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The bathroom is one of the most important rooms in the home, a place for relaxation and wellbeing, where practicality and design can dovetail to perfection in unique solutions.
The coverings pay a crucial role in this room’s interior design, but how can you choose between the many ideas for tiling a modern bathroom?
First, you need to assess the size of the bathroom. In the case of large bathrooms, there’s no problem whatsoever when it comes to arranging the coverings and choosing sizes, whereas for smaller bathrooms attention must be paid to how colors, sizes and the tiling of horizontal and vertical surfaces are coordinated.
In interior design, creating a modern style means embracing simple lines, minimalism and the skilful use of materials and colors that highlight simplicity and elegance. As well as its stylish looks, a modern bathroom is often more convenient and easier to maintain, as it features durable materials and leading-edge technologies.
Choosing tiles for a modern bathroom
Choosing the right materials can completely transform a room, making it elegant and functional and aligning it with contemporary trends.
Therefore, when it comes to selecting the tiles for a modern bathroom, it’s essential to consider the most suitable materials, such as ceramics and porcelain stoneware, which are not only popular for their durability and versatility but can also accurately reproduce a vast range of aesthetic effects. Porcelain stoneware, in particular, is the ideal choice for anyone seeking a durable, easy-care solution that can fit attractively into any modern style.
The choice of colors and finishes is fundamental in defining the bathroom’s mood. For a modern look, you can opt for matt finishes, which provide a sophisticated, contemporary touch, or glossy surfaces, which brighten the room.
Whatever your desired effect, porcelain stoneware tiles offer a vast range of sizes and material looks, perfect for meeting all a modern bathroom’s demands.
5 ideas for covering a modern bathroom with porcelain stoneware tiles
Porcelain stoneware’s excellent performance in terms of hygiene, durability and variety of appearance makes it the most suitable of all materials for decorating a bathroom, including in modern style. In fact, contemporary technologies can accurately replicate the textures, finishes and effects of the finest materials, offering the right solutions for any design requirement.
So in this article we’d like to introduce you to 5 ideas for tiling a modern bathroom with porcelain stoneware and beautifying every interior in elegant, minimalist style.
1. Marble-effect tiles: timeless elegance
Marble-effect stoneware tiles are ideal for anyone wishing to create a modern bathroom but with a touch of classical elegance.
Used floor-to-ceiling on the walls, marble-effect porcelain stoneware creates an impression of luxury and refinement, for a sophisticated, inviting bathroom.
2. Hexagon tiles: dynamism and personality
When it comes to adding dynamism and personality to a bathroom, hexagon tiles are a perfect choice. With their innovative lines and shapes they generate refracted light and a sense of motion, transforming the bathroom into a modern, creative space.
3. Wood-effect tiles: warmth and comfort with a modern spirit
Wood-effect porcelain stoneware combines the natural beauty of wood with the convenience of stoneware. This combination is ideal for damp places like the bathroom, since it guarantees all the ease of care and cleaning provided by modern materials together with an accurate replica of the authentic beauty of wooden parquet.
If you want a warm, cosy bathroom, wood-effect stoneware tiling will give you plenty of design ideas and perfectly reconcile modern style with a more classical touch.
4. Mosaic tiles: luxury details for specific zones
With mosaic tiles, you can create luxury details in specific parts of the bathroom, like the shower area or around the edge of the bathtub.
For example, check out the Frame collection, which provides contemporary style in even the smallest sizes and the brightest colors. Shades like cream and milky white make an elegant combination with indigo and plum red, with motifs ranging from the geometrical to the floral.
This kind of covering adds a decorative, refined touch, perfect for anyone wishing to personalise their interior with unique details.
5. Large-size tiles: minimalism and visual continuity
Large-size tiles are perfect for decorating a bathroom in minimalist style. Their ample dimensions minimise the number of joints, creating a visual effect of seamless continuity that makes the bathroom appear more spacious and modern.
The most popular effects for tiling a modern-style bathroom
When it comes to tiling a modern bathroom, the most popular material looks are the ones that ensure practicality, but choosing a minimalist style doesn’t mean you can’t personalise your bathroom and give it creativity: with porcelain stoneware, material effects, subtly varied color shades and combination with original furnishings and tap fittings can provide a truly amazing result.
If you like simplicity and refinement, stoneware that reproduces natural materials is an excellent choice. Stone- or wood-effect tiles, combined with matt, tactile surfaces and contrasting details like matt black tap fittings, will transform your bathroom into a refuge of peace and wellbeing.
To give your modern bathroom a youthful, vibrant touch, mixing and matching colors and motifs is the ideal solution. Hexagon tiles with geometrical patterns, wallpaper-effect decorative carpets or colorful, glossy surfaces create a bright, dynamic interior, perfect for people who like to be daring.
On the other hand, glossy marble-effect porcelain stoneware will give the room a more glamorous character: the large-size tiles enhance surfaces’ continuity, while the material’s shine adds a touch of luxury and opulence, perfect for refined interiors designed to impress.
Neutral colors and 3D textures for a modern bathroom: tiling ideas using the Ragno collections
Whether it’s a few square metres in a flat or a large room with a private spa, the sensations of well-being provided by a modern bathroom are crucial: a contemporary, minimal environment, where everything comes together to create a private space dedicated to personal care.
Colors and textures therefore become a genuine interior design feature for a modern-style bathroom, essential for the creation of a refined yet simple space.
Slightly imperfect tactile surfaces create three-dimensional effects and relaxing patterns, guaranteeing the hygiene and practicality of large-size stoneware and ceramic: check out the assortments of the Stratford Wall, Travertino Wall and Resina collections.
The Stratford Wall collection is manufactured with the innovative Touch technology and offers three-dimensional wall tiles, floral decors and geometrical motifs that create surfaces with a beautiful wealth of detail. Natural impressions and wellbeing are expressed through the delicate sensations of the 40×120 cm size. The colors, which vary from the warmest to the coolest shades and through to an intense brick red, highlight the tiles’ lines and three-dimensionality very effectively.
For a modern bathroom in pale colors throughout, on the other hand, take a look at the Travertino Wall collection, where white and beige provide the hues of tiles with a delicately patterned 3D structure of longitudinal veining. The overall effect is that of a natural, contemporary surface that gives depth to interiors by interacting elegantly with the light.
If the aim is to create new sensations by using color in a modern bathroom, then the ideal choice is the range of fresh, contemporary shades in the Resina collection: pink, terracotta, ivory, slate, grey and white combined with mosaics and honeycomb pattern modules produce a sense of depth and visual continuity for intimate, relaxing interiors where time is no longer a measure, but a new condition.
How do you furnish a modern or contemporary classic bathroom?
Furnishing a modern bathroom today means striking the right balance between furnishing project and choice of coverings and sanitary fixtures that fit the habits and lifestyle of the home’s users.
Although in the past the bathroom was considered as just a utility area, nowadays this room’s interior design is an integral part of a contemporary home. Every centimetre can fulfil its potential with the right choice of coverings: more and more care is being taken over bathroom design and furnishing, to achieve the perfect mix of style with convenience and hygiene.
The key factors when furnishing a bathroom in modern, contemporary style are immaculate lines, functionality and trendy materials.
One first option is to choose an elegant minimalist style, using neutral colors like white and pale grey, with matt black details. Wall-mounted sanitary fixtures, black taps and a frameless walk-in shower provide an uncluttered, modern look, very pared-down and sophisticated.
Another idea is to create a bathroom in natural, relaxing style with the aid of light wood furniture, walls in neutral shades and green plants to give life to the interior. The result is warm and welcoming, almost like a small home spa, perfect for anyone seeking tranquillity and harmony.
Last but not least, if you want to impress you can opt for a bathroom in luxury contemporary style, with marble-effect coverings, brushed brass details and glossy wall-mounted furniture. This mix of materials will create an elegant, refined mood with no loss of functionality.
Check out all the Ragno collections to draw inspiration from our offering and transform your bathroom into a unique interior!