Bathroom marble tiles: design features and selection criteria

In the distant past, marble was used as a decorative element and decorated with surfaces in palaces and castles. Today, marble is more preferable in public institutions, such as a museum, theater or administration.

However, there is a budget equivalent, which is made of artificial minerals. - This is an imitation of marble. The color scheme is striking in its diversity - you can even get a color that is not found in nature. Nevertheless, the external aesthetics and quality of artificial marble tiles are not inferior to the natural counterpart, and the cost of its purchase will be several times less.

For owners of a spacious bathroom, there are no restrictions on the choice of marbled finishes. A large area of ​​the room allows you to choose any interior, even using black for finishing work. It looks great option, where the upper part of the bathroom is decorated with light shades, and the bottom - made in a more saturated color, which is close to the color of the floor surface.

Next, you need to calculate the required number of tiles. This procedure is extremely simple and useful, as it will help to avoid over-expenditure of material during the finishing work.

First of all, it is necessary to determine the perimeter of the floor surface in the bathroom. To do this, make measurements of length and width. Then you need to multiply the obtained indicators. After that, you need to know the parameters of the tile. To determine the amount of tile required, you need to divide the perimeter of the bathroom into tile parameters.

For a wall surface, the amount of material is calculated as follows: you need to determine the area of ​​all four walls, taking away the area of ​​the door.Then it is necessary to add the obtained values ​​and divide them into the tile area.

For owners of small bathrooms and sanitary facilities, more careful selection of materials is required. In order to visually create a spacious and comfortable room, you must have an idea of ​​the saturation of the color gamut and the texture of the material. Light colors visually expand the space, making it more spacious. Therefore, when buying it is worth paying attention to the marbled tiles, made in white, beige, blue, pink, light gray or light brown shades. In order to give the bathroom a warm and cozy atmosphere, you should choose a terracotta, orange, beige or pink hue, and the blue, gray and green color perfectly cope with the creation of a cooler and more peaceful atmosphere.

The original solution will be the design of the surface of the wall and floor surface in the same color shade and texture. This option perfectly smooths the corners and adds extra space to the room. You should avoid the contrast between the surface of the wall and the floor surface.Visually, the room begins to appear smaller than it actually is. Everything else is not worth doing accents at the corners.

For a small-sized bathroom it is necessary to use glossy bright tiles. Such a solution in the presence of high-quality lighting will create a beautiful and luxurious design for the bathroom, which will be bright throughout the day.

For those who do not like glossy surfaces, there is an alternative in the form of semi-gloss facing materials. For a floor surface in this situation it is recommended to use a marbled tile with a rough surface. It is desirable that it coincides with the shade chosen for the wall surface. Anti-slip coating facilitates safe movement, eliminating the possibility of slipping.

A wide range of presented sizes of marbled tiles allows consumers to choose a material that will meet all the requirements. In a small room the best solution would be to use small or medium-sized tiles. The large size of the tile, on the contrary, will visually make the bathroom smaller than it actually is.

Caring for a small tile is much more difficult than for a large-sized counterpart. Nevertheless, the bathroom or bathroom looks more attractive. It is recommended to choose tiles in light shades. Dust particles, dried sprays and stains from cleaning or cleaning solution will remain invisible on a light surface, and mechanical damage (scratches, cracks or chips) on the surface of the wall or floor surface can be masked with a colorless varnish. You can try to resort to adhesive composition or grout, the color of which will correspond to the treated surface.

As mentioned earlier, a more budgetary option is an artificially marbled tile.But today, another alternative has appeared - the use of ready-made collections in the interior, which imitate the texture of marble. This tile has retained a distinctive feature of marble - the presence of veins, but they are interpreted into a graphic element.

Examples of such collections can be found in the products of the Shakhty enterprise and the Russian enterprise Sokol.

• Pietra Collection (Shakhty enterprise) provides two color options. The first tile is made in natural coral shades that resemble ruby ​​spar, which is a mineral substance - a compound of manganese. The second option is presented in more original turquoise hues and looks similar to turquoise and malachite. The texture of the tiles is made with neat geometric patterns, which the manufacturer has placed on a small number of tiles as decorative elements.

• Collection "Romeo" (Shakhty enterprise). The concept of this collection is similar to the previous one, but nonetheless has a more classical focus. It is characterized by the natural texture of natural marble. The whole line is designed in soothing colors.This collection copes with the creation of a beautiful, thoughtful and comfortable interior for the bathroom.

• "Pearl" (domestic enterprise "Falcon"). The collection is stylized in marble. Despite the fact that the appearance of this tile is not very similar to natural stone, it can still bribe the buyer with a wide range of color shades.

When used in marble, the ideal solution is to choose a bathroom. classic style. In addition, it is permissible to use marble tiles not only on the surface of the wall, but also on the ceiling and floor surface. Excellent look decorative details on the countertops under the sink and various shelves.

Style interior country music (even if it is an artificial analog) will perfectly fit into the concept of a bathroom. Light shades of marble and wood-like streaks will perfectly cope with the chosen style of the bathroom. Also the marble finish is appropriate in the interiors, made in retrostyle. To do this, it is necessary to give preference to light and brownish shades and colors, typical of mahogany.

Natural marble tiles are unique.You can be sure that few people own such material. Not every apartment owner will allow himself a marble finish. For lovers of luxury, ceramic marble tiles are used to decorate a bathroom or bathroom. The most expensive material is a product with a small amount of veins. Streaks that have different patterns may be more saturated or not brightly pronounced. The color shade directly depends on the place of its production and the presence of various breeds in it. Color shades can be beige, black, green, pink, red, brown and gray.

Among the rest of building materials, marble blurs the following natural features:

• High strength. The only competitor, given the characteristics of all facing materials, is granite. Marble is famous for its resistance to mechanical stress (impact against the surface or significant load).
• Long service life. Marble cannot flake or crumble and can last for many years.
• High wear resistance. It is almost impossible to scratch a marble tile or erase its surface.
• Material hygiene. The material is one of the few natural antiseptics. It eliminates the possibility of the emergence and further reproduction of various parasites and fungal deposits.
• Safe operation for the human body due to the fact that marble is an eco-friendly, clean and natural material. It does not pose a threat to both people and nature.

A completed bathroom design using marbled tiles is waiting for you in this video.