When designing a bathroom, there is only a certain amount of excitement you can get from picking a basin or a shower cubicle. The real fun is in picking the tones, textures and patterns in your bathroom tiles. And, whilst white tiles will always be the classic option (and there are plenty of white bathroom tile ideas in our roundup,) there is a whole world of colourful, patterned, painted, and otherwise striking bathroom tiles to choose from.
Selecting your bathroom tiles can be a bit of a balancing act between practical considerations – how well they clean, how resistant they are to wear and tear – and design decisions around colour, style, shape and placement.
We look at some clever tiling ideas, from hand-painted tiles for elegant feature walls, to large-scale terrazzo tiles and tiny iridescent mosaics, and also consider some big tiling trends – the rise of the wet room, the best faux marble, and return of the kit kat tile, to name just a few.
We've scoured the best tile showrooms and retailers so you don't have to. Read on to find 17 of the best bathroom tile ideas...