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What have you got on your bathroom floor?

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middleagedspread · 22/05/2014 08:57

And walls?
I'm dithering. The builder favours travatine but I really don't want a brown bathroom.
Thanks

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MillyMollyMama · 22/05/2014 21:52

I like my Porcelanosa Venis floor tiles in the dark colour. I have the matching wall tile. I like large format tiles but do have travertine in another bathroom but the colour is more beige than brown. Looks good with the roll top bath and painted wood boarding on the wall. In another bathroom I have sealed engineered walnut. It is warm and is easy to look after. Whatever you do, put in underfloor heating. It works very well with the Tiles.

imme · 23/05/2014 12:50

MrsDesperado, we have dark grey grout. It's quite dark. The tiles themselves are pretty easy to clean. They can be slippery if there is a water puddle on it, otherwise they are fine. We keep bathroom rugs on the floor so we don't usually get water on the tiles. We had a look at those grippy non-slip tiles but I think they are hard to keep clean.

biscuitnoodle · 23/05/2014 12:54

PigletJohn you made my day! Grin

OP - tiles

TalkinPeace · 23/05/2014 14:32

Bamboo
walls are painted - one is aqua blue, other is teracotta, other is magnolia

ThatBloodyWoman · 23/05/2014 14:35

Cork tiles on the floor.Warm and don't show the dirt.
Plain cream tiles on the walls.
Good and neutral so any colour towels look fine.

MummytoMog · 23/05/2014 14:54

Vinyl tiles - needed to be cheap and DIYable and I actually LOATHE tiles (mostly because our old bathroom had them laid on the floorboards and so DD's first words practically were 'it's not a jigsaw' as we screamed at her not to play with the broken tiles).

I have Gerflor Pop in the en suites (and utility room) and plain black and white in a chequerboard pattern in the other.

Gatekeeper · 23/05/2014 15:04

wee mostly

other than that... vinyl; I hate tiles. Cold, slippy and when perfume bottles are dropped < looks at ds again> they are well and truly knacked

BeCool · 23/05/2014 15:11

I have cork backed tiles - the top is a photo of pale pink rose heads all bunched together - looking down into them. So it is like walking on roses!

I was worried the cork backed tiles wouldn't be suitable but 10 years on they are still looking fantastic.

I can't find an online image.

Cereal0ffender · 23/05/2014 15:18

vinyl from here I love it. Feels nice underfoot and easy to pull up in event of leaks

HelpMeGetOutOfHere · 23/05/2014 15:26

it was here when we moved in, so not my choice and rented so I won't be replacing, but its newish and clean.
White tiles with tiny black accent tiles set at an angle on the floor, which are like an ice ink when wet. (ceramic) and black marble (I say marble effect the landlady reckons they are real marble) on the walls about 3/4 of the way up, finished with white marble trim. walls painted white with bathroom paint.

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middleagedspread · 23/05/2014 17:34

Thanks all. I'm busy on pinterest looking at all your choices.

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MrsDesperado · 25/05/2014 16:10

Thanks imme I'd heard that the non-slip ones weren't easy to clean too so it's put us off them. The dark grey grout with those tiles sounds lovely!

middleagedspread · 25/05/2014 19:52

Any opinions on limestone?

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MillyMollyMama · 25/05/2014 20:05

I have limestone in our holiday house with underfloor heating. This dries up splashed water so stops the floor being slippery. You must seal limestone though. We also use large bath mats so don't get the floor very wet in the first place. I don't spend ages cleaning the bathroom floors either. We have tiled walls and they are very easy to maintain. No wooden skirting boards in most of my bathrooms (I have 11 in 3 properties) which can trap dust. I like a streamlined look.

Blithereens · 25/05/2014 20:09

Strange blue sparkly floor and big blue tiles all the way to the ceiling. It's a bit bright (landlord's taste) but wow it's easy to keep clean!

middleagedspread · 25/05/2014 20:35

Milly, have you got limestone tiles on the walls too? We're having a lot of limestone downstairs so I could probably get it at a decent price. No UFH upstairs though.

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marshmallowpies · 25/05/2014 23:32

Karndean tiles - grey with a pebbly effect. Was very unsure about them as it was an impulse buy (we ordered 3 samples from Karndean and they didn't manage to send any of the ones we originally asked for, so we just ended up ordering the one we'd originally liked the look of).

Turns out, luckily, we do really like it. And it hides the dirt really well, being grey and textured...

AWombWithoutARoof · 26/05/2014 17:05

Marmoleum, ours is a beautiful retro green colour, it's lovely.

White tiles on some walls, otherwise painted.

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