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Glass Tile
They vary in shapes and sizes and some stores even offer ones that change its color based on the temperature – talk about mood rings for your bathroom floors!
Professionals also recommend using smaller pieces of tiles to evenly distribute weight. Glass tiles would work just about anywhere ceramic tiles would. Moisture can’t do them damage and they are easy to clean too.
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Wood Flooring
Another surprise, right? Yes, hardwood can be installed as bathroom flooring. Though many people have shunned the idea of putting hardwood flooring in their bathrooms, it is now slowly becoming popular as new techniques are being applied to protect hardwood from water and moisture.
Solid hardwood flooring, whether new or salvaged can be used as bathroom flooring. Make sure they are fully coated with polyurethane finish, more than the usual layers and carefully fill the cracks or spaces in between to prevent water from seeping in.
Choose hardwood over softwoods for better moisture resistance. Make sure to refinish regularly, throw in area rugs just for protection, check your ventilation and you get to enjoy the warmth of durable hardwood underfoot.
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Carpet Tiles
Designers have also thought its time to throw in the carpet tiles. It is second to none in terms of comfort and carpet tiles are available in different colors, patterns and textures to suit anyone’s preferences.
Look for brands which are antimicrobial and low on toxicity to minimize the possibility of mold and bacterial growth. Should tiles get wet or stained, immediately clean them or replace if needed.
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Bamboo & Cork
For the more environmentally conscious homeowners remodeling or building their bathrooms, you might wanna consider using bamboo or cork. Both have very much distinct characteristics that make them unique and ideal bathroom flooring materials.
Bamboo has this gorgeous patterns and is actually harder than most hardwoods. It has very high tolerance for moisture and installing can be DIY.
Just like bamboo, cork comes in natural wood hues with very rich patterns. Cork is also very comfortable to walk on.
Aside from being environmentally sound, both materials are easy to clean and inexpensive, most importantly for the health conscious: they are hypoallergenic.
