Listen, I love a good tile moment as well as the next design author, so I understand whether this statement may be as a shock, but it has to be said … there is something like too many tiles.
I know what you think: “What about tile naves?” And I hear you. I do not say that head-to-foot tiles are always wrong or join the cemetery of other outdated bathroom tile styles. I just say that there is a way to do it right and a way to do it … less right. Unfortunately there is a fine border between these two, and while some bathrooms can look strikingly elegant when wetting in tiles, others can easily suffocate and look overwhelming.
And I am not alone in this opinion. Even expert bathroom designers feel the same. But in contrast to me, they know exactly how to drag the border and they were friendly enough to share their knowledge with me.
What makes the tiles “too much” feels
“Tiles bring structure, color and texture, but when each surface is heavily patterned or saturated, the room can start overcrowded and calmly,” says Damla.
(Photo credit: Otto Tiles, Design: A Naber design)
Ca'Pietra's Grazzie Wilson proves that I am not only in this feeling: “There is a fine line between a bathroom that feels cokonious and creative and one that is overwhelming.”
As Grazzie converts, the turning point between the cocoon and overwhelming point can be very good, and the right of balance is the key to a beautiful room.
As a rule, problems are displayed if your design does not give a clear focus. “Usually too many tiles happens when every surface fights for attention; a patterned floor, strong walls, mosaics in the shower, all at once. Then the eye does not know where to land, and the effect feels more chaoted than curated,” explains Grazzie.
This idea of spoiling the visual clarity of her space is reproduced by Otto Tiles' founder Damla Turgut.
Understanding the effect of visual lines is one of the most helpful tools that can grasp the interior design, not only on a bathroom, but also in their entire home. If you learn to design a room, you can build up more coherent and inviting rooms. In bathing rooms that feel “overwhelming”, the problem is usually one of several competing elements.
However, it is not just a question of layout and lines of vision. The type of bathroom tiles you use also determine how balanced your space feels. As Damla says: “Sometimes this overwhelming appearance can be a result of the tile itself: For example, a small circular mosaic over a large area with dark tinting, contrasting mortar paint will probably cause a visual headache.”
Even your favorite luxurious materials can suffocate when abuse. “Marble and marble effect ceramic tiles with bold paths can also overwhelm a room if they are not coordinated with books as carefully as possible,” says Damla.
And Grazzie agrees and says: “The tiles, which most likely feel too much, are the divas of the tile world: statement of meaning, brave encountery or heavily grinded murmins. They are breathtaking in their own rights, but need breathroom to shine.
Wilson is due
Grazzie Wilson has been working in the inner industry for more than a decade and the leading tile and stone brand Ca'Pietra leads it creative, monitors the product collections and the characteristic brand of the company.
How to make your tiles look balanced
The introduction of different tile sizes of the same marble creates a visually more interesting finish.
(Credit: Ca'Pietra)
“For a balanced scheme, it's about contrast and relief,” says Grazzie.
Identify a clear visual focus point and then create your design, with which you can create a balanced, coherent bathroom. So if you want to keep the soil courageously, make sure that the walls are more weakened and vice versa. “If your walls are soaked in color, leave your washbasin, your brass goods or even your ceiling as a counterpoint,” says Grazzie.
The combination of contrasting surfaces and materials can also help to maintain the balance, as Damla says: “Contrast is the key. A few statement tiles with quieter surfaces such as painted walls, microcement, wood cleaning or softer textures such as linen.
However, this is by no means to be said that tiled measurement as a whole is a no-go; It's just about doing it right.
“If it is well done, the tiled man is one of the most striking looks you can create, but the secret to get it up to run. Stop together. Keep up to a single color palette and then play with variations, perhaps with a glossy metro roof, paired with the matt cousin, which is paired with the matt cousin, or a large format porcelain Walls-Offseth-Offseth-Offseth-overboot.
Damla reflects this point and says: “Keep the palette checked. If you tile wall-to-wall tiles, stick to a single color or a sound-on-tone approach and may mix matt and gloss surfaces for depth.”
The introduction of different shapes or surfaces, while it holds on the same color and the same material, is a nice way to arouse depth and interest and at the same time maintain the cohesion.
Damla Turgut
Damla Turgut is the founder and creative director of Otto Tiles & Design, a brand that has redefined the tile industry with its brave, handmade collections. In 2014 she founded next to her brother Otto Tiles in Istanbul. A year later she returned to London and officially started Otto Tiles & Design to be unmistakable. From the beginning, Damla was determined to switch to mass production and instead to address the beauty of the handcrafted handicraft tiles.
Tiles that never look overwhelming
Large format marble look tiles almost always look elegant.
(Credit: Ca'Pietra)
But as Grazzie says: “Some tiles will never feel too much, no matter how they use them.”
Consulting in these reliable types of bathroom tiles is a good guideline if you are nervous if your bathroom design looks “too much”.
Classic subway tiles, soft stone effects and large-scale porcelain in steamed colors are grazzies upper, wrong-faced selection. “You are the reliable backbone of a bathroom and give you the purely tiled look without dominating the room.”
For Damla, solid ceramics, neutral cell tiles and soft cement tiles are safe to create a balanced room. “Your simplicity enables you to use them generously without being excess while adding texture and depth,” she says.
Otto Tiles & Design
Birch -encaustic cement tiles
Size: 20 x 20 cm
Material: Encaustic cement
Ca'pratra
Magnificent porcelain oro
Size: 60 x 120 cm
Material: china
Victorian installation
Metro sage astonished wall tiles
Size: 10 x 30 cm
Material: Ceramics
Otto Tiles & Design
Moroccan flush pink cell tile
Size: 10 x 10 cm
Material: glaze
Ca'pratra
Ottoman marble
Size: 40.6 x 61 cm
Material: Honorable marble
Victorian installation
Riley Sage Green Rustic Stone Effect Wall Fliesen
Size: 5 x 30 cm
Material: Ceramics
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