Tile floor patterns to spark your bathroom tile design ideas

Tile floor patterns Straight Course
The standard tile pattern is running square tiles with the lines running vertically and horizontally.

Diagonal Course or Diamond Pattern
Grout lines run on a 45-degree diagonal. Lots of careful diagonal cutting required

Brick Pattern
Tiles are staggered, in a brick like pattern. Either square or rectangular tiles. Regular measurements need to be taken to keep the pattern true

Herringbone
Rectangular tiles set on a horizontal zig-zag pattern with each one at a right angle to the previous one.

Basketweave
Use rectangular tiles with a length that is two or three times the height. Install two or three stacked horizontally adjacent to two or three vertically

Ribbon pattern
A row of rectangular tiles is alternated with equal width square tiles. Can be done in a stacked or brick pattern

Windmill or Pinwheel Pattern
Surround a square tile with four rectangular tiles, each overlapping the end of the other and repeat.

Checkerboard pattern
Contrasting coloured tiles are alternated like a checkers game board. Can be laid as a diagonal course.

The next step is to waterproof the bathroom so go to my Wet Seal page for a guide. Then you can go to my Tiling your Bathroom page or return from Tile Floor Patterns to Bathroom Layouts . Or go back to the Kit Home Basics home page