Tile for the toilet: tips for choosing a tile and photo selection of finishes
According to Turkish tradition, the acquaintance of the groom’s parents with the family of the future bride begins ... from the toilet. It is he, according to representatives of the East, who will more clearly than other indicators reveal the qualities important for the future wife: neatness, hard work, and the desire to maintain impeccable cleanliness. There are no such exotic rules in the domestic mentality, but there is a desire to keep this room in a state that is impeccable by hygienic and aesthetic criteria. Tile for the toilet will help them - the most popular material for facing household compartments for this purpose.
General tips for selecting tiles in the toilet
No matter how attractive the brand of facing ceramics may seem to the buyer, an unsuitable tile will have to be abandoned if it is designed to perform other functions.
Regardless of whether it is planned to finish the toilet with tiles in whole or in part, it is recommended to consider:
- Floor options are not suitable for wall cladding, as unnecessarily heavy elements will not “stick” to a vertical plane;
- Light and too fragile tile for wall decoration is not applicable as a floor covering, moreover, it will be slippery to walk on;
- It makes no sense to spend money on buying stamps for public buildings; domestic bathrooms do not operate with equal activity;
- The number of tiles must be calculated in advance by drawing a small plan with dimensions.
Note. The total amount of material should exceed the calculated value by 10, even better, by 15%. When cutting, a certain number of elements will be spoiled, and even during transportation it is not surprising to damage a couple or two.
To the review of interested buyers, hundreds of varieties of facing ceramics are now presented. There is a dark, neutral pastel, light, glossy and matte, with a relief pattern and without. Thousands of combinations can be thought up or picked up from completed projects.
A huge number of schemes are used, according to which monophonic and colored tiles are laid out. You can use elements of different sizes for cladding, lay out the figure in the center, along the perimeter of the curb, decorate the walls with special ceramic panels.
It should be remembered. Having decided to revet the toilet with tile elements of different sizes, you need to choose the material released by one manufacturer according to uniform standards. Dimensions of ceramics of different factories may not match.
You can also get advice from sellers. Most reputable trading structures have software that allows them to construct future decorative paintings. There, using the calculation algorithm, sellers will accurately calculate the consumption of tiles for your room.
Tile design - unlimited spaces for imagination
In fact, the vastness is not so limitless. The imagination inherent in a tile limits the ability to transform a room, both for better and for worse.The unsuccessful design of the tiles in the toilet will turn one of the most visited places into a gloomy room, emphasize the flaws of the builders, highlight violations of the geometry of walls, niches, openings:
- An excessively colorful geometric pattern of the floor will give the impression of an uneven plane;
- You should not choose a dark color if the room is not sufficiently lit;
- When using tiles of dark and light colors, it is recommended that the classic arrangement of dark elements at the bottom, light at the top.
Note. The traditions of light top and dark bottom are not suitable for finishing a small toilet, as it will look even smaller.
In order for the lining of the toilet room to become really successful, you need to know what optical effect those or other styling methods have. Properly using the advice of designers, a small bathroom can be visually expanded, “extended” the height of the ceilings, and hide the asymmetry of the floor.
In order to create the impression of a high ceiling, it is recommended:
- stack trim elements vertically;
- arrange decorative details at the eye level;
- Use vertically elongated colorful stripes in the decor.
A selection of design solutions demonstrates the effect that a vertically mounted ceramic tile forms:
Also visually increasing the size of a narrow toilet in width will help:
- Use in the decoration of small ceramic elements; mosaic is perfect;
- Tile of cold colorful range: bluish-gray, blue, silver, turquoise;
- Diagonal layout of floor ceramics;
- The horizontal orientation of the rows of tiles when facing the walls;
- Friezes or bright plain borders on the ceiling and in the area where the floor is connected to the walls;
- Abstract decor;
- Clear transverse ornament.
True professional tricks and subtleties are much greater than in the above list. For example, tiles with a glossy surface and the luster of mirror details are distinguished by the ability to increase, but at the same time create a somewhat cold impression. Matte ceramics “inspire” a sensation of warmth, but reduce the size of the toilet.
You can create original decor compositions using a variety of tile combinations endlessly. However, one should hold on to imagination if it is supposed to independently perform the facing - it will be very difficult to lay out a complex drawing yourself. For beginners, it is better to prefer a tile with large sizes of elements and an easy way to lay out. Having trained in the process of lining the bathroom, it will be possible to do more complex work.
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A photo selection of the options for finishing the toilet with tiles is a great opportunity to make a preliminary “fitting” of the composite picture created by professionals to your own room. The long-term service of ceramics dictates the need to carefully prepare for an important step, choose the right tile, buy the required amount of material. Studying styling methods, colorful combinations and design tricks will provide an excellent result, the implementation of which will not have to be regretted.
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