ᐅ Which areas of the bathroom should be tiled?

Hello dear forum,

We have been thinking for weeks about which areas in the bathroom should be tiled but can’t find a solution. That’s why we are hoping for your help.

We want to tile as little as possible, but we have the problem that there is a window on the wall opposite the shower, and we don’t know how to tile around it without it looking awkward. Also, we are unsure how to tile around the bathtub. And for the wall under the large window in general, should we plaster it, tile halfway up, or something else? We just aren’t creative enough here.

At the washbasin, we would like to tile only halfway up, and behind the toilet, we want to tile just the wall behind it, also halfway up.

We would really appreciate any tips.

Best regards,
Ivonne

We have only tiled certain areas as well. Behind the toilet, washbasin, and bathtub, the tiling is halfway up the wall, while in the shower it goes all the way to the ceiling. Our bathtub area is tiled with small tiles that match the floor, and above the bathtub there are two rows of wall tiles.

The shower is tricky in your case. I think it would be best to tile from floor to ceiling next to the window, and below the window up to the windowsill, as well as in front up to the height of the partition wall.

Katdreas schrieb:

We only tiled partial areas as well. Behind the toilet, sink, and bathtub we tiled halfway up the wall, and the shower is tiled from floor to ceiling. For the bathtub, we used small tiles that match the floor, with two rows of the wall tiles above the bathtub.
The shower is tricky in your case. I think I would tile floor to ceiling next to the window, and from below the window up to the windowsill, then continue out to the height of the T wall.

Thank you very much for your quick response.
Yes, the shower is actually the biggest challenge. Do you think it would look strange if we only tiled up to the T wall? But tiling the entire wall halfway up doesn’t seem quite right either, does it?

And for the bathtub, would you tile the walls only up to the edge of the tub?

For the tiles, we were thinking of 60x60cm (24x24 inches) concrete-look tiles for the floor and possibly also on the walls in a subtle grey or beige tone. For the shower and behind the toilet, maybe a nice decorative tile. We would also like something different around the bathtub, but we’re not sure if that might look too bulky. Our sink will look like the one in the attached picture. Although we are still flexible on the color.

We have also chosen a decorative tile for the back wall of the shower, while for the rest we want light natural stone look tiles in 60x60cm (24x24 inches).
I really like that!
Otherwise: We will tile halfway up the walls everywhere (1.20m (4 feet), so 2 tiles of 60cm (24 inches)) except in the shower, where the tiling will go all the way up, in our case 2m (6.5 feet) (since it’s under the roof, with a room height of about 3m (10 feet)).

saralina87 schrieb:

We also chose a decorative tile for the back wall of the shower, and for the rest, we wanted a light natural stone look in 60x60cm (24x24 inches).
I like that!
Otherwise: We will tile halfway up everywhere (1.20m (4 feet), so 2x60cm (2x24 inches)) except in the shower, where it will naturally go all the way up, in our case 2m (6.5 feet) (since it’s under the roof, room height about 3m (10 feet)).

I don’t know, I find halfway up the walls a bit much. Somehow, I’d prefer to have more plastered area than tiled.

The decorative tile looks great too. What is it called?

I’m adding some pictures of tiles we like. We know the one shown with the shower from our trip to Italy. That was actually our favorite so far. However, it is 3D, and I’m not sure how easy it is to clean.

Well, tiling up to 1.20m (4 feet) isn’t really very high – but of course, that comes down to personal preference. However, anything less than 1.20m (4 feet) would look odd with 60x60cm (24x24 inch) tiles; you would either have to cut them or end up with 60cm (24 inch) — in that case, it might be better not to tile the wall at all. We wouldn’t want it higher than 1.20m (4 feet) either.

The medium decorative tiles were also available for sampling with us, and I found them quite nice. But the ones we chose really impressed me from the start.
They are called Caresanablot.