A tasteful and chic bathroom can be achieved by correctly using tiles; it will also be co-ordinated. But there are some interior design principles that should be considered, to ensure that the end result is stylish and not a design disaster!

To make your bathroom stand out as being elegant and stylish use carefully designed ceramic tiles. If you choose bathroom tiles that are exceptionally chic, they can look somewhat dated in a few years. It is better to use tiles that will never go out of fashion. They will still look chic in the coming years.

Cream tiles have been a very popular look with a thin line of colour half way up the wall providing a nice effect that is easy on the eye. While this looks good, it is extremely popular and can be seen everywhere.

To create splashes of colours, the random use of coloured bathroom tile from the same range, can impart colour, but look stylish and contemporary, without creating a style that will easily date.

For a stylish and chic appearance try using larger tiles, they also take much less time to install. Mosaic tiles tend to date quite quickly, but look ok around wash and baseness and showers.

Many people try to imitate far grander bathroom designs within a tiny, standard bathroom. If you are tempted to go for the look of the ultrachic hotel bathroom you stayed in when in Paris: don’t! If the space is smaller than the original then it just won’t work. Instead take some key features like a wash hand basin, shower etc and emulate these, but use your own taste and style to choose your own type of tiles etc for the rest of the bathroom. Then you will have tiles that are appropriate for the size of room.

In a small bathroom, go for small tiles as large ones can make the room look even smaller.

Thus designing a stylish look with bathroom tiles is not too difficult, but you do need to think about your bathroom, its size and how the tiles will wear and look in the future. Be realistic when designing, you have to be realistic with what you have to work with.