apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Am I the only one who thinks that these look like unfortunate afterthoughts?

IMO, the tile should come up from the floor behind the entire sink and along the entire wall, like wainscoting.

They all look really diy; unbalanced and awkward...

Yes, they look like they're in the middle of a tiling project and trying to figure out what to do next. I like the mirrors, though.

Ditto--bad idea in so many ways.

I agree. Just say no.

I think they can work (have one myself) but these are way out of scale so they appear awkward.

It looks a little like they had a few tiles left over and didn't know what to do with them.

They all look unfinished.

I like the last three.

Definitely has an unfinished look to it. Not a fan.

I ditto most of the comments above and think this looks very unfinished and like a diy project gone bad, which was stopped midway.

I have to jump on the bandwagon and say I hate most of these. The only one that works for me is the one with the world map -- I think because of the shape of the sink, the fact that the tile comes exactly to the edge of the sink and also the height of the tile mimics the area of the sink.

Otherwise, bleh.

could be a nice way to use tile that is vintage, salvage, etc - but i agree that maybe it needs to be done a little better? it seems like it would make most sense for a sink that's in a narrow space that is more 'framed' out than an open bathroom, where it looks kind of random.

agreed- awkward. and it's putting the mirrors way too high, in my opinion. scale is way off.

gosh, just how much sloshing and slathering and spitting do these folks do to need such large and hefty back splashes?

DIY gone bad

I think that it's a good idea, but none of these in practice work. They need to be more complete - these are just awkwardly slapped above the sink.

I generally get water all over the walls going from sink to hand towel, so I totally see the practicality of this, but... yeah, either wainscotting-like, or... just, more tile. =/

As an alternative to "wainscotting," I've also seen a vertical strip of tile from floor to ceiling in line with the sink work well.

this has to be executed more completely to really look good - i.e. a floor to ceiling swath (per tommymiller50) or at least from floor to bottom edge of mirror. it also works well if the sink is just in a niche.

start all over.
That pedestal sink is useless.
With a blank slate the options open up immensely.