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Tiles are the obvious and practical choice for kitchens, utility rooms and bathrooms but what about bedrooms? Tiles provide a durable, waterproof and attractive surface that’s not usually associated with bedroom walls, but there’s a growing trend for beautiful feature tiled walls and headboards that’s too good to ignore.
Like a feature wall of vibrant paint or wallpaper, tiles can bring a new dimension to a bedroom space. Whether you want to create a rustic faux brick wall, add a characterful headboard or create a spectacularly tactile feature wall, keep reading to discover the right tiles for the bedroom.
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Recommended Tile: Shapes Round Mosaic
Express yourself with creatively laid tiles and create stunning and unique features in your bedroom. From luxurious headboards to high-end feature walls, browse our collection of the most beautiful and innovative bedroom wall tile ideas.
Take inspiration from the Mediterranean with Portuguese-inspired blue and white ceramic tiles. If you’re keen to introduce tiles into your bedroom but unsure where to begin, a headboard is a perfect starting point. As well as being practical and long-lasting, it’ll create an attractive focal point.
Glossy tiles are effective space-enhancers as they reflect light around, making this an inspired choice for a smaller bedroom.
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Recommended Tile: Damask Series Decor 12
Part of the appeal of tiles lies in their low maintenance. Once applied, they’re easy to take care of and exceptionally long-lasting. We love this tiled alternative to traditional wooden architraving. Carefully applied tiles add a modern twist to a practical feature, creating a stylish and unexpected addition to a bedroom.
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We recommend: Waxman Mazurka Emeraude
Create a standout headboard with bold black and white tiles. This is a brilliant way to introduce tiles into a sleeping space and you can go as bold or subtle as you dare. The headboard size is up to you, it can rise above the bed by just a few tiles or extend the full height of the wall for maximum impact.
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Recommended Tile: Damask Series Decor 3
Marble tiles are as luxurious as they come. Perfect for achieving a hotel-style boudoir, large tiles can make spaces feel bigger, sleeker and more streamlined.
Marble tiles come in a range of finishes from highly polished to more rustic tumbled textures. Use marble tiles to create an elegant headboard or an opulent feature wall.
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Recommended Tile: Elgin Matt Marble
The classic, interlocking herringbone tile pattern is a firm favourite for floors, but this gorgeous design can make an incredible wall feature. Look for smaller, metro-sized tiles to create an attractive bedroom wall panel.
Rectangular tiles are the most popular tile style and you can choose from a wide range of materials including wood effect, marble, slate, glass and porcelain.
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Recommended Tile: Weathered Multi
These unevenly textured tiles are perfect if you want to create a more laid-back look in your bedroom. Zellige tiles are designed to be fitted next to each other without gaps, emphasising their attractive undulating texture. You can choose rustic matt or gorgeously glossy zellige style tiles or, for a unique touch, combine different finishes.
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We love a good subway tile, they work just about everywhere, are easy on the eye – and often the wallet – and have more layout options than any other tile type.
Tiling a headboard is an incredibly practical option, particularly in hotel and Airbnb settings where cleanliness is paramount. In the home, a tiled headboard is a subtle, simple and smart alternative to a traditional wooden or upholstered headboard.
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Recommended Tile: Rio Blanco
Tiles aren’t just a practical solution for bathrooms and kitchens, they can be used to create a range of attractive features in your home including stylish feature wall panels.
This high-end look is popular in hotel bedrooms and creates a feature focal point, adding height and increasing the feeling of space within the room. This trick works well in all sizes of bedrooms and you can use any type of tile, although we are partial to the natural look of wood effect tiles.
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Recommended Tile: Forest of Dean Teak
These sweet retro tiles are ultra-versatile, customisable and perfect for adding a splash of personality to the bedroom.
Create borders, word art or bespoke patterns and unleash your creative side with these easy-to-fit mosaic tiles. Penny tiles are available in a surprising range of colours and materials from porcelain, natural stone and glass to shimmering mother of pearl.
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One of the best ways to add interest to a bedroom is through creative use of different textures and tiles can be instrumental in helping you achieve the right look.
Look for tiles with distinctive textures to boost your bedroom’s wow factor; high gloss tiles help make spaces appear larger and combining a reflective finish with a subtle texture will add a different dimension to your walls.
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Recommended Tile: Devonport Blanco Decor
Add a cosy touch to a bedroom wall with realistic brick effect tiles. Brick slip tiles are much thinner and lighter than full-sized bricks, they’re easy to fit and one of the best ways to give your bedroom a rustic, traditional feel.
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Recommended Tile: Weberwall Brick
Tiles can be applied to bedroom walls in much the same way you’d apply them to kitchen or bathroom walls. You can choose from a huge range of porcelain and stone tiles to enhance your space.
Tiles will add a layer of luxury to your bedroom walls, creating interest, depth and character. Porcelain and glass tiles can reflect, shimmer, shine and enhance spaces more effectively than any other surface covering and they’ll effortlessly outlast paint and paper.
Tiles provide a practical, durable and easy-to-clean surface and they are suitable for use in all areas of the home, including bedrooms. Bedroom wall tiles can be used to enhance spaces, creating attractive panels, feature walls and statement headboards.
You can use all types of tiles for bedroom walls. Some of our favourites include large-format tiles, mosaic tiles, metro tiles and striking wood-effect tiles.
You can also opt for beautiful mural-style wall tiles or tactile splitface tiles to create an eye-catching feature within your bedroom.
Atlas Ceramics stocks a wide range of wall tiles for bedrooms. Browse our selection yourself or call one of our helpful experts for advice.