5 Bathrooms Go Bold with Geometric Patterns on the Walls
Find out how designers used patterned tiles to make these bathrooms stand out
Morgan Province
September 11, 2017
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The thought of bold patterns on your bathroom walls might feel overwhelming or chaotic. But these five bathrooms prove you can have a patterned statement wall that looks lovely and relaxing. Read on to see how these design teams used geometric tile in their clients’ bathrooms, and how you can too. Plus, let us know in the Comments which bathroom you think wears the patterns best.
1. Farmhouse Style Takes a Modern Twist
This Native Navajo cement wall tile flows throughout the master bathroom in a home designed by Triton Custom Homes, Cornerstone Architects and Kelle Contine Interior Design. The project team chose this pattern because the geometry is bold but has a softness at the same time.
The designers hoped to create a getaway for the homeowners, so they showcased the scenic view with large windows and a modern freestanding tub.
This Native Navajo cement wall tile flows throughout the master bathroom in a home designed by Triton Custom Homes, Cornerstone Architects and Kelle Contine Interior Design. The project team chose this pattern because the geometry is bold but has a softness at the same time.
The designers hoped to create a getaway for the homeowners, so they showcased the scenic view with large windows and a modern freestanding tub.
The tile was installed behind the separated his and hers vanities and behind the bathtub. The colors of the tile, combined with the natural finishes throughout the room, call back to the farmhouse design style.
Tiles: Python, Navajo Collection, Exquisite Surfaces
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Tiles: Python, Navajo Collection, Exquisite Surfaces
See the entire Texas home
2. Art Deco Tiles Steal the Show
Right after accepting a bathroom project, interior designer Bonnie Bagley Catlin discovered this Art Deco tile at a kitchen and bath industry show. Catlin could not pass it up, so she snagged a sample from the vendor and took it back to her new client.
“This tile is just amazing. It’s limestone with silver leaf,” Catlin says. Luckily, the homeowners loved the tile as much as she did, so she designed the rest of the bathroom around it.
Catlin offers two pieces of advice for using a pattern like this in your bathroom. First, take a sample on-site to make sure the scale works in that space. Second, start the center of the pattern in the center of the wall and work outward to ensure the tile looks balanced.
Tiles: silver, Sultan, Lux Field Tile, Ann Sacks
Read more about this master bathroom
Right after accepting a bathroom project, interior designer Bonnie Bagley Catlin discovered this Art Deco tile at a kitchen and bath industry show. Catlin could not pass it up, so she snagged a sample from the vendor and took it back to her new client.
“This tile is just amazing. It’s limestone with silver leaf,” Catlin says. Luckily, the homeowners loved the tile as much as she did, so she designed the rest of the bathroom around it.
Catlin offers two pieces of advice for using a pattern like this in your bathroom. First, take a sample on-site to make sure the scale works in that space. Second, start the center of the pattern in the center of the wall and work outward to ensure the tile looks balanced.
Tiles: silver, Sultan, Lux Field Tile, Ann Sacks
Read more about this master bathroom
3. Porcelain Tiles Go Glam
To serve as a backdrop to the bathroom’s industrial elements, designer Nicole White created an accent wall with white, silver and copper porcelain tiles. White arranged the tiles on 12-foot-by-12-foot sheets, and then the installers placed the sheets on the wall.
“We wanted the copper to look like water coming down the wall,” White says.
To serve as a backdrop to the bathroom’s industrial elements, designer Nicole White created an accent wall with white, silver and copper porcelain tiles. White arranged the tiles on 12-foot-by-12-foot sheets, and then the installers placed the sheets on the wall.
“We wanted the copper to look like water coming down the wall,” White says.
This is actually the smallest bathroom that White has ever designed, coming in at just over 32 square feet (3 square meters). White finished the space with a faux copper claw-foot tub and fixtures that felt eclectic and industrial.
Tiles: Earth Elements
Read more about this small Florida bathroom
Tiles: Earth Elements
Read more about this small Florida bathroom
4. Wood Backsplash Tiles Set a Nautical Scene
Designer Shea Pumarejo discovered these colorful wooden triangle-shaped tiles a few years ago, and she was waiting for the perfect project to use them. When a family needed to renovate the kids’ coastal bathroom, Pumarejo knew it was the right project for the tile.
Designer Shea Pumarejo discovered these colorful wooden triangle-shaped tiles a few years ago, and she was waiting for the perfect project to use them. When a family needed to renovate the kids’ coastal bathroom, Pumarejo knew it was the right project for the tile.
The backsplash, made from these tiles, is actually Pumarejo’s favorite element of the room. The tiles were on theme because they reminded her of nautical pendants, and they inspired the paint colors of other elements in the room.
Tiles: 1977-Triangles, Moonish; browse triangle tile
Read more about this nautical bathroom
Tiles: 1977-Triangles, Moonish; browse triangle tile
Read more about this nautical bathroom
5. No Color Needed
One way to add playfulness to a monochromatic room is to create an accent wall with a bold pattern. Designer Katherine Siketa says bold colors and prints, like this one, continue to be popular. After bringing the homeowners to the SmarterBathrooms+ showroom, both designers and client agreed this tile was right for the room.
“The homeowners wanted a bathroom [to which] they’d be proud to leave the door open,” Siketa says.
One way to add playfulness to a monochromatic room is to create an accent wall with a bold pattern. Designer Katherine Siketa says bold colors and prints, like this one, continue to be popular. After bringing the homeowners to the SmarterBathrooms+ showroom, both designers and client agreed this tile was right for the room.
“The homeowners wanted a bathroom [to which] they’d be proud to leave the door open,” Siketa says.
With this project, the design team had to repair, replace and redesign the entire room. The new layout allowed them to put in both a bathtub and shower and place the vanity near the exterior window to make the most of the natural light coming in. Siketa kept the vanity and toilet simple to make the tiled wall the room’s “wow” factor.
Tiles: black, Cambridge, Southern Cross Ceramics; browse black-and-white tile
Read more about this monochromatic master bath
Tell us: Did any of the patterns in these bathrooms speak to you? Let us know in the Comments.
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Tell us: Did any of the patterns in these bathrooms speak to you? Let us know in the Comments.
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#1 is my favorite
They all have something to look at, but #1 and #3 are my faves! very nicely done!