Latest Designer Bathroom Ideas and How To Guides for your Home

Be more creative with your bathroom tiling. If you want to get away from the standard, grid patterned ceramic tiles, use two, three or even four sizes of tile. Add decorative border tiles, or lay out different sized tiles next to each other in a bespoke design.

The first thing to do is to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve. Do you want a strong, colourful design or something a little more traditional with subtle details. Or a muted background drawing attention to your sink or bath?

Mix and match tiles throughout the floor. Break up the grout lines and focus on the tiles themselves rather than the grid pattern. Create squares or rectangles in front of the bath, sink or vanity unit.

Add borders around the perimeter of the bath or shower. This will give emphasis and highlight the fixture. Try darker tiles around the bath mixed with a paler colour in the main body of the bathroom. The same approach could be used to focus on the shower stall and lavatory.

Another effective method is to angle the tiles. When these are turned to a 45 degree angle, the design draws the eye to the edges of the room where you have just created the border. Even if you only angle six tiles, an attractive diamond shape is created that will highlight a fixture.

And experiment with changing the colour of the grout. It now comes in a wide range of colours and will effectively create an individualistic style at virtually no extra expense.