Tile On Bathroom Walls Or Not

Design is your main consideration.

Tile on bathroom walls or not.

Floor walls all the way to the ceiling and alcoves. Tile the bare necessities in this bathroom with its striking walk in shower tiles only cover the surfaces that get wet the floor shower walls and behind the basins. Play off its regularity with a river pebble tile floor. When installing matte finish tiles make sure there is enough lighting both natural and artificial as these tiles are not known for reflecting light.

The designer has chosen to match the grout carefully so it s virtually invisible giving a smooth streamlined look. If you don t tile the walls it may look too plain. They may also be used for bathroom backsplash. Small scale mosaic tiles energize this bathroom and are a wonderful waterproof wallpaper alternative.

The low sheen makes them easier to maintain. Ceramic tile is a classic choice for bathroom walls. Since the days of the ancient romans tile has been used even for standing water surfaces such as the insides of bathtubs and pools. Then there is the option of tiling half or three quarters of the walls or just adding a tile baseboard.

This makes them ideal for the bathroom floor especially in busy bathrooms. It can also cover an entire room. Of course from a practical standpoint placing tile on the bathroom walls where the pink ones were up to 4 ft is more costly. Here s why you should fully tile the bathroom walls fully tiled bathrooms seem bigger due to their proclivity for bouncing more light around the room.

The bottom half of our bathroom walls will have painted beadboard and the top half to the ceiling and into the shower will have this tile. Here tiles are utilised only in wet areas such as shower enclosures and around baths. Although most bathrooms feature tiles on the floor deciding whether to tile the walls or paint them can be more difficult. Compared to fully tiled bathroom walls the cost of renovation for this option is cheaper.

Tile on the walls also offers protection from water damage splashing and humidity build up. Glossy finish tiles feature a more dramatic effect on the bathroom. With tile as long as it is properly applied moisture will never be a problem. Half tiled bathroom walls.

Break it up with mirrors fixtures windows and trim. Meanwhile walls without tiles are painted. An advantage of matte tiles is that they do not show smudges and water marks as easily as glossy tiles. Take the classic subway tile and gray grout combination all the way up the wall.

Wherever it is though it covers the entire area.