put forward by conventional, classic designs:
A clear advantage - you can order an individual drawing for your own selected material.
You can enter a photo tile into the bathroom of any size, and even increase the space due to the 3D effect, creating a third dimension: a marine theme with open spaces of the ocean. Convex compositions: wave-like ridges, figures, oblique contour profiles are simply created to become the central decoration of the bathroom. Against their background, cranes and accessories look in a special way. Well-chosen 3D-patterns will fit into any style, starting with minimalism and ending with glamor: likes for selfies are provided against the background of such walls.
5 nuances of designing a small bathroom
Keeping up with the times
Having studied the latest trends in interior design and new products offered by manufacturers, you can create a unique bathroom, breaking the familiar patterns. Understanding the importance of the interior of the bathroom in the overall design of the whole house encourages the creation of exceptional types of tiles.
This year brought the maximum variety of imitations:
As for specific performances, the new season shows diversity: restrained Scandinavian style, optical illusions of futuristic bathroom interiors. The undoubted trend is still ethno-motifs with imitation of hand-painted paintings, while emphasizing the cosmopolitanism of the owners of such bathrooms. Fans of harmonious and concise arrangements will love the art of origami, reflected in characteristic squares.
Graffiti-style tiles in partnership with plain tinted will find their followers. Porcelain stoneware fans will like the decision of manufacturers to release this popular material in new size segments: 30 * 90 cm. All this will lead to the search for their own way to custom design the bathroom using such standard material as tiles.