ᐅ Which areas of the bathroom should be tiled?

Alessandro schrieb:

Edit: I would connect the bathtub to the T-joint and place the washbasin opposite, against the wall. That way, you have a bathtub open on three sides, highlighted up to the ceiling with a beautiful decorative tile. With some cool lighting, it’s the perfect dream bathroom.

Climbee schrieb:

Do you have an open roof structure there?

Then tile the shower only up to the height of the partition wall (around 220cm (87 inches) for us), the toilet and washbasin up to the installation pedestal, and tile the bathtub. Behind the bathtub, the tile height should either match the other tiling (so no cutting is needed) or be aligned in some relation to the window.

We have white wall tiles and dark floor tiles, and tiled the bathtub area with the floor tiles. Since our bathroom is very bright, this works well, but without our large double casement window, it would probably feel a bit dark.

What I want to say is: you don’t need to have the same tile height and type across the entire bathroom. This can actually create distinct zones quite nicely.

Here is the shower, tiled to about 220cm (87 inches), which is as high as the shower partition wall, and the top is open to the roof structure, so full-height tiling was never really an option anyway.
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The shower from the other side along with the washbasin – here the installation pedestal was also tiled (the horizontal surfaces with the floor tiles):
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Around the bathtub, we used the tile size as a reference: more precisely, one tile above the tub edge:
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And then carried this all the way around, but limited by the double casement window:
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As I said, the tub is enclosed with the floor tiles, which we also used on the wall in that corner. This works very well there since a lot of light comes from above through the double casement window. Otherwise, I would have found it too dark. But with only light tiles here, it would probably have been glaringly bright.

Overall, we have three different tile heights, and I don’t think it looks inconsistent. The areas are clearly separated, so it works. Of course, this always depends on the bathroom.

Climbee schrieb:

Your shower back wall is about 2 m (6.6 ft) from the opposite wall – when we measured exactly, it’s about 2.4 m (7.9 ft), and in our case this wall is painted with latex paint, so water can splash on it without soaking the wall right away.
So far, even during longer showers, we’ve never sprayed all the way to the wall; only the floor gets wet up to about 2.2 m (7.2 ft). This would mean that on your side, the wall might get some water damage at the lower part. Maybe tile up to the window sill height?

By the way, I find Alessandro’s suggestion worth considering, whether the sink and bathtub should switch places.

Katdreas schrieb:

We have a concrete look on the floor and off-white beige on the walls. I can take a photo in the evening. We only have tiles in the bathtub area.
The shower should be fully tiled up to the ceiling. I think having tiles just under the window is fine. Tiling up to the bathtub wouldn’t be my style; then you might as well half-tile the whole room except the shower.

neutri80 schrieb:

Oh yes.. a picture would be great. We’re still deciding whether to go with light gray or beige tiles. Thanks a lot for your effort.
Yeah, I also think it’s not really my style to tile the entire wall halfway up to the bathtub.

Katdreas schrieb:

I think you can see it reasonably well. The tiles are "sand-colored," so with some beige tones. The tiles are cream with beige veining.
Everything is still unfinished, and the wall under the window still needed plastering and hasn’t been painted yet.