Sometimes Tile Can Be Downright Entertaining
Check out the creative ways designers use tile to put a playful stamp on bathrooms
While I respect the whole “calm and relaxing retreat” thing when it comes to a master bath, a kid’s bathroom, guest bath, pool bath or powder room is an opportunity to get playful. Let your tile entertain you and your guests by bringing smiles to faces and turning this space into a hostess with the mostest. What follows are some of the most fun and creative uses of tile spotted around Houzz.
Send a message. This Atlanta bathroom has a tile bathmat that provides a daily affirmation. Who doesn’t love being told they look good, especially when they are buck naked?
Some may consider being told to “wash behind your ears” a motherly nag, but when typed out on large-print tile it becomes a tongue-in-cheek graphic pattern.
This Montreal, Quebec, bathroom is more highbrow. The translation from the French in this line from L’élégance du hérisson by Muriel Barbery is “Art is emotion without desire.”
And this imperfect heart over the bathtub provides a sweet focal point. I put it under the category of sending a message because today a heart emoji can substitute for an entire sentence.
Go big with a tile mural. Rubber ducky, you’re the one! This oversize tile mosaic absolutely makes this Madrid bathroom.
Catch a wave. This customized mosaic from Ann Sacks allows you to choose which portion from a large-scale wavy mosaic pattern you’d like to use for your space.
Tile: Sakura Wave, Ann Sacks
This looping pattern on the floor is smile-inducing. It grounds the room in oversize ribbon-like scribbles, a cool contrast to the neatly typed quotes on the wall.
Tile: Loop di Loop, Popham Design; wall decals: What Is Blik; browse more wall decals
Skateboard style. The art from retired skateboard decks provided the inspiration for these colorful graphic accent tiles. There are 12 tiles in the collection.
Tiles: Art of Board, Imagine Tile
Hidden message. Yes, even if you like minimalist design there’s a playful tile move for you. This one is subtle and clever — blue glass tiles mark where the loo’s water pipe is located behind the wall.
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