Help me decide on my bathroom floor please!

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It's got to be vinyl, but I can't decide whether to go for a slightly metallic green-mosaic, and keep the walls/tiles v plain, or a rather retro black-and-white, and inject some colour into the walls with paint etc

House is a modern cottage, about 20 years old, nothing special but in charming rural area so don't want to put anyone off if/when we want to sell up (no plans)

I like the black and white much more than the green shiny one. Some friends have the black and white check in their bathroom and it looks great.

black and white

Hmmm, yes, I think you're right, just have to convince DH now

I have the mosiac on my bathroom floor and it looks really dreary; much prefer the black and white

I don't like the black and white at all - just to throw a curve ball. We're going to go with this one for our tiny ensuite though so maybe a completely different style than you're after.

That is nice abdnhiker but I have a weird aversion to things pretending to be something they're not - ie imitation stone, wood etc. The black and white is 'pretending' to be tiles though, so maybe I'm talking out my bum

I've got to do a tiny downstairs loo, a medium ensuite and a medium family bathroom, and I can't be arsed to choose different looks for each!

We had a really nice vinyl from the people that make marmoleum. It looks great in a victorian house with a modern bathroom

Ooh, link please KarenG

May I ask why "it's got to be vinyl"?

I'm about to have my bathroom done and was thinking about floors. I love that black and white. I too would have to go for vinyl. I have 12 and 14 year old boys who leave the bathroom like a swamp.

Whatever the colour imo vinyl is much more comfortable underfoot, especially in the winter as tiles get really cold. I also think it's safer, as in less slippery. Also if you drop something it does little or no damage vs shattering to smithereens. It can look great, get a good fitter, especially if you go for the black and white.

Why not proper lino, such as Marmoleum?
All the same qualities as vinyl, but its a natural product so better for the environment and also feels much nicer to walk on with bare feet.
It comes in all sorts of colour/designs, I like a marbled finish for bathrooms as it is very practical (unlike black and white floors which show up dust and dirt repectively).

www.forbo-flooring.co.uk/default.aspx?menuId=274

Its around £28-30 per sq metre so similar to middle range vinyl.

Oh, some very good points there, Pannacotta (good name btw)

Am a terrible slattern so your point about showing up dirt is v pertinent.