Bathroom Tile Design: 5 Theme Ideas

A unique bathroom tile design requires planning. Try these 5 tips for design theme ideas:

Tropical Theme

Begin with a tan color to give the feel of sand. You’ll want to keep it light and airy feeling like the beach. Next, you will add light blue tiles around the baseboard areas of your floors and/or walls and use as trim around windows and showers. Add accent tiles in palm tree designs, seashells or fish. The accent tiles can be expensive, but adding a splash adds the finishing touch to your bath and can be incorporated into any budget. 

Spa Theme

Using neutral colors, you will have a resort like feeling. Beginning with the floor tile, look for a pattern that resembles rock or pebbles. This works well in a shower stall floor as well. Just be sure to keep the overall pattern in a natural tone. 

The walls should have a marble look or the look of large stones in an asymmetrical design. The grout should be a neutral tone as well. This theme is very simple, but is quite luxurious and comfortable. If you do decide your room needs a little color, keep the colors in light, cool colors, such as light blue or a soft green, keeping it to a minimum.

Art Deco Theme

Think old Hollywood for this theme. Tiling the bathroom in white with splashes of black is important in this theme. You’ll then choose a color such as red, turquoise, or any other bright color that matches your color palette.

Next, add curves, sunburst patterns and geometric shapes. To give it more interest, you can design a focal point such as the tub area, by placing an interesting pattern behind the tub, or around the mirror and vanity.

Rustic Theme

Rustic design is a great for a log cabin feel.  This is a great space to install a wall mural of wildlife, keeping this theme in colors that are found in nature, such as greens, browns, and light blues. There are even tiles that look like wood that can be used for trimming the tub or shower stall, mirrors, windows and floor.

Most bathrooms with this theme have a lot of wood, so if you do use a wood patterned tile, be sure your tiles compliment the color of the wood. They do not have to match exactly, but do need to be in a color that does not clash with the wood tone.

Asian Theme

This theme is very simplistic. You will use a base of natural colors with ornate accents, Start with a neutral tile, such as a bamboo color as an overall color. This theme always uses highly polished, also known as gloss tiles. For the accent colors, red or black with some gold are an excellent choice. Yellow and green can also be used for accent colors. Use the black and accent tiles only as trim, as it is important to have clean lines, as this is a minimalist theme.