I'd say it would be more to do with colour rather than size even though it's been suggested before that large tiles make it look smaller. Lot of 'rule of thumbs' only take into account one thing.

Many people only focus on one area, usually their own area of speciality. The tile salesperson will say one thing, the tiler another...

Consider the whole area, the amount of natural light, tile colour, tile size and layout, size of vanity/shower, etc.

do you love the tiles for your new bathroom? then have what makes you happy!

Personally, I don't think a 3.6 x 2m is small at all so I think the tiles would look good. Our bathroom is a bit smaller than that (but way larger than our old bathroom), 1.8 x 3.4m, and we are planning to get white 30 x 60 wall tiles and 60 x 60 floor tiles. I had not even thought it would look small based on those tile lengths and the tile place had a display bathroom with one wall (2m) in the these sized wall tiles and I thought it looked great. They also had the 30 x 90 wall tiles (longer length but same tile, which we saw laid in the 2m display area as that ) but those were a bit more cost wise so I think for our budget we have to stick to 30 x 60... But I do love the longer tiles (and wonder as it is not the standard size, if it will be less likely to date as quickly which could be another positive!) so I agree to do what you like and don't worry as someone will always disagree or recommend another way based on their persnal preference.

Really large tiles need super level surfaces

nyuck nyuck. I would use blue tape and outline the options for the tile settings on the wulls and flurs. And then you can use blue tape thats really green tape for another dimension of tile.. 4th dimension .. and compare and contrast spatial relationships

I think that what Mikki Bench is saying is that with large format tiles the layout and the grout lines are so much more important to get in the right place than with smaller tiles. Most tilers will work out a corner to start with and tile out from there. However with such large tiles you risk having a funny looking row of half tiles if you don't plan it carefully. So don't leave it to your tiler to decide if symmetry and balance is important to you. Also if you have a tiled floor to your shower recess the large format tiles are generally cut diagonally to assist drainage of water if you have a central floor waste, which actually increases the amount of grout in the worst area. So think carefully about your floor waste style, location and how water drains to it before deciding on your large format tiles.

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