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Maya Glantz

Should You Match Bathroom Wall and Floor Tiles? In Short, No — And Here's Why

A master bathroom in palazzo oro marble, with large format tiles on the floor and one wall, and small hexagonal marble tiles on the other walls.

Your bathroom can be one of the most exciting rooms in the home to design, but also one of the most complicated. There's an endless list of questions you'll encounter throughout the process, from the fixtures you choose to the layout you decide on. Now, we may not be able to make all these decisions for you, but there is one question we're certainly equipped to answer — should your bathroom wall tiles match the floor?

It's a question that has stumped many for years now. With the consistently changing tide of bathroom tile trends, what may have seemed sleek and seamless a few years ago may now look outdated and tired, and this is precisely the case with this style of tiling. While the matching look was once the height of fashion, nowadays, experts favor a more complex, layered look that can only be achieved by mixing and matching different textures and finishes.

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