Which tiles are listed for a bathroom backsplash?
Bathroom backsplash tile here covers marble, glass, glossy ceramic and porcelain, and a backsplash is small enough to take a special material. Marble mosaics give a classic, polished look, glass adds color and shine, glossy ceramic brings handmade character, and porcelain matches a floor or shower wall in the same look. A small area also means a patterned mosaic or a metal accent can be used without filling the whole room with it.
Marble mosaics behind the vanity
Marble is the classic bathroom backsplash, and the pattern mosaics here go well beyond plain squares. Athena Gold comes polished or honed in Lola, Geometrica and Estrella patterns, a chevron and a penny round, and Angora comes polished in Geometric, Ellipse and Floralis designs. Bergamo is a polished herringbone, and Calacatta Violet is a honed marble penny round. For a softer curve, the arabesque shape comes in Emperador Light as a polished waterjet piece and in Calacatta Cremo honed. A marble mosaic over a simple vanity top is one of the easiest ways to make a small bathroom look finished. More marble is in marble tile backsplash.
Glass backsplash tile for a bathroom
Glass backsplash tile ranges from soft interlocking blends to metallic subway. The Interlocking Slides glass mosaics come in a gloss and matte mix, in Brina white, Marea and Fresco green, Aria and Brezza blue, and Cenere, Sterlina, Nichel and Nebbia gray, and they are also listed for shower walls. MSI's glass blends add picket and interlocking patterns such as Lascari, Cienega Springs and Anacapri Blend, and Frost, Sterling and Dusk are metallic glass subway tiles in 3x9. More glass is in glass tiles.
Glossy ceramic and slim planks
A set of slim glossy wall planks from Stone Tile Depot comes in Royal White, Sky, Sage, Brooklyn blue, Black, Hickory brown, Aquamarine, Seaweed and Gun Metal, many in plain, Legato and Staccato versions. These planks are also listed for shower walls, so the same tile can run from the vanity into the shower. For a softer pattern, ceramic arabesque mosaics come in Victorian Light, Portico Pearl, Antique White and Dove Gray, all glossy. Dymo Stripe White is a glossy ceramic wall tile in 12x24 for a larger, quieter backsplash.
Porcelain that matches the floor
Porcelain backsplash tile lets the wall behind the vanity pick up the look of the bathroom floor. Landmark Ceramics lines such as Mood, Trail, Charme and Explore come in field sizes from 12x24 up to 24x48, and several of them add mosaics in the same color, such as the Charme Veined Statuario mosaic and the Essence Montauk 3D chevron mosaic in white and gray. Several porcelain lines come both as large wall tile and as a matching mosaic.
Which colors work behind a vanity?
Most backsplash tile here comes in white, gray or beige. For color, Aria and Brezza glass and the Sky planks bring blue, Penny Round Azul adds a blue glossy porcelain, Marea and Fresco glass and the Sage planks bring green, and Hickory planks and Emperador Light marble add warm brown. Black accents include the Black glossy planks, the black glossy penny round and the Titan interlocking porcelain mosaic.
Which shapes come in bathroom backsplash tile?
Subway is the most familiar shape, in 3x6, 3x9, 4x12 and 3x12, and it suits almost any bathroom style. Penny round adds a vintage feel, in matte Penny Round Bianco and glossy black, gray and white porcelain. Basketweave and herringbone suit a traditional bath, chevron in 2x6 gives a modern zigzag, and picket and arabesque add a softer, curved line. Hexagon bathroom tiles cover the hexagon shape in more depth.
Stone, clay brick and metal accents
Natural limestone gives a backsplash texture. Jerusalem Light comes as a honed large picket waterjet piece in 6x12, Paris comes as rock face mosaics in 2x6 and 1x2, and Seagrass and Thala have textured 3D hexagon mosaics. Clay brick mosaics in Alpine White, Doverton Gray and Noble Red bring the look of reclaimed brick to a vanity wall, with matching corner pieces. For a little shine, metal pattern mosaics such as Medici Gold, Verona Gold and Elegante Pinwheel Gold make a small, jewelry-like accent, and Noce Chiaro is a 4x12 listel that mixes copper with stone.
Can the backsplash tile continue into the shower?
Many tiles on this page are also listed for shower walls, including the Interlocking Slides glass, the glossy wall planks, the metallic glass subway and many porcelain lines from Landmark Ceramics such as Mood, Trail and Essence Montauk. Using one of these behind the vanity and in the shower ties a bathroom together. More bathroom tile for floors and walls is in bathroom tiles.
