A tasteful and chic bathroom can be achieved by correctly using tiles; it will also be co-ordinated. To insure that the end result is a complete success there are some things you might want to consider otherwise you may end up with a style disaster!

Bathroom tiles are now very much seen as a critical way of ensuring that your bathroom looks elegant chic but also timeless. If you choose bathroom tiles that are extremely fashionable, they can look somewhat dated in a few years. It is better to use tiles that will never go out of fashion. They will still look chic in the coming years.

One look that has been very popular is a wall of cream tiles (or equivalent) with a band of colour midway up the wall, breaking up the colour and providing a break to the eye. While this looks good, it is extremely popular and can be seen everywhere.

To create splashes of colours, the random use of coloured bathroom tiles from the same selection, can interject colour, but look stylish and contemporary, without creating a style that will easily date.

For a stylish and chic appearance try using larger tiles, they also take much less time to install. Mosaic tiles tend to date quite quickly, but look ok around wash and baseness and showers.

Many people try to emulate far bigger Bathroom design within a tiny, standard bathroom. Don’t go for the look of the five star hotels you have seen in Dubai! What will happen is that the bathroom simply doesn’t work, if your space is significantly smaller than the original bathroom. Take some of the key features of the bathroom such as the shower, hand basin and copy the style using your own taste and style to guide you in your choice of tiles. Then you will have tiles that are appropriate for the size of room.

Sometimes, very large bathrooms tend to have very large tiles: but do not be tempted to go for this look in a small bathroom, since the tiles can make the room look smaller, go for standard rectangular tiles instead.

Thus designing a stylish look with bathroom tiles is not too difficult, but you do need to think about your bathroom, its size and how the tiles will wear and look in the future. Be realistic when designing, you have to be realistic with what you have to work with.