Don t be fooled this classic tile shape is constantly being used in trendy new ways.
Subway tile half way up bathroom wall.
Our first example is a traditional classic white subway tile with contrasting dark grout by spivey architects via houzz this beautiful bathroom features a full subway tile wall in the shower as well as a half wall as a backsplash behind the door.
If you want to avoid the boring all white effect choose a darker grout as in this bathroom for contrast and visual interest.
Standard subway tiles are 3x6 inches.
My family is tall with my son being almost 6 4 and it is very important to have tiles in the shower go all the way up to the ceiling.
We love the clean look of the straight set tile in the bathrooms below.
A gray single bath vanity accented with nickel knobs and a honed marble countertop sits on marble hexagon floor tiles beneath a white framed medicine cabinet flanked by cylinder sconces mounted to a light gray wall lined white subway lower wall tiles.
In other words the short side is half the length of the long side.
Kasbah trellis in neutral motif design photo.
This is helpful because you can use the short side as a ruler to mark the halfway point of the long side.
If i were tiling your bathroom i would go all the way up to the ceiling.
Iridescent glass tiles are a good choice for this.
If the tile stops too low the shower water bounces off our heads and gets the wall above the tile soaking wet.
Think big when you see a big sale.
Once you have this carry out with the rest of the design on the wall.
This is a time saver if you re laying your tile in a brick pattern like we did and have to cut a lot of tiles in half.
When this bathroom s designer saw that the tiles he liked at the home depot expo were more than half off he snapped up enough of them to remodel all three of his.
Make sure the first two vertical lines line up perfectly each tile is halfway in between the tile next to it.
For you tile lovers floor to ceiling bathroom wall tiles are the way to go.
Limit it to a single wall then contrast with a different type of tile.
Covering a wall in tile can run you a lot more than covering it with paint or wallpaper.
Whether you switch it up with bold subway tile colors in your bubbly bathroom extend your subway tile from the shower into the rest of your bathroom to create the visual illusion of a larger space or design a classic bright white kitchen backsplash this tile does not disappoint.