Okay, I am a professional of domestic repairs and to affirm otherwise would be suspect. But it is true. Where others see dust, debris, bags of cement blocking the corridorand several days with a man (or several) working in your private space, I see a better, more comfortable and more beautiful future.
I see a reinvention and a re-release. I feel illusion. Even when it is not my house, but that of a client, I feel that tingling inside me. I say to myself "here is going to be a change and someone will enjoy it every day or every night".
A reform entails several important phases. In fact, in the post of the next tweet I strongly recommend 8 steps to plan and avoid problems.
From the beginning, I always tell every client that faces one that enjoys it. With its dust, its noises and its doubts. When you chisel your body in the gym there is pain, sacrifice, sweat and a lot of uncertainty. And few things are worth as much as taking care of one.
With the works at home, the same thing happens. Deep change, not cosmetic and superficial, but real, involves work.
Luckily, the professionals who carry them out have the habit of working with the result in mind, something that allows us to savor intermediate actions a priori less aesthetic, such as chopping walls or mixing cements.
But there is something that, in my experience, excites everyone, experts and first-timers. And it is the choice of materials.
There is something magical about finding the perfect tile for our bathroom. Only the fact of putting focus on it, installing it in our imagination, generates good vibrations of change and improvement in life.
Projecting is that: dreaming.
And today we are going to give a little technical support to that torrent of fantasy that will occur in your head when you consider replacing that old tilingwith a brand new and modern landscape of colors and completely new finishes.
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1. What light does your bathroom have?
It is not the same if you have natural light in abundance if you only get artificial light.
If you have a window, you can freely choose your Antique tiles But if the bathroom is very dark, you'd better consider strengthening its luminosity with tiles with brightness and light colors, if you do not want to shower in the bat cave.
2. How big is your bathroom?
Another key question According to its shape, some tiles or others will stick to it. For small bathrooms, again, light colors, such as white, beige or soft gray, which will give them a feeling of spaciousness?
If your bathroom has low ceilings, put tiles vertically to make them look taller. On the contrary, if the ceilings are high, arrange them horizontally so that the room is wider.
3. Come now with the style: Rustic? Nordic? Mediterranean?
I have good news: today you can choose from infinity of styles and finishes.
If you want to give your moment of grooming a rural aesthetic, you have stone Reclaimed tiles and finishes in slate and granite that will make your delight while you shower.
They are generally more expensive than basic tiles, but the feeling of renewing in a natural environment will take you to your own private spa.
If you are looking for something more beaches, you can opt for glass tiles and its colorful catalog of aesthetic details. They complement each other with the hydraulic ceramics to which many models imitate, and you can dream every day that you are removing sand and salt after leaving the beach of Bologna, in Tariff.
4. Interesting combinations of colors
The basic and more traditional option is to tiling the entire bathroom with the same tiles. This gives uniformity and does not complicate your life.
Although, if you want my personal opinion, it's time to play and have fun. To risk and bet on the originality of a bathroom that nobody has ever seen anywhere else.
And for that, nothing better than combining colors and contrasted textures.
5. All in : Put everything on a spectacular wall
My favorite option the one that will earn you the best reviews. And it will make your home really different and unforgettable.
Choose the main wall of the bathroom, just one. And embellish it with that vibrant tile, impossible or with an irresistible personality.