Help me find bathroom tiles that will never look dated.

[elsaandanna]

Which should mean white tiles I think. BUT my house is old and cold. I really want to avoid white. Bathrooms are small, low ceilings and not especially light.

I have white metro tiles with grey grout in the kitchen because it was all I could think of.
I don't think they make tiles I actually like!

Any clever ideas?

Maybe a herringbone marble or faux marble tile? White ish tiles with a light colour on any painted walls should work well.

Could you have tongue and groove panelling with just a few plain white bumpy, matt tiles where you need them?

How about white tiles with a texture to give a less flat look? Keep the tiling to a minimum and paint a warm rich colour on the walls. Extra visual warmth can be achieved with wood effect floortiles or vinyl. Add rich coloured towels and bathmat and a plant .

This was as a result of a quick google for a bumpy reflective tile but you'll find more easily www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Bumpy-White-Ceramic-Tile-200-x-200mm/p/165916

The rooms are going to be all tiled. With window and door and airing cupboard on separate walls there isn't a wall left to paint.
I like the bumpy white tiles. I don't think they will date but I think going into a room with white tiles will feel chilly.
I will try to find some fake marvel and have a look
I'd like to have rich dark deep pile carpet in the bathroom but realise that's a bit yucky and not at all practical. So a warm fake wood and a big fluffy bath Matt should work.

Everything dates.

Got for something that makes you happy!

It's all going to date in the end. But I think we all go for
Much plainer designs. A 90's beige bathroom still looks nice just not on trend. Just go for quality fittings.

The thing is, as the tiles date, so will you and by the time you get to my age, you won't give a bugger anyway.
It's one of the many advantages of ageing that no-one ever tells you.😉

I think fake marble is a good idea. There are bathrooms from the 1930s that have this. Real marble stains so don't be tempted by that.

Ditto to what Wingedharpy said!

Other than that, I certainly wouldn't go for those 'metro' tiles, a fashion which IMO will def. look dated in future, and in any case make me think of old fashioned smelly public lavs.

Metro tiles could look dated but I remember in the 80's my ex PIL changing their bath but keeping the original bathroom tiles from a 30's semi (because they were tight with money, not for the aesthetics) and I thought at that stage the whole bathroom looked contemporary. If they are still alive, it would still look contemporary.

We have what sounds like a similar sort of set up. We went fir mixed tiles & grout colour, it gives height to the room & isn't at all cold, lovely & easy to clean too & the lower black grout is a godsend with a messy teen & hair dye.

We kept the accessories retro looking & with the metro tiles which are pretty retro & so even though they are in vogue now, shouldn't date so easily

I'll try & add a photo...

& winged is spot on 😂

Go with what you like, which is what we did, but it's also turned out to be very practical

I should have added, the bevelled metro tiles are actually french art nouveau era styling, which is why they shouldn't date in an older house

I think black and white is pretty timeless.

I'd do white tiles with either occassional black inserts, or plain white with a black textured border along the middle of the wall.