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By *cott73 OP Man
over a year ago
brighton |
I wonder if I could ask the advice of all you budding interior designers out there.
Can dark tiles (dark slate grey/blue) work in a small, windowless bathroom?!
I think it might be too overwhelming but I'm not a fan of white of beige bathrooms.
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I'm not an interior designer by any stretch of the imagination but they might work if you have a large mirror in there. Try pinning some dark paper to the walls to get a feel for how it would look.
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No, unfortunately not, because the light from any lamp source will simply absorb the hue into the tiles as opposed to diffusing the light across the bathroom.
As pedestrian as it sounds - pristine white tiles with gunmetal grey grouting would be ideal... |
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I'm with you with on the white and beige tiles. That is what we've inherited in this house. Though I do think dark grey ish tiles may be a bit too dark.
My sister has bottle green tiles in her small bathroom with accents of white and gold. Which although is still dark has an opulence about it and that the darkness is intentional. Maybe that is another option? |
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I think small bathrooms is the one place where you can get away with dark colours. I think it's striking rather than overwhelming.
That being said, trends are moving sharply away from cool greys and back into beiges, so if I was going to go dark, I'd go brown/tan/taupe/black or a colour. While trends should be irrelevant, I think they do influence us. (My small windowless bathroom has slate grey floor and cool grey accents and I am getting rid of them in favour of a warmer toned floor and removing the accents entirely) |
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By *cott73 OP Man
over a year ago
brighton |
Thanks for all your suggestions, folks.
Despite having samples, I do find it difficult to visualise how it will all look. I'm not the most creative person when it comes to interior designs.
Going to the tile shop just confused me more! |
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"Thanks for all your suggestions, folks.
Despite having samples, I do find it difficult to visualise how it will all look. I'm not the most creative person when it comes to interior designs.
Going to the tile shop just confused me more!"
Google image searches are useful. Or there are visualiser apps where you can use your own pictures and fill in with a colour to give you an idea of your own space |
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over a year ago
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Yes if you have LED spots in the ceiling. I worked on one a few years back that also had very small blue LEDs in the floor. Sounds horrible but it worked somehow |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
Big tiles will make a room look smaller and vice versa,warm coloured walls come towards you(making a room smaller) cool coloured walls go away (makes a room bigger).Small white,very pale blue or light cold grey for your room. |
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I think if you are happy with the overall light levels in the room and how the tile colours will affect it, then it's fine. But light colours will be more expansive and possibly freeing of the spirit. If you add relatively small volumes of dark, then it would probably be better. Likewise, you can highlight interest and uplift notes. |
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