11 Nature-Inspired Bathroom Tile Ideas

The natural world is a riot of colours and textures and it’s overflowing with inspiration for home decor ideas. If you’d love to bring the beauty and freshness of the outdoors into your bathroom, you’ll need to consider the following:

Colour

 Picking the right colours is key to achieving a natural look in any room of your home.  Think neutral colours like beige, cream and white, glorious greens, shades of blue, earthy browns and ochres and pops of bright colour like pink, red, yellow and purple. You can combine different shades of the same colour to great effect.

Texture

 The world around us is a sensory delight. Try to introduce at least one texture into your bathroom to make it a tactile experience. Tiles are the perfect way to do this and you can opt for natural stone, stone or wood effect textured porcelain tiles, mosaic tiles and ceramic tiles with relief designs or subtle textures.

 Shape

Nature is filled with interesting, organic shapes. Take inspiration from honeycombs with beautiful hexagonal tiles, go for irregularly shaped splitface tiles or create an unusual design of your own.

Nature is abundant with inspiration for bathrooms, use colours, textures and shapes to create charm and elegance in your home.

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Recommended Tile: Canyon 

How can I get a nature-inspired bathroom with tiles?

With such a vast range of tiles from natural stone to delicate mosaics and colours in every imaginable shade, creating a nature-themed bathroom is easier than you might think.

You can incorporate natural textures into your bathroom through the use of natural stone or terracotta tiles and pick colourful, glazed porcelain tiles in nature-inspired shades. Patterned tiles with floral or foliage designs are an excellent choice too.

Nature-inspired bathroom tile ideas

From the beauty of natural stone to colour-drenched walls and exquisitely patterned tiles, we’ve selected some of the most beautiful nature-inspired bathroom tiles to get you started:

Mural-style tiles

You can’t get much more nature-inspired than this beautiful, tropical tile mural. Printed from a hand-painted design, it’s a powerful way to bring the outside into your bathroom and will help to create the most relaxing bathroom retreat.

These tiles have been created in three panels so you can opt for the whole design, or introduce a smaller scene to your bathroom.

Bring the outside into your bathroom with a stunning mural and create a relaxing bathroom sanctuary to unwind in and take you away to a beautiful tropical paradise.

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Recommended Tile: Saona

Fish scale tiles

Scallop, fish scale or mermaid, whatever you call these mesmerising mosaic tiles, they’re perfect for adding a natural and unusual look to your bathroom.

The scallop tile shape has its roots in Moorish design and is influenced by the rolling ocean waves. It’s a style that’s hugely popular and so you can choose from a range of tile materials from iridescent glass and polished stone to colourful ceramic tiles.

Fish scale tiles can be laid with the point facing up or down and look incredible when used to highlight specific areas like a feature wall, splashback or wall indent. Mix different colours or pick iridescent glass tiles for added impact.

Create a unique and enchanting bathroom with these magnificent mermaid mosaics, influenced by ocean waves.

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Recommended Tile: Mermaid

Splitface tiles

Texture plays an important role in creating a nature-inspired bathroom. Natural stone is one of the best ways to introduce texture into a bathroom and because it’s so neutral in colour, it’ll go well with all other colours and tile types.

Stone is one of the most expensive tile options but you don’t need to clad the entire bathroom, go for a small wall or splashback if you want to get the look for less.

Splitface tiles are one of the most irregularly shaped tiles and using them is a great way to create a standout feature in your bathroom.

Natural stone creates texture and is neutral in colour which makes it complimentary to many colours. It’s remarkably natural look and feel brings nature into your home.

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Recommended Tile: Stoneface Silver Shine 

Wood effect tiles

With their impressively printed wood grain and realistic texture, wood tiles are an inspired choice when it comes to creating a nature-themed bathroom.

You can choose from a range of natural shades and plank sizes and, as these tiles look so good, you can use them on the floors and walls. Unlike real wood planks, you won’t need to worry about rotting or warping and they’re super easy to keep clean.

There is nothing that says nature like wood, use wood tiles to create an impressive bathroom every time. Unlike real wood planks, they’re super easy to keep clean too.

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Recommended Tile: Naturae Wood 

Floral tiles

Patterned tiles have always been popular but pretty patterns, especially delicate floral designs are seeing a huge surge in popularity at the moment.

Add a touch of spring to your bathroom with candy-coloured floral designs.  You can use floral tiles across an entire wall, create a blossoming botanic border or dot decorative tiles around the room.

Fantastic floral tiles are very on trend with their stunning designs and beautiful array of colours, the options are endless

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Recommended Tile: Amazon & Saona

Pebble mosaic tiles

If you want to create a nature-inspired bathroom but prefer a more neutral colour palette, make the most of beautifully textured tiles.

Pebble mosaic tiles feel fantastic underfoot, they’re an excellent choice in bathrooms and wet rooms due to their non-slip qualities and can’t be many more effective ways of bringing nature into your home than cladding a floor with real pebbles.

Textured tiles are sure to bring the great outdoors in, especially these pretty pebble pieces.

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Ocean inspired tiles

Decorating your bathroom with a beach theme in mind is one of the most popular interior design trends. Bathrooms lend themselves perfectly to the seaside theme and you can introduce the colours of the ocean, sand and skies into your bathroom with carefully chosen tiles.

Deep blue tiles will create a calming, relaxing feel in a bathroom, you can choose the same coloured tiles or mix different shades of blue for a rippling ocean effect.

If you love to be beside the seaside why not bring the ocean into your bathroom, shades of blue offer a calm and tranquil feel. There are a huge range of seaside tones to chose from.

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Recommended Tile: Waitomo Blue 

Green tiles

What better way to get in touch with nature than by cladding your bathroom in shades of fern green tiles?

Green is one of the most refreshing and tranquil shades and is the hue closest to nature. Linked to forests, jungles, grassy fields and leaves, it’s perfect for adding a verdant touch to a bathroom.

Get even closer to nature and pick textured green tiles for a rustic look. Textured tiles look best when laid closely together to emphasise their uneven finish.

Green is both restorative and serene and comes in numerous shades close to nature , perfect for adding a flourishing feel to a bathroom. Get even closer to nature and pick textured green tiles for a rustic look. Textured tiles look best when laid closely together to emphasise their uneven finish.

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Delicately patterned tiles

If you love the idea of introducing a patterned tile to your nature-inspired bathroom but don’t want to go overboard, consider using more subtly decorated tiles with a light-coloured background.

It’s a gentler way to include patterns in your bathroom design and you can combine them with plain tiles in matching shades.

Natural stone tiles

Whether you opt for limestone, slate or marble, real stone tiles add a luxurious, timeless feel to any bathroom and they’re one of the best choices if you’re looking for a textured tile.

Every stone tile is unique and if you choose limestone, you might be able to spot the remains of ancient plants and animals in the tiles as it’s composed almost entirely of fossils.

Real stone tiles are opulent and timeless. Add a touch of natures luxury to your bathroom.

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Recommended Tile: Casablanca 

Lily pad tiles

These striking geometric tiles will make a statement wherever they are placed. Perfect for pepping up small and large bathrooms alike, these tiles are a popular choice for floors and walls.

Statement tiles are usually used in smaller areas so you might choose to use them on the floor, in a shower enclosure or over a single feature wall. Lily pad tiles work brilliantly with large-format and metro-style tiles or you can combine them with plain-coloured hexagonal tiles.

Lily pad shaped tiles inspired by the delightful design of nature work wonderfully in bathrooms as a feature wall or simply a bold bathroom.

Recommended Tile: Ava Azul Decor 

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How to get the natural look with tiles

• Pick tiles from a nature-inspired colour palette

You don’t need to have a completely green bathroom to nail the natural look but it’s a good idea to choose a few colours from nature’s palette. You can mix stronger colours with neutrals or go for a bathroom in calming, earthy tones.

• Choose patterned tiles

There is an incredible range of beautifully patterned tiles to choose from when picking your nature-inspired tiles. Choose full wall murals, bold floral designs or subtler prints for an unusual and beautiful bathroom.

• Opt for natural materials or realistic porcelain effect tiles

When creating a nature-themed bathroom you’ll want to include a range of different colours and textures and bring in natural materials where you can. Stone and stone-effect porcelain tiles, wood-effect tiles and natural terracotta tiles are all excellent options.