Beige Bathroom Tile Ideas – add warmth and style with the hottest neutral shade
Topping the warm neutral shades chart, beige is a favourite colour choice for bathrooms. Ranging in colour from pale sand to a darker taupe, beige is comforting, versatile and easy on the eye. Cladding your bathroom with beige tiles will create an elegant, natural feel and it’s one of the best ways to create a classy, hotel-chic look.
Crisp white and cooling grey tiles are perfect for creating a pristine bathroom, but if you prefer something a little warmer, we’re here to show you that beige bathroom tiles can be anything but bland.
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Are beige bathrooms outdated?
Warm neutrals like beige and magnolia can sometimes be seen as dated or conservative, often associated with the office environment or other bland interiors. After the massive surge in cool grey and white interiors, warm neutrals are making a well-deserved comeback. Beige is soothing and natural and offers a versatile backdrop if you want to combine it with stronger colours.
Because beige is such a firm design favourite, there is an incredible choice when it comes to choosing bathroom tiles. From elegant natural stones like travertine and marble to ultra-realistic stone-effect porcelain and on-trend metro tiles, there is something for every style.
Beige is the colour of many natural stones including travertine and limestone and choosing to tile your bathroom in either real or stone-effect tiles is a savvy style move. Stone is always in fashion, looks fantastic and just won’t date.
What colours go well with beige tiles?
As beige is so natural and neutral it has the benefit of matching almost every colour. Combine it with white for a crisp and neutral look, or go for stronger colour combinations and introduce bold blues, reds and greens or keep it softer with pink and cream.
Beautiful beige bathroom tile ideas
Whether you’re a lover of limestone or tempted by tumbled marble, we’ve selected some of the most stylish beige bathroom tile ideas to inspire you. Don’t forget, as well as natural stone, we offer an impressive range of stone-effect porcelain tiles to help you achieve the look for less.
Select stone-effect porcelain tiles
One of the most classic and timeless bathroom tile options, stone-effect tiles add texture and elegance, and they’re a cheaper and easily maintainable option than the real deal.
Using the same tiles for the walls and floor creates a chic and unified look. Stone-effect tiles are an excellent choice if you’re unsure about bolder designs or colours because they will look as good in 30 years as they do today.
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Combine different tile styles
One of the best things about using neutral colours is that you can effectively combine different tile shapes, sizes and textures without it looking over the top. These contrasting stone-effect tiles add depth and interest to this neutrally themed bathroom.
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Choose timeless travertine tiles
Arguably one of the most beautiful tile materials, travertine is a type of limestone, that’s deposited around hot mineral springs. It ranges in colour from white to rust brown and because it’s a natural material, no two tiles will be the same.
Travertine tiles will need to be sealed, especially in areas which come into contact with water. Although travertine isn’t a cheap option, if looked after well, it will last a lifetime.
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Evoke elegance with beige marble
Like travertine, marble is formed when limestone rock is exposed to extreme heat and pressure. Marble forms at a lower temperature than travertine and there are many more colours to choose from, ranging from white to darkest black.
Polished marble is one of the most luxurious materials that you can use in a bathroom. It will need to be sealed, but it’s easy to keep clean and sparkling. If real marble is out of your budget, consider marble-effect porcelain tiles instead, they’re incredibly hardwearing and very low maintenance.
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Create texture with splitface tiles
Add interest to a neutral bathroom with the rough texture of splitface tiles. Whether natural stone or porcelain, these beautiful, multi-level tiles are guaranteed to liven up your bathroom. Tile a feature wall, create a splitface section in a shower enclosure or tile a bath panel, however you use them, they’re a brilliant way to add a natural, outdoorsy feel to a bathroom.
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Add interest with patterned tiles
Beige tiles don’t have to be plain and there’s a growing range of gorgeously detailed patterned tiles to choose from.
Combine plain beige tiles with patterned ones to add character to a bathroom, it’s a perfect way to achieve a look that’s a bit different and the neutral colour scheme will ensure you love it for many years to come.
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Mix and matchstick
A twist on the ever-popular subway tiles, matchstick mosaics are perfect for adding a contemporary feel to a bathroom. Combine beige matchstick tiles with different sizes and textures of tiles in the same colourway for a look that’s anything but boring.
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Fit natural stone tiles
Natural stone tiles are ideal for adding a warm and rustic look to a bathroom. You can create a contemporary feel with the same-sized large-format tiles or create a less formal look with tiles of different sizes.
Stone tiles are perfect for creating a seamless look in a bathroom because you won’t need to use tile edging along the cut edges. The natural indentations, varied colours and unique beauty of real stone make it one of the most attractive options for tiling a bathroom.
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Lay tiles in an eye-catching design
Beige metro tiles may not seem like the most exciting option when it comes to tiling your bathroom walls but with a little imagination and a creative layout, they can become a thing of beauty.
Metro tiles are marvellous for many reasons, but one of the best things about them is the sheer variety of tile layouts that you can achieve. Brick bond, herringbone, vertically stacked or basket-woven, these tiles can turn an ordinary wall into a piece of art. Combine different layouts on adjoining walls for even more impact.
Top tips for beige tiled bathrooms
- If you’re opting for stone-effect tiles, there will be a finite number of patterns in the design you choose. Make sure that whoever fits the tiles checks carefully to avoid placing identical tiles next to each other. A little careful planning will create a much more random and natural look.
- If you want to spice things up a bit, beige tiles provide the perfect neutral backdrop for boldly coloured bathroom fittings and opulent gold brassware.
- Beige doesn’t need to be bland, experiment with bold tile layouts and different textures for added interest.
- Because beige is one of the most popular tile colours, you’ll have a huge amount of choice when it comes to selecting your tiles. Great news if you’re on a budget.
Atlas Ceramics has a huge range of natural stone and porcelain beige bathroom and cloakroom tiles to help you achieve a similar look. Browse our selection yourself or call one of our experts for advice.