r/InteriorDesign • u/bonoboproblem • 15d ago
Does this tile extend too far?
My mom is renovating her bathroom and the contractor just finished the tile. It doesn’t look right to me. Worth the giant hassle to fix it?
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u/Wonderful-Finance681 5d ago
Yes. Way too far. I’ve had my contractor fix their tile job when I noticed it was crooked. They had to redo it even though they didn’t want to fix it, they had to. At the end of the day, you have to live with looking at it everyday.
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u/jennysofresh 5d ago
Yes it absolutely does look too far behind the toilet. My contractor did the same thing and it looks horrible. Can’t even center a picture on the wall behind it now. Wondering if we had the same guy if you’re in Texas…
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u/Narrow_Possession348 9d ago
Yes, it is. It should have stopped at the end of the tub. Or, it should have gone all the way across. I would absolutely make them redo it because that would make me angry every time I walked in and saw that.
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u/TheycallmeElla 9d ago
Yes. For symmetry, it should have ended at around the right-hand side of the shorter tiles. My OCD could never.
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u/kostaslamprou 9d ago
My OCD would have ended it to line up perfectly straight with the bath. Rather have it nicely lined up than having it equal parts at either side of the toilet.
Better yet, center the toilet too.
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u/TheycallmeElla 7d ago
Well yes, this would be the correct thing to do. Thanks for OCD-ing better than me, although if I think about it, this is what I would have done in The Sims 😎
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u/ImprovementTrick9492 9d ago
Oh my. You do know thy going to be an absolute nightmare to keep clean,, right? Every bit of soap scum and mildew etc. will get caught in all those crevices…… 😳😬
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u/FullPrinciple5170 9d ago
Also, I hope your mom loves scrubbing grout floors because those small tiles on that floor with all that grout is gonna be a lot of fun to clean. especially on the floor where you’re walking
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u/pickleylily 9d ago
A steam mop will keep those looking like new. Every once in a while, scrub with some bleach. It’s not that difficult with the right tools.
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u/FullPrinciple5170 9d ago
Yep, as I said, I hope somebody likes scrubbing small tiles on the floor with all that grout
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u/Medium_Frosting5633 10d ago
It doesn’t extend far enough!!! It should continue behind the toilet, cleaning splash-back from paper is going to be a nightmare! From an aesthetic point of view probably the only realistic option would be to extend the tile behind the toilet to the same height as the backsplash behind the basunande have half a tiles-width less of the full height on the right so the full height ends just beyond the toilet cistern.
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u/FullPrinciple5170 10d ago
Yes.
It should have stopped at the edge of the beginning of the tub. Easily fixed, tile removed. They’ll have to fix a couple of tiles are full tiles now, back to half tiles. and then new drywall put up and get rid of that wallpaper, please and put up a new edging on the tile.
No way I can look at that every day and not just wanna rip out the tiles
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u/No_Anteater8899 10d ago
Maybe you can get a different toilet with narrower tank? Dang
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u/lambeyoncealways 10d ago
It's pretty bad. My OCD husband would absolutely die if he saw this. I say extend the tile all the way behind the toilet - wall paper behind a toilet isn't a great idea anyways. I get the wall paper love, but a bathroom is not the best spot. Behind the sink is not great, but could be OK- just have to stay on top of splashes on the wall. The biggest problem though is if you're a hot shower taker. I like them super hot, so its steamy no matter what in my bathroom. Wallpaper HATES that!
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u/Adventurous_Light_85 10d ago
It would look better if it ended at the tile break just to the right of the
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u/One-Loan-6078 10d ago
If that’s real wallpaper you definitely don’t want water splashing on it so my opinion, for functional reasons, is no
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u/Lanae777 11d ago
Yes-ish. Was there a glass shower wall there before? If not a wider tub is always nice 😊
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u/Spiritual-March7843 11d ago
Yes. Quick fix would be to pain the wallpapered wall the same colour as the tiles - then it will seem less obvious.
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u/CinderCinnamon 11d ago
Wallpaper directly behind the sink is a crazy choice, that’s going to get splashback and wrecked so quickly
Wallpaper in the bathroom is generally just a bad decision
Tile should extend further not less
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u/sabrinateenagewich 11d ago
That’s not necessarily true, there’s a splashback on the sink and there’s no way to tell if it’s been treated or not. I’m an interior designer and put wallpaper in bathrooms all the time and it’s fine
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u/CinderCinnamon 11d ago
That splashback is so low, anyone who has used a sink with a splashback like that regularly would know how much water gets on the wall
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u/clammycam 11d ago
Wallpaper isn’t good for the bathroom it doesn’t hold up. It just not waterproof. The tiles are better version of subway tile 👏👏
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u/No-Commercial-3100 11d ago
It definitely looks like it should have ended half a tile shorter.
Maybe if you get rid of the wallpaper and add the curtains it will look better.
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u/Remarkable_Scallion 11d ago
Not worth it IMO. I think hanging something above the toilet would break up the visual and distract the eye. Like a shelf, piece of art, towel rack, something thing like that.
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u/Blondie0179 11d ago
If the wall didn’t have wallpaper and was painted a solid color, it wouldn’t look so awkward.
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u/bethhannen 11d ago edited 11d ago
I think I would take the tiles all the way across that wall if possible?
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u/13peaches 11d ago
Put up a shower curtain to see if you can live with it. You might be surprised by how much that draws the eye away from this, but yes it shouldn’t have interacted with the toilet in any way.
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u/Imnodaisy61 11d ago
Yes…this would blow my OCD off the charts
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u/AdvantageNo2345 11d ago
I don’t have OCD and it’s driving my brain crazy looking at it.
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u/Imnodaisy61 11d ago
I understand 🤣🤣 There is not even a tile border on the edge. Another OCD moment 🤪
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u/what_blue 12d ago
Yesss it’s too far. The contractor should have better attention to detail. Maybe he was worried about water damage to the wallpaper? I’m worried about what condensation from the toilet tank will do to the wallpaper over time.
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u/Baobaojelly 12d ago
As an interior designer/ developer, yes. Too far, not because of where it is from the tub but because of where it is behind the toilet.
To resolve, you have 3 options.
Bring the tile back to the right half a tile length of the tile so it doesn’t cut off the toilet. You will probably need to have enough extra paper to redo that last panel of paper.
If you don’t have enough paper, you could move the tile back to the right the half length, then run the tile behind the toilet dying into the vanity. I would align top of part to the vanity. This would require you to replace less wallpaper, but more tile.
Last, if you can’t replace wallpaper, I would run the tile behind the toiler and align top with vanity so at least that line isn’t cutting the toilet. And tile behind toilet is easier for cleaning anyway.
I find when you work with a contractor directly with no designer / architect, unless they are design build, a lot of these little details can get lost. Some tend to make the decision that is easiest and most straight forward, so you risk sacrificing aesthetics.
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u/PotterHouseCA 11d ago
The only one of those that would look like a professional design is the first.
The other option is to tile the entire wall, which I also don’t think is an optimal. Any tile overlap with the side of the toilet looks like an inept DIY rather than a professional job.
A decent tile contractor knows what’s standard and that this isn’t. I’ve worked with subs. Also, designers don’t avoid wallpaper in bathrooms. So much here sounds suspicious.
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u/FynTheCat 12d ago
In Europe it is most common that the space behind the toilets is tioed too. Actually, most batgrooms are fully tiled or lower half of the room is fully tiled.
So, to me it isn't far enough.
But yeah, it is unusual to stop there.
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u/Desperate_Visit3829 12d ago
Yes, he went half a tile too far. It would’ve looked much better if he hadn’t gone that far like it really looks stupid to have the tile and just passed the water tank of the toilet. Like what are you supposed to do with that? you can’t even hang a picture up there now. Honestly, if it were me, I’d make him fix it because that’s just poor workmanship right there and very poor design skills.
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u/mssLemons 12d ago
It makes your bathroom look too busy. The room doesn't look too big already and this design makes it look even smaller and closed in.
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u/ComplexWheel4439 12d ago
Yes. It's killing my OCD. I would never be able to use the toilet in there.
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u/Stangh62 12d ago
Yes.. the tile should end at bathtub line..it’s only logical since you have another pattern going on..😁
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u/Jaded-Ad9682 12d ago
Yes
IMHO you have too many patterns going on w the tile , floor and wall paper so I think correcting the tile is a must
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u/Leelulu905 12d ago
Yes, but it might look better once you have the shower curtain on it. There are some curved shower curtain options that might take the eye away from it.
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u/Natural-Alarm4839 12d ago edited 12d ago
Yeah, it's definitely odd and a little unpleasant to the eye but I'm not really sure it would be worth the hassle to get it fixed. I think a guest using the washroom probably wouldn't even notice, and if they do it would be a very short lived unhappiness, lol. Definitely not big enough of a problem to pay to fix it. But if it really bugs your mom and company is willing to come back and fix it for free, sure. Otherwise I say it's not that bad.
Maybe put something on the back of the toilet, or in-between toilet and bath to create a visual distraction.
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u/m_hoffmann_fineart 12d ago
Yes, that’s horrible.
Pull out the half bricks and finish a wainscot behind the toilet and carry over into the backsplash.
That is poor form. Would drive me crazy, and whoever did it has no business laying out tile.
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u/CheezRocket 12d ago
Yes it looks strange. The tile either needs to end closer to the tub with a vertical end cap-or extend all the way behind toilet to vanity, ending with vertical end cap, or extend all the way across that wall.
The asymmetry is driving me nuts!
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u/fountainofMB 12d ago
You usually end a couple of inches from the tub. It will be pain to fix but probably doable as the short half tile could be removed and then the long full tile removed and a half tile put in. The removal of the full tile just hits the tub edge so it might not mess up waterproofing.
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u/Spiritual_Version838 12d ago
Looks pretty odd to me. I dont know about ending at tha tub, though. To be practical, you want to allow for a little over splash. I would just go back the distance of the half-tiles, to the next row of fill tiles(if thst makes sense). Will there be some kind of trim piece?
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u/External_Outcome5678 12d ago
Yes. Worth it to fix. It bugs me that it goes slightly behind the toilet. If it wasn’t for that i might be able to live with it.
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u/Sensitive_Ad_9195 12d ago
?? Obviously what sort of dumb question is this it even goes a bit behind the toilet
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u/lemonmerangutan 12d ago
Yes, but I'd never spend money to fix it, if that makes sense? Like yeah, it's wrong, but it's really not offensive or egregious
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u/unicornelia 13d ago
How is it even a question? The toilet has a split background, looks misaligned and off. Probably 10cm less tile would help
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u/lhymes 13d ago
It’s definitely extended too far - it should’ve been half a tile shorter so it fell between the toilet and tub. That said, it’s honestly not that bad and could be made to look intentional in a way that doesn’t come off as a workaround or bandaid. It will look much better once a shower curtain is installed, too.
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u/Necessary_Money3248 13d ago
I would take the tile all the way to the corner of the cabinet and then just have wallpaper behind the mirror or I would tile the entire back wall. You shouldn’t leave it as is.
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u/Last_Pick_2169 13d ago
Part of the struggle is that a tiled wall is not often seen with a tub of that type.
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u/Frequent_Scholar0714 13d ago
Yes, the tile extends too far. But would the shower curtain conceal it? That's probably what the tile layer intended, to protect the wallpaper. 🛁
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u/Torboni 13d ago
Who chose the tile to go out that far? Your mom or the contractor? I’d serious question the thinking of the contractor if they chose and decided to do it that way. The only time I’ve seen tile that far out or in such an awkward placement was when it was a botched job by someone who didn’t know what they were doing.
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u/nutlikeothersquirls 13d ago
Yes, it extends half a tile too far. It would be fine if it didn’t go partially behind the toilet.
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u/Live-Exit-20 13d ago
Not enough to have it redone unless the contractor is paying. With a shower curtain it’ll look fine
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u/photohutch 13d ago edited 12d ago
Are you kidding? This look absolutely ridiculous and no shower curtain is going to hide how dumb this is and looks. OPs mom is paying for a service and wil be forced to live with this weird choice and looking at it everytime they walk into their bathroom. It 100% needs a vertical row of the tiles removed and redone properly. And the contractor should eat the expense for being hack - hopefully that way they learn and never repeat again.
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u/Fantastic_Panic_9 13d ago
Have you ever consider that the wallpaper didn't extend enough? Racists.
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