12 Luxury Bathroom Tile Ideas
Providing somewhere to relax, unwind and escape the stresses of everyday life, our bathrooms can be a calming sanctuary for our bodies and minds. Bathing and showering have myriad health benefits, notably reducing stress and anxiety, relaxing muscles and helping to ease tension.
Creating a bathroom with a luxe and lavish aesthetic can be key to achieving a blissful zone where you can relax to your heart’s content.
If your bathroom is in need of a refresh or you’re planning a bathroom from scratch, keep reading to discover how to get the opulent look.
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Find tiles like this here: Elements Lux Port Laurent
Luxury bathroom tile ideas
Take your pick of the most beautiful, durable and transformative tiles with our collection of luxurious tiles for your bathroom.
Natural marble
Always in style, marble is synonymous with opulence. One of the most attractive natural stones, marble has been used to decorate and enhance buildings and create sculptures for millennia.
A truly timeless choice, marble tiles will instantly create a luxurious look in a bathroom however you choose to use them. You can opt for large-format slabs or smaller, more delicate mosaic tiles. You can combine large and small tiles or use marble alongside plainer ceramic tiles, reserving it for a feature wall or floor.
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Recreate this look: Onyx Pink
Marble effect porcelain
If you love the look of marble tiles (and who doesn’t?) but want the luxe look with a little less maintenance, you can’t go wrong with marble-effect porcelain tiles.
With all the looks but none of the sealant requirements, top-quality marble effect tiles are hard to distinguish from the real thing. Go for the best marble effect tiles you can afford and be careful to avoid placing tiles with the same patterns next to each other for the most realistic effect.
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Recreate this look: Elgin Matt/Elgin Gloss
Travertine tiles
A type of limestone formed by the evaporation of spring and river water, travertine is another timeless and attractive choice for bathroom tiles. Natural stone isn’t cheap, but installing it can increase the value of your home and it’s guaranteed to give your bathroom the luxe, hotel-chic look.
If you like travertine’s characteristic striations, look for the vein-cut stone. Travertine is a tough, compact stone that’s suitable for bathroom walls and floors. Like marble it can be polished, honed (semi-polished) or tumbled for a more rustic appearance.
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Tiles like this: Travertone Classic
Black tiles
Black tiles can be used to create an elegant and super luxurious-looking bathroom. Whilst it’s true that black tiles won’t help to enlarge a space, they will add a dramatic and sophisticated aesthetic that’s both striking and timeless.
You can opt for plain, polished black tiles, stylish marble, chic matt textures and subtle patterns, all of which will help to create an understated but truly luxurious feel.
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Recreate this look: Welsh Slate Bangor Black
Onyx effect tiles
For the ultimate opulent bathroom styling, look for porcelain tiles that emulate gemstones. Natural onyx is often used in jewellery, its beautiful layers giving it a unique look.
Combine exquisitely detailed tiles with gold accessories to up the wow factor.
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Similar tiles: Onyx Blue/Onyx Black
Stone effect tiles
A quick internet search of luxury bathrooms will flood you with images of palatial stone-clad spaces. Stone is one of the most expensive, but completely timeless choices for a bathroom. It won’t date or fall out of fashion and the neutral tones ensure you won’t want to swap it any time soon.
Stone effect tiles are an excellent alternative to real stone, they are completely watertight, resistant to scratches, chips and stains and they don’t need to be sealed.
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Tiles like this: Magma Cinder/Grey
Glass tiles
One of the most striking of all tiles, glass is versatile and durable and will add a layer of luxury wherever it is placed.
Glass tiles are available in a vast range of styles from classic smooth to rippled cast glass, mirror, metal-infused and iridescent. You can also choose from a selection of sizes to accentuate your bathroom walls.
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Similar Tile: Voyage Fossil Grey Brick
Victorian style tiles
For a touch of old-school glamour, consider retro Victorian tiles in striking jewel shades. Victorian-style tiles are often lavishly glazed for maximum lustre. Available in a range of shapes from the classic rectangular subway style to more detailed hexagons and octagons, Victorian tiles can be laid in an almost infinite number of patterns and striking designs.
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Recreate this look: Emilia Navy
Mirror tiles
Few tiles make as much of an impact as mirror glass. Opulent and luxurious, mirror glass is the epitome of sophistication and it can lift a bathroom from bland to breath taking in an instant.
Although a wall of pristine mirror glass will open up a bathroom like nothing else, it’s not for everyone. If you are worried about maintenance or want something subtler, look for antique, embellished or etched glass mirror tiles instead. Just as glamorous, they’re not quite as stark as flawless mirror glass and are more forgiving of splashes and smudges.
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Metallic tiles
Nothing says luxury quite like a wall of precious metals. Look for glass tiles infused with a layer of gold, silver or copper for the ultimate luxe look.
Layer metallics with light or dark tiles or combine them with wood effect or stone tiles for a stylish juxtaposition. You can use metallics as densely or sparingly as you like, these tiles will pack a punch wherever they are placed.
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Dark coloured tiles
There’s something special about dark-coloured tiles and using deep shades of favourite colours is a surefire way to add a luxurious look to your bathroom.
If your bathroom is on the small side, consider using dark tiles in a glossy finish. This will help to reflect any available light around the room and stop it from feeling too closed in. You can always balance dark tiles with lighter ones, or combine them with reflective mirror glass.
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Tiles like this: Emilia Cherry
Wall mural tiles
The bathroom might not be the most practical location for feature wallpaper but you can get the look with luxurious mural-style wall tiles instead. Transport yourself to the peaceful summer countryside or a warm tropical oasis whilst you soak in the tub.
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What tiles are best for a luxury bathroom?
There are many ways to get a palatial-looking bathroom. From choosing the same tiles for the walls and floors to picking luxurious materials and opting for large format tiles, getting the luxe look can be easier than you think. Here are the tiles we recommend for creating the ultimate grand design:
Real stone tiles – One of the most simple yet luxurious tile types, natural stone is a top choice when it comes to creating a high-end bathroom. From marble and travertine to slate and limestone, stone’s unique qualities are hard to beat.
Stone effect tiles – The best-quality stone-effect porcelain tiles can be tricky to tell apart from the real thing and they’re easier in terms of maintenance as they won’t need to be sealed.
Large-format tiles – Chosen to create a seamless, flawless finish and increase the feeling of space, large-format tiles are often used in luxurious bathroom designs.
Glass tiles – One of the most expensive and opulent-looking tile types, there’s a huge range of glass tiles to choose from.
Dark-coloured tiles – Much as we love light, bright tiles, there’s something ultra-luxurious about darker shades. From black and navy blue to deep green, burgundy and slate grey, consider taking the plunge and going over to the dark side.
Luxury bathroom tiles FAQs
What is the best flooring for luxury bathrooms?
Stone or porcelain tiles provide the most practical, durable and elegant flooring solution for luxury bathrooms. Look for tiles with a high non-slip rating for peace of mind.
How can I make my small bathroom look luxurious?
There are many ways to make a small bathroom look luxurious. From the use of neutral colours and timeless materials to high-quality tiles and well-chosen accessories, keep it simple, stylish and sophisticated.
How can I make my bathroom look like a luxury hotel?
When it comes to creating a luxe, hotel-style bathroom, it’s all in the details. Keep it simple with natural stone, stone effect or plain-coloured tiles. Large format tiles are the go-to for creating chic, streamlined-looking spaces. Accessorise with white fluffy towels and a few carefully curated pieces. Simplicity is key so invest in some classy storage solutions to hide all the bathroom paraphernalia.
Atlas Ceramics has a comprehensive selection of stone, glass and porcelain tiles to help you create a luxurious bathroom. Browse our selection yourself or call one of our experts for advice.