How do black tiles look in different interior styles?
Dark tiles in the bathroom will be appropriate in loft, classic, retro, minimalism and hi-tech styles. It's important to choose the right accents and furnishings, such as brass lamps, faucets or a unique mirror frame.
If you like classics, feel free to combine black and white. For a loft-style bathroom, use metal or wood tiles.
When decorating a bathroom in high-tech style, give preference to strict geometric shapes, metal lamps without lampshades and glass accessories.
4) Tiles 40.5x80 cm in a small bathroom. Which color should I choose?
Many people are afraid to lay large tiles in small spaces. Whether this can be done or not, and what the effect will be, we will consider in a separate article. Now let's just look at the color.
The initial comparison is a classic one. Will the result differ depending on the tile format?
It looks like not much. The white bathroom, as usual, looks a little bigger. Let's check the brown one.
And again, as expected, the dark color of the walls visually reduced the space. Green or brown?
Lighter. Let's check the floor. Will a light floor expand the space?
It will be all right. Want to make your space bigger? No problem: let the light run
By the way, what happens if we increase the stripe size even more?
The more light the better. Visually, the room has increased just a little bit. Of course, our green color is quite bright, so the difference is not fundamental, if we were comparing with black tiles, the difference would be much greater. Even if you compare completely green walls and green bottom - white top, the difference will be more noticeable
Let's add even more white and compare
Again, the more light, the better. The white bathroom wins.
Are you still with us? Time to take stock.
A little trick - a ceiling in light colors
If you make a light ceiling in a small bathroom, combining it with mirror decor, it will seem higher. Mirror elements of various colors built into the ceiling, when properly illuminated, form a coherent color scheme. Ceramic tiles are considered a key aspect that visually expands the boundaries. Its main characteristics include: practicality, small size, monotony.
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Tile in bright colors will help to visually enlarge the space and give it a sophisticated look. Which tile to choose depends on the individual needs and desired end results of the client. But you should adhere to reasonable and harmonious combinations. A combination of different shades of the color palette is possible, but do not forget about the holistic perception of the appearance of the room upon completion of the work.
Combination of black tiles with other colors
Any companion tile in combination with black will look neat and stylish, be it pink or blue. It is important to choose the most harmonious combination of shades.
If you don't like black, go for graphite or grayer colors. Choose the shape of the tile based on your preferences.
Black and white
Classic combination. Most often, this combination is used to decorate the floor or walls. A checkerboard, brick or hog layout would be appropriate in the bathroom.
Check out this interesting selection of black and white bathroom ideas.
The photo shows a combination of black and white relief tiles in the bathroom. The floor is laid out with black and white tiles.
Black and gray
The black and gray tiles contrast harmoniously with each other. The walls can be decorated dark and the floor gray, and vice versa.
With gold
The combination of dark and gold is more often used in the design of luxury interiors. This option is also good for a budget apartment. The main thing is to use gold carefully so as not to overload the room with excessive pretentiousness.
The photo shows an example of decorating a bathroom with dark and gold ceramic tiles. Various forms of tiles are used in the interior.
Red-black
The red and black combination will help create an extravagant interior. This combination can transform a dark room and add brightness and richness to the room.
With yellow
If you love yellow, why not use it in the interior of the restroom; it goes well with dark. Not only can you add yellow as an accent, but you can also use plumbing fixtures of the same color.
The photo shows an option for decorating a bathroom with photo panels and dark ceramic tiles in combination with yellow inserts.
With beige
In combination with beige, dark will look less contrasting than with white. If you want to decorate your bathroom in muted colors, choose a light tile as a base, adding small black inserts to it.
Decorating a bathroom in a pastel palette
First of all, you need to decide on the color that will be more in the interior. Moreover, you can make a kind of “connection” between the bathroom and other rooms. You can give preference to the color palette used when decorating the rest of the rooms, but make the color shade easier and lighter. There is often a misconception that pastel colors in the interior are good only for a female audience. In fact, there are many pastel colors that suit masculine tastes, such as green or terracotta. Most often, designers recommend using tact shades: beige, blue, pink, milky and gray.
Bronze and gold decorative elements go well with these colors. Their use gives the room a rich look and charm. Moreover, these shades will fit well even into the classic interior of the room. It's no secret that the pastel palette has a relaxing and calming effect. It can also relieve stress and energize you.
Bathroom 2019/2020: 12 trending palettes
Bette.
The trade fair for plumbing, air conditioning and ventilation ISH (11–15 March) takes place in Frankfurt am Main every two years. Bathroom design in 2019 and 2020 will focus on color.
On the subject: Color 2019: what's in fashion?
With the evolution into a lifestyle space, the bathroom is experiencing a comeback in color. The color “crimes” of the 60s and 70s are forgotten: now the main thing is to avoid boredom at all costs. ISH experts identify 12 color trends that help transform the bathroom from a utilitarian space into a living space and will particularly influence its design. They will be demonstrated by the Color Selection installation.
1. Gray is also a color
Living Ceramics.
Today's common gray was already popular in the 1980s and has now made a comeback. In vintage style, gray is popular as a background shade, since it does not destroy the effect of antiquity, and the usual white looks radiant in combination with it. Negative associations with gloom and bad weather in the past: Gray is a fashionable color with a long shelf life, creating an attractive, timeless look. In addition to all shades of light gray, colors with blue, green or brown undertones are also trending. With gray you can create any atmosphere - from ultra-modern to cozy. Both white and colored plumbing fixtures look great with gray, as do fittings with a standard chrome finish.
2. Brown is back
Monica Graffeo.
The bathroom is increasingly becoming a cozy living space. The secret to trendy brown is to choose delicate undertones, because the brown palette can include shades of dirt and clay, terracotta and olive, bronze and rust, pine forest and cedar, dust and stone - the possibilities are endless. The modern interpretation of brown suggests two options. Or in the form of a color scheme inspired by nature - it is often used in combination with natural materials. Or as an artistic reference to historical styles.
Alfredo Haberli.
A top favorite is oak, preferably with a finish, whether used for walls, countertops or floors. Elegant compositions appear with darker shades of wood from cognac to bog oak. In this case, the brown color scheme is used in a decidedly “premium” style to add Art Deco luxury to a modernist bathroom.
3. Golden highlights
Mutina.
Gold is one of the most precious metals, which allows you to create the feeling of an expensive interior. Another similar color, copper, is also very popular and widely used in traditional bathrooms. In general, there is a strong demand for metal surfaces, which are now available in a variety of finishes thanks to new technologies.
But despite the popularity of platinum and copper, gold is in a different league: when it comes to bathroom design, it comes to the fore. As with real gold, shiny surfaces are more impressive when not used too heavily. Gold should not be the only color in the palette. It is more often used in combination with black or dark shades of green and blue.
4. Space black
Swoon.
The trendy white-on-white option (not to be confused with conventional bathrooms, which are decorated in monotonous white simply for lack of better ideas) faces serious competition in the form of the black-on-black option. This trend comes from the residential interiors space and is gaining more and more fans, as black looks luxurious, elegant and modern at the same time.
Dornbracht.
Norm Architects.
Combined with marble (especially trendy green) and leather, black becomes a stylish classic. Thanks to improvements in manufacturing processes, even faucet manufacturers now offer a choice of dark shades, all the way to deep black. From black shower enclosures and black cabinetry to black enameled steel vanity consoles, almost every bathroom product is now available in this option.
On topic: Black faucets
5. A splash of bright color
Home Design
Bright colors are now being consciously used in adult bathrooms - bold colors and contrasts are used to create an optimistic atmosphere. And while a colorful bathroom may look playful, it's definitely not naive. Instead, it represents an act of defiance, a kind of when-if-not-now attitude that emerges in creative circles and is expressed in the form of unusual and free combinations of colors and patterns - especially in the world of fashion.
Norm Architects
In addition to intense shades of red, green and blue, this circle also includes options such as warm orange, mysterious purple and elegant amber yellow. At ISH, visitors will see bathrooms in provocative colors, from vanities in vibrant hues to transparent bathroom furniture in blues and greens.
6. Color harmony
Living Ceramics.
This is an option for those who want to get a spectacular color combination without being too bright. Color chords, that is, combinations of several colors of the same intensity and quality, are probably the most complex option, but also the most individual. This could be, for example, a mustard yellow sofa with blue and yellowish-gray pillows against a blue wall.
Villeroy & Boch.
Well-chosen combinations create an elegant, artistic, multi-colored image. Color harmonies can be created from adjacent hues (for example, blue and green), using only "cool" colors (for example, blue and violet), only "warm" hues (orange, yellow, red) or combining chromatic and achromatic colors (for example, various shades of blue combined with several shades of gray and grey).
Mutina.
Mutina.
Various programs and applications will help you choose the appropriate colors (for example, Capture CC from Adobe or Colourpin II from NCS).
7. Tone-on-tone patterns
Ex.t.
In cases where one color dominates the interior, it is rarely used exclusively alone. Instead, surfaces are graded in different shades and halftones of the same color. Even without adding contrasts, this results in a subtle sense of depth that is extremely expressive thanks to the monochromatic palette.
Mutina.
Gradation can also be achieved by changing materials—for example, a particular shade of stone or wood that harmonizes particularly well with a base color or other surface texture to create deeper shading.
Mutina.
Tone on tone is a tried and true concept in fashion, where creating elegant ensembles can be as simple as using a few different materials, such as combining wool, patent leather and textured leather in the same shade. Considering the sensory overload we encounter in our daily lives, this effect is truly a treat for the soul.
8. Green oasis
Swoon.
There are two reasons for this trend. Firstly, longing for the natural environment, when nature is perceived as the primitive home of humanity. And secondly, green is a trendy color that creates a great mood, especially in combination with plants. Moreover, the combination of different shades of green is quite problem-free.
Cielo.
Statement pieces such as a freestanding bathtub can be used to make a statement, and the color space can range from a mysterious deep green to create a luxurious, comfortable bathroom, all the way to a crisp May green shade - a great choice for young families. In addition, green is an excellent basis for creating intriguing “stories”, for example, in combination with large patterns, floral wallpapers, photo wallpapers and small jungles of living plants that will add exoticism to any bathroom.
9. Pastel shades
Inbani.
Pastel bathrooms magically create a new world - sometimes trendy, sometimes whimsical, but always with a touch of escapism. In the bathroom, these colors are mainly used for the external surfaces of bathtubs or sinks.
Crosby Studios.
Light pastel shades are especially suitable for small bathrooms as they make the space appear larger, especially when combined with wide-format tiles and plain walls. The effect works especially well with gray, so it's no surprise that pink and gray are one of the most popular color combinations for the bathroom right now. Pairing pink with brown elements—like light wood floors or tiles—creates a cozy look. And powdery twilight pink combined with white and gray is real romance.
10. Grayish beige
Casamood.
Nowadays it is impossible to imagine the color palette of modern architecture and interior design without a shade of greige. It's associated with nature and country houses, but it's also a bit reminiscent of New York loft flooring. It combines with both vintage style and minimalist solutions. The neologism greige means a combination of gray and beige, and this is the underlying color principle in this trend: a complex composite color as a modern neutral base shade with an extremely harmonizing effect. Just as greige is made by mixing gray with light brown, it is possible to mix gray with blue (which will create a cooler look).
11. All shades of blue
Doherty Design Studio,
Blue is perhaps the most popular color in European countries. We associate blue with relaxation, the expanse of the sky and life-giving water. In recent years, manufacturers have significantly modernized the palette of blue shades, creating not only innovative colors for wall decoration, but also new shades for tiles, which also create a cozy effect in the bathroom. The reinvention of marble in the interior design world encourages the use of blue sanitaryware.
Casamood.
In combination with sandy shades, blue creates an image that correlates with the popular Scandinavian style. And anyone looking for an alternative to the black trend can opt for luxurious ultramarine instead. The brighter the shade, the more luxurious it looks.
12. White - on its own or with many contrasts
Jannis Ellenberger.
White means purity. That's why it has dominated bathrooms for decades and serves as the basis for a wide range of design solutions. 45% of Germans choose white as their main color, which gives it a huge advantage over beige (11%), gray (10%) and blue (8%). Meanwhile, sanitary ware manufacturers have added various shades of white to their range, although these new options are still finding it difficult to catch on.
Agape.
The best way to highlight the design qualities of white sanitary ware is to combine it with bright accessories and a welcoming appearance of the room as a whole. Choosing colorful furniture or floor tiles for contrast is another principle that guarantees relief from boredom. For example, a classic black and white design is a less eccentric alternative to a trendy black bathroom.
Pros and cons of black and white style in the bathroom
The bathroom is a place that a person visits every day, starting with his morning. It is this room that should invigorate us after sleep and promote relaxation in the evening, at the end of a working day. The design of a bathroom directly affects a person’s mood, physical and mental well-being.
One of the most successful finishing options is a bathroom in black and white. This style is not new; it has been used in interiors for a long time, is considered universal and quite simple in design. This design has a number of advantages:
- Visual expansion of the room, suitable for small bathrooms. To achieve this effect, it is necessary that the white finish prevails over the black. The results of “pushing apart” walls can be enhanced by introducing glossy coatings: ceramic wall tiles, suspended ceilings, tiled floors.
- Visual appeal and versatility. A room in black and white will look elegant, stylish and will never go unnoticed. In addition to the fact that black and white tones embody timeless classics, they fit perfectly into most modern trends, for example, modernism, minimalism, and hi-tech.
- The ability to enhance the gloss of the interior with lighting. Black is one of the few colors whose appearance can be changed by using the right lighting. Ceiling lights, a central chandelier, and LED spotlights for individual zones will help refresh the room and give the black color a shine.
- Zoning a room using a play of tones. Since black and white are sharply contrasting to each other, if they are successfully combined, you can easily divide the bathroom into separate areas: shower, toilet, cosmetic area, etc.
- Easy to recreate. Organizing a renovation in black and white is accessible not only to professional designers; even a beginner can handle it. You can simply make white walls and use black accents: furniture, rugs, curtains, textiles or smaller accessories. It is only important to maintain a balance of colors so as not to make the room too gloomy.
Black and white bathroom interiors never get boring or outdated. However, it also has its drawbacks. You will have to carefully monitor the cleanliness of black tiles, PVC panels, marble and other coatings: dust and splashes will be very noticeable, because on a black color they always catch the eye. Another disadvantage is that if you are prone to depression, such an interior can evoke melancholy and aggravate a person’s condition, and it is better not to conduct such experiments. In a very small bathroom, for example, in a Khrushchev-era building, it is recommended to use a light finish or use black in no more than 15% of the total.
Features of finishing a bathroom in black and white
When renovating a bathroom using contrasting tones, you should not lean on dark shades and introduce them in large quantities. Black should not become dominant; it is intended to give the room special charm and sophistication. White tiles with black grout or a checkerboard floor look great. If the walls are white, then the floor can be made pure black, but the furniture and plumbing should be light.
Finishing walls, floors and ceilings in the bathroom
Most often, in the bathroom, as in the entire house, a white ceiling is provided. A flat, snow-white, smooth surface will raise the walls, visually make the room taller, and give it more space. The best solution would be a stretch ceiling: glossy or matte. It will hide all design flaws, hide communications, and will look expensive and respectable.
The ceiling is also finished with moisture-resistant plasterboard, followed by painting, and white plastic panels are used. Possible options for using liquid wallpaper or decorative plaster. Skirting boards and moldings of silver or gold color will make the white ceiling more impressive. It is recommended to repeat this finishing option in tiles or sanitary ware.
Black and white bathroom walls can be decorated in many ways. There are different collections of tiles: large-format and medium-sized, mosaic and unusual, diamond-shaped. When choosing tiles, many people prefer gloss, which, unlike a matte surface, does not absorb, but reflects light.
Other tips for decorating walls in a black and white interior:
- in a small room you should use medium and small tiles; in a large bathroom you can stick larger tiles;
- walls, like the floor, can be tiled in a checkerboard pattern or alternating dark and light zones;
- white tiles with a black pattern look beautiful and vice versa;
- To create accent zones, it’s a good idea to use black or white mosaics, and the first looks much more impressive.
The floor in a monochrome design often becomes an accent. Alternating dark and light squares on the floor is a classic solution in finishing work, especially popular in small bathrooms. Also, the floor is often made black: matte or glossy. It is better not to use black plinth on the floor - this visually narrows the space.
Selection of plumbing fixtures and bathroom furniture
Cabinets and cabinets are usually made in contrast to the main color of the walls. You can purchase white furniture with black trim, which will look great against any background. When choosing furniture, you must take into account the style of the room, and also not clutter the space with unnecessary objects; the bathroom should, first of all, be functional.
Most models of plumbing fixtures are white, and to emphasize the beauty, elegance of lines and originality of design, it is worth placing all items on a dark background. If the room is small, black wall decoration is contraindicated, but there are other good options. For example, only the area around the white bathtub, toilet, and sink is decorated with dark tiles, and the rest of the area is decorated in light colors. There are also original white plumbing fixtures with black facades. For example, a bathtub may be white on the inside and black on the outside, and a white shower stall may have black glass doors.
Lighting
For a bathroom in black and white, a prerequisite is the creation of bright, multi-level lighting. A central chandelier is usually used in large rooms, and for small rooms a certain number of spotlights are sufficient.
Additional LED lighting should be placed in niches, near furniture, and mirrors. Sconces can also be used to frame mirrors and illuminate the cosmetic area. In larger rooms, even floor lamps look good when placed in dark corners or places where there is more black trim.
Accessories and decor
Dark accents against the background of black walls, furniture, and floors most often include various decorative elements, lighting fixtures, and storage systems. They can serve as stands for brushes and paste, soap dispensers, soap dishes, wall panels and mirrors, door trim, baseboards and moldings. Chromed parts go well with monochrome finishes: taps, mixers, handles.
