Tips for choosing the bathroom floor

We wanted to go with tile flooring in the upstairs bathroom. Do you have a favorite material to use for the bathroom floor?

Tile is super easy to clean, and it’s not a big deal when it gets wet.

There are so many tile options! It can almost be overwhelming. We kept a few things in mind as we looked.

COLOR
We wanted something neutral. I’d rather have color on the walls – either wall color or wall decor – than on the floor so that the eyes aren’t immediately drawn to the floor.

We were planning to do a (mostly) white subway tiled tub and white vanities, so we wanted the flooring to mesh well with these. We liked the cream colored tiles.

SIZE
Tile comes in all sorts of sizes – super small to huge.

We tended to lean towards big squares.

TILE CHOICE
We picked a light tan tile with hints of some darker swirls. Here’s a look at the materials we picked out for our bathroom:

TILE LAYOUT
When looking at tiles in store and online – lots of time spent on Pinterest and Houzz during the renovation – we saw some floors with the squares set as squares and others in a diamond pattern. I liked the square look. What do you prefer?

GROUT
Wow, there are a lot of grout options. We wanted something lighter than the tile but nothing too white. We went with a neutral, off-white color. We wanted grout that was lighter than the tile to keep the floor light in color.

Here’s what the final floor looks like:

We love how it turned out!

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