Latest Designer Bathroom Ideas and How To Guides for your Home

If you are installing a traditional bathroom suite, choosing the right tiling will be vital in keeping with the style you are trying to achieve. Unlike more modern bathrooms, older designs tend to use less tiling, but this is usually down to taste and budget rather than authentic accuracy.

Floor tiling is especially popular in traditional bathrooms as they can give a darker shade, which will be in keeping with older styles, such as Victorian and Edwardian and are ideal if you are unable to use the existing floor.

As the majority of traditional bathroom sinks, toilets and other bathroom furniture will come in a white ceramic finish, choosing a different colour for your tile work will give an all-important contrast. Again, darker colours will be most suitable, especially where there is plenty of natural light coming into the room, and dark blue or even black will always add a touch of class.

However, there will more often than not be less need for tiles in a traditional bathroom, and you will find many designs will only have tiling fitted around the basin area and inside the shower cubicle. Painting walls will also prove to be a lot more cost effective, and knowing exactly where and how many tiles you need to fit will help you stick to your budget. If you do plan to only fit tiles around the shower enclosure, white or cream colours are recommended as they will add extra brightness, and as they are more or less out of sight, won’t have a large effect on the colour scheme of your bathroom.