Tile Questions for Bathrooms (x3)
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Poster who is doing three bathrooms at once here with tile questions:
Very small powder room: I'm looking towards white penny tile. I know this is harder to keep the grout clean, but this is a low traffic room. Approve? Primary bathroom: This room has a shower and no tub. Light sage subway tiles installed horizontally in the shower. Same tiles for the interior of the niche. Question: I am thinking about white for the parts of the niche that are "walls" "floor" and "ceiling" is this a terrible idea? Question: I am thinking white or marbely (?) hexagon tiles like this (https://www.flooranddecor.com/marble-decoratives/dolomite-premium-hexagon-marble-mosaic-100652064.html) for the bathroom floor with smaller similar colored hexagon tiles for the shower floor. IS there anything wrong with this idea? Hall bath: Will use deep blue subway tiles in the shower with the same guidance i get here for the niche. And I think whatever white tiles we settle on for the primary on the floor. The vanity and the finishes are different enough that these are clearly two bathrooms. Is it exceptionally weird to just use the same tiles on the floor and the same shape tile installed with the same orientation on the shower? Our goal is to complete the project with as little discussion and decision overhead as possible and I appreciate any feedback. |
Anonymous
| Do not use marble in a bathroom. It’s such a pain to clean. I like using bleach in the bathroom. |
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The hall bath will have white vanity and dark blue subway tiles in the shower.
I'm looking at this for the floors: https://www.flooranddecor.com/porcelain-tile/atlas-blue-matte-porcelain-tile-100884501.html |
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Our master is all marble and we have zero issues. And it is Floor & Decor tile, not something super high end. |
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I did three bathrooms at once and did same family of tiles for all bathrooms just different sizes and layouts. All VERY easily cleaned with the thinnest grout lines recommended 
First, learn how to embed photos here if you want good advice. You just put your photo link (needs to end in .jpg or similar) between two tags of ' Subway tiles are fine but try more creative layouts: 
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^^ oh the tags are
"[ img ]" and " [ /img]" but get rid of the spaces. |
Anonymous
OMG, no. |
Anonymous
TY! I had a whole post with examples of my selections and I had some kind of forbidden error. I was pretty sure I had the img tags right, but maybe something I picked was not portable (when I go to post something to my design board, sometimes the picture I am looking at is not available? Maybe it's being hosted somewhere else?) anyway...I get what you are saying, thanks for the time you took to post! |
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I'd use the same tile in the niche. The contrasting niche look is already trendy/ dated.
I have 1" hex on my floor and it's fine to clean, just use a medium/light gray grout. |
Anonymous
TY. I found some examples online that I really like with the same tile in the niche and was landing there myself. |
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I should have posted this in the religion forum.
If you are inclined pray for me. Now down to business. DH has selected this tile as the a critical component of his bathroom. It reads bluer in person. (the pattern I posted up thread is nice but much more muted than I imagined) https://www.flooranddecor.com/porcelain-ceramic-decoratives/leathered-denim-porcelain-tile-101000461.html I read and took to heart the advice upthread about embedding images. This is not an image that I can embed, so I appreciate anyone who is willing to click through. Vanity is white. Initially, this was meant to be the shower wall tile. He has also selected a rectangular marble tile for the floor. I don't think this makes any sense practically or design wise. This blue tile I have linked to is porcelain and is suitable for floors. I need to keep this tile as it's his central choice. I'm thinking of using this on the floor so there is some contrast and then maybe on the wall (it's a tub, not a shower, so we don't need to think about the floor tiles) using something white, maybe herringbone or hex? https://www.flooranddecor.com/porcelain-tile/festival-glossy-white-herringbone-porcelain-mosaic-101155133.html or https://www.flooranddecor.com/mosaic-decoratives/alexei-white-hexagon-porcelain-mosaic-101135192.html thank you |
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I love the blue tile your husband picked.
I would use it with the patterned tile you posted upthread, provided the blues work well together. I admin I am biased because I have encaustic-look tile floors in 2 of my bathrooms and honestly it's my favorite feature. |
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The people at the John Bridge tile forum will give you a lot of grief about using marble on your floors or in your shower.
They are also very adamant about installation methods for marble because it's so soft - you need a VERY stiff floor. Those people learned me about mosaic marble. I have worked on bathrooms where the marble walls developed orange stains very quickly and had to be replaced. Marble is porous and can contain rusty metals. But I've also walked in slab yards where the marble exposed to sun, rain, humidity year round looked fine. Which is to say, marble is a variable natural material. Proceed with caution. |
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the blue did not work great together. I was super disapointed. I'm thinking this for the floor. https://www.flooranddecor.com/ceramic-tile/marble-art-hexagon-ceramic-mosaic-100609205.html |
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I have this exact ceramic mosaic in one shower and the similar real marble in another and I’d pick the real marble all day every day.
This one just looks and feels cheap from a material perspective and we havent had any issues with the marble discoloring or otherwise. I will say the marble requires perfect grouting and leveling to get zero lippage as the edges are square whereas the ceramic mosaic has a polished or beveled edge which feels much better under foot.
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