Do you have the mitre’s touch in your niche?
The use of cut out niches in your bathroom can be numerous from using them in your shower and over your bath that not only provides practical storage that frees up your shower floor and bath area from the clutter of numerous shampoo and conditioner bottles. But also provides stability that purchased caddy’s may not, there is no doubt having a niche in the shower or over your bath can transform not only your bathroom routine but also your bathroom space as they do really make a huge difference to a well organised bathroom.
From a design perspective having a well place niche in the bathroom can also make a feature of shelving or even provide a frame for bathroom necessities such as towel rail’s making the bathroom look seamless and well thought out.
The edging of a niche makes a difference to the look that you are trying to cultivate, the different types of edging includes plastic trim, aluminum trim and mitred tiles. A lot of trims are now being used which is a bit of a shame really because knowing how to mitre tiles is becoming a bit of a lost art of tiling. A mitred niche offers clean lines and a more refined seamless appearance to the niche, it also allows you to enjoy the expensive tile you’ve purchased rather than having something over the top of them.
As mentioned the use of trims is becoming increasingly popular particularly aluminum trims as some claim they are more resistant and hardwearing, but they can discolour and depending on your tile thickness you could end up having a trim that is 12-15mm.
Deciding on the edging of a niche is important as these little details do make a difference to the overall look and feel of your bathroom. I personally love the classic and unified feel a mitred tile niche provides but I ask you would choose to have trims or the real deal?