Tile shower room: types, tile layouts, design, color, photo in the bathroom interior

What type of tiles should you choose?

The finish should not only be beautifully executed, but also meet certain requirements, have high moisture-repellent properties, resistance to chemicals, good strength properties and waterproofing, in the form of special grout mixtures that prevent the appearance of mold and mildew. Be sure to check the article about bathroom decoration with tiles, there just all the nuances are taken into account.

Photo of a shower tray made of tiles

Floor clinker tiles for a homemade shower podium are selected taking into account frequent and prolonged contact with water. For cladding, products are used that have a relief or rough surface and a high slip resistance, which is less traumatic.

The most common design is in the form of a dense, durable, durable and moisture resistant porcelain stoneware or quartz vinyl finish. Such structures can be rectangular, square, rounded, open type without a roof or closed with a podium, walls and ceiling base. The pallet with the rim can have different heights, be deep enough and perfectly perform the functions of a bath, which is especially suitable for those who, for example, need to bathe a child.

The photo shows the interior of the bathroom and an open shower room made of tiles with a square-shaped pallet.

When decorating a pallet, mosaics are also often used, which not only easily cope with facing of various shapes, but also due to the large number tile joints and joints makes the surface non-slippery.

Seat decoration with tiles

Convenient and comfortable steps or chairs integrated into the wall are most often decorated with small tiles or mosaics, which are most suitable for curves and curved lines.

Examples of cladding shelves and niches in the shower

Thanks to the finishing of the built-in niches and shelves in the shower room, it turns out to create truly elegant accents in the interior. For example, you can use dark tiles to give the niches visual depth, or choose contrasting design for the shelves and make them even more decorative.

In the photo there is a shower room with niches trimmed with dark-colored mosaics.

How to decorate a shower cabin without a pallet with tiles?

In this case, a cladding is used that contrasts with the general design of the room, thereby highlighting the shower area, or use the same type of large-format tiles suitable for the floor without height differences. Thus, it turns out to visually increase the space and give it a very solid look.

When arranging this cabin, the main requirement is a sufficient height of the room, since, due to the fact that the shower drain and the pipe that drain water into the sewer must be located below the floor level, with the help of a concrete screed it is necessary to raise the floor and make a slope towards the drain ...

In the photo there is a toilet combined with a bathtub and a shower room without a pallet with a glass door, tiled.

Tile layout options

The classic option for laying hog tiles is a horizontal arrangement with an offset. To create a non-trivial design, you can apply a more complex, but at the same time quite original layout vertical rows or herringbone. It is also considered very time-consuming to lay tile products diagonally, which allows you to visually expand the space.

In the photo, a gray hog tile with a horizontal layout with an offset in the shower room.

Tile colors

The choice of color scheme directly depends on the dimensions of the room and on its functional planning features. Beige, white, black, gray, green, blue, brown or any other color tile finish, taking into account all spatial nuances, is able to harmoniously complement any design.

The photo shows the interior of a bathroom with a shower, decorated square tiles in gray.

When using light shades, not predominantly white, it is possible to visually expand the shower room and increase in volume. A more inimitable and unique design, as well as the elimination of minor surface defects, can be achieved by alternating tile products of different colors.

Shower design options

Several original options.

Combination of tiles and mosaics

This combination creates a really interesting finish for your shower room. By adding such a characteristic touch as mosaic, the furnishings acquire a more thoughtful and complete look.

Take a look mosaic ideas in the bathroom interior.

Shown here is a beige tiled finish combined with multi-colored mosaics in an open-type shower room.

Under the tree

Externally, it completely conveys the surface of natural wood, while possessing all the advantageous qualities of ceramic tiles.

Be sure to check out our a selection of wood-look tile ideas.

Under the stone

Thanks to special technologies, ceramics are distinguished by even the smallest irregularities, graceful fractures, cracks and overflows characteristic of stone rocks.

In the photo there is a small shower room made of tiles with imitation of marble in the interior of the bathroom.

Concrete

Visually and aesthetically, a room with this cladding acquires a more powerful and reliable appearance.

Fish scales

Due to the beauty of the fish scales, which have soft overflows, it turns out to visually endow the space with additional volume.

In the photo there is a bathroom with an open shower without a tray, decorated with turquoise tiles in the form of fish scales.

Pebble

It is not afraid of moisture and therefore is equally well suited both for decorating a shower room in an apartment and for decorating a summer shower in the country. Large pebbles, will bring the atmosphere of a real sea coast to the atmosphere.

With drawing

A large image that occupies the entire plane or small drawings that are repeated several times are an excellent solution in order to diversify and liven up a monochromatic design.

In the photo there is a bathroom interior and a small shower room with white tiles decorated with drawings.

Shower cabin finishing ideas in different styles

With the proper decoration of the shower room, you can form a truly beautiful design for any interior direction, such as loft, Provence, country, classic or modern style.

For example, for modern stylistics, a laconic finish is used in a basic and neutral color scheme, which is sometimes complemented by bright elements.For Provence, they choose the fragmentary use of mosaic or patchwork tiles in the patchwork style, and in an urban loft they use no less organic hog tile or cladding with imitation of aged surfaces and building materials.

In the photo, a shower room made of gray hog tiles in loft-style bathroom interior.

Features of tiling a small shower room

In a small shower room, medium-sized ceramics are most appropriate without unnecessary patterns and designs. When laying out for walls, you can use a horizontal layout, visually expanding the space, or vertical laying that raises the ceiling. On the floor, to increase the area, you can use square or rectangular tiles laid out diagonally.

Take a look how to correctly design a small bathroom.

Photo gallery

A tile shower room should have an unobtrusive, harmonious and cozy design, be distinguished by functionality, beautiful appearance and be a truly comfortable place for relaxation.