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Flooring and Tiles
There is a wide variety of bathroom flooring and tiles available these days that can cater to every theme and taste. The desired tone and mood of the bathroom space can be set by choosing the right flooring and tiles. Interesting flooring with remarkable walls will certainly make a difference to your bathroom styling.
Flooring
First thing to do while doing up the bathroom flooring is examine the strength of the floor. Check if the flooring is strong enough for your tub with water or bath suite and heavy iron fixtures as these add up to the weight, also test out for weak spots and if the floor is even without a slope. Even out the flooring and strengthen it with some professional help beforehand. Incase you wish to lay tiles as the bathroom flooring, make sure they get laid firmly and do not move.
Variety
There is a wide variety of floor tiles for your bathroom ranging from ceramic tiles to floor tiles and also fabric tiles that come in various shapes, textures, sizes and patterns. Check the samples before you decide upon them also see to it that they match your bathroom theme and also how they blend in with the rest of the house.
Tile ideas
- Ceramic tiles are widely used for their durability and damp resistance. Slipping is much lesser and easy maintenance. Always go for slip – resistant tiles and consider bathroom safety as the main reason while opting for these. Matte and unglazed tiles are prone to stains and catch dirt quite easily and need to be washed repeatedly.
- While using similar ceramic tiles for both the wall and the floor, use larger tiles for the walls to avoid similarity and use accessories like hangers and other cabinets and counter tops of a different color.
- For a contemporary bathroom design, use bold colors at different places on walls that are plain to add that contrast. If your bathroom is a pale blue or green, using an opposite color or a same darker color will be a good idea.
- If you desire a soothing dreamy feel for your bathroom, pale pink tiles with a wooden floor finish and hand painted ceramic tiles put at interesting spots can create the look.
- Having similar tiles for the walls and the floor with the borders of a different color can create an exciting bathroom space. Larger bathrooms with the flooring and the walls with a dark green or a deep blue with a light contrast border is an example.
- If you go for laminate wooden floor for the bathroom, check if it is suitable for water penetration.
- As colors affect your mood, going in for bright yellow tiles with a matching contrast will create a cheerful feel.
- If the bathroom space is small, use light colored tiles for the flooring and walls; this will make it look more spacious. Beiges, off whites, cooler colors will do the trick.
- Be adventurous, choose a theme that is slightly away from the normal, and pick patterns and colors that add life to the bathroom space.
- Contrast tile colors put alternatively on the floor is another idea you could go for with one of the walls entirely having the single color of one of the floor tiles to create a contrast and balance at the same time.