ᐅ Is it advisable to use only a small amount of wall tiles in bathrooms and toilets?
Created on: 20 Dec 2023 09:52
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netzplan
Hello everyone,
We are currently selecting our floor and wall tiles. At first, I thought we would only fully tile the shower area / shower niche on the walls.
I was planning to just plaster the toilet area and the washbasin to make it feel a bit more homey, even though the bathroom isn’t really a place where you spend much time sitting :-)
1. What do you think about this? Would that be too daring? Would it be better to have the toilet and washbasin areas tiled as well, about 1m or 1.2m (3.3 ft or 4 ft) high?
2. If we do tile the toilet and washbasin areas, should we also tile the side wall of the toilet area? Please see the sketch.
We are currently selecting our floor and wall tiles. At first, I thought we would only fully tile the shower area / shower niche on the walls.
I was planning to just plaster the toilet area and the washbasin to make it feel a bit more homey, even though the bathroom isn’t really a place where you spend much time sitting :-)
1. What do you think about this? Would that be too daring? Would it be better to have the toilet and washbasin areas tiled as well, about 1m or 1.2m (3.3 ft or 4 ft) high?
2. If we do tile the toilet and washbasin areas, should we also tile the side wall of the toilet area? Please see the sketch.
11ant schrieb:
At least choose the weakest possible grout-to-tile contrast, otherwise you might end up ruining the friendship. I’m letting my wife take the lead on this. She wants tiles as large as possible, with minimal grout lines (so rectified edges) and preferably grout that matches the tile color. (That won’t be easy because grout tends to change or darken over time.)
11ant schrieb:
The larger the tiles (especially if square!), the more any misalignment in the grout spacing stands out and can’t be ignored. She even wants to install the tiles in a "stack bond" pattern to make it look more harmonious and linear. Also, she wants to use the same tiles (in the same size) on the walls. (The same tile comes in 30x60cm (12x24 inches).) For the floor, there are options of 80x80cm (31x31 inches) or 90x90cm (35x35 inches).
xMisterDx schrieb:
It might sound cliché... but I would talk to the tiler; they’ve usually seen and installed hundreds of bathrooms and often give good advice. It’s not cliché at all. Actually, it’s the better approach for my wife and the tiler to talk things through. Then it depends who takes the lead in the conversation :-)
sysrun80 schrieb:
We don’t have any tiles in the house at all. Here is an example from the guest bathroom, which is not yet finished.Not only the bathroom, but the post also seems incomplete: you didn’t specify exactly what is shown instead of tiles. Is that latex paint or some kind of garage floor coating?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Bertram10025 Dec 2023 23:31netzplan schrieb:
She wants tiles as large as possible Large tiles can make a space appear smaller if the room is of average size. The tile size only creates a "large" impression in spacious rooms. The reason it sometimes looks awkward in standard-sized rooms is that only one and a half or two tiles fit side by side. Our brain immediately recognizes this for what it is, and it doesn’t look like "a lot" or "big." I have yet to see a beautifully tiled bathroom floor with tiles that large.
netzplan schrieb:
She wants tiles as large as possible, with almost no grout lines.I have a big question mark here as to whether a phobia of grout lines is a good design guideline.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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