The best flooring for bathrooms, according to experts

I’ve been remodeling bathrooms for years (both personally and professionally). With input from interior designers and flooring experts, I cooked up a guide to help you choose the best bathroom flooring for your home, including some specific scenarios in which it makes sense to go with one flooring over another for your home.

Before I jump into specific flooring types, there are three main things a bathroom flooring material needs to be:

TECHNICALLY, you can install a variety of flooring materials in a bathroom. But realistically, your two best options are tile or luxury vinyl tile (LVT). Both are highly water-resistant, easy to clean and durable. Either will work well. But certain situations may favor one over the other.

Tile has been a top choice for bathroom floors for ages (and is my personal default for my own bathroom and client remodel projects). When installed properly, it’s the most waterproof option, and it brings a premium feel to a bathroom (when styled properly) that I personally think vinyl flooring struggles to match.

Bailey Walton, the vice president of luxury flooring brand, Anderson Tuftex, gave one of my favorite pieces of advice. She said:

“Bathrooms are where I tell people to…

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