Bathroom tile: white subway or beigey, Stoney?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But isn't white hard to get clean?

Nope.

You can either have sealer mixed into the grout or go for a gray grout. Either is going to be less dated a look than beige "stone."

+1

We have white subway tiles and a hexagon black & white floor and it looks wonderful. So clean and fresh.

The whole tumbled-stone look is very 90s. IMO

subway tiles are 60s crap, 90s is better.

[Anonymous]

The previous owners replaced the vanity and granite, and it's quite nice. My kids are tough on the cabinets (kicking them, climbing up), so I'd rather not replace them until the kids are a little older. I'm also not bothering with the mirror or medicine cabinets or lighting. Trying to focus on the tub and tile for now to keep the costs down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:*Why* are you stuck with the vanity and granite? Painting the vanity and changing the granite seem like minor $$ next to what you're planning to spend for everything else.

This. Do it once, do it right, don't compromise.

[Anonymous]

The only detractor from 90s bathroom styling is gold hardware everything else is the same today.

[Anonymous]

How about a nice tan/light brown rough finish travertine tile, OP?

[Anonymous]

If you want to go cheap until the boys are older, go REALLY cheap -- Fiberglas tub surround. Indestructible, easy to clean, and no great loss when you rip it out to do a proper remodel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about a nice tan/light brown rough finish travertine tile, OP?

I am so tired of this look. It seems like it's the default for a lot of investors, and instead of just being hard to keep clean, it looks grungy all the time.

I guess I don't see why white tile with a neutral colored grout won't work.

[Anonymous]

I'm not going cheap. Kohler tub, toto toilet. And I'm not getting the tile from lowes (just posted that as a color I'm considering). I'm just focusing on the foundation for the Reno, and I'll replace the vanity and medicine cabinets down the road. I'm probably saving $2k by holding off on the vanity, etc for now.

[Anonymous]

I much prefer white tile to brown but it doesn't sound like white would match your current vanity at all. Go with the beige.

[Anonymous]

Beige or brown tile hides the tumblepubes so much better than white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going cheap. Kohler tub, toto toilet. And I'm not getting the tile from lowes (just posted that as a color I'm considering). I'm just focusing on the foundation for the Reno, and I'll replace the vanity and medicine cabinets down the road. I'm probably saving $2k by holding off on the vanity, etc for now.

Then pick colors based on the eventual vanity and counter. You are sentencing yourself to bad design choices by trying to change things incrementally -- you can only pick what looks OK at each stage, rather than picking what will look really good when you're done.

You seem to want approval to go with beige. It's your house, do what you want. If you like beige, go for it. If you want something timeless that might appeal to a future buyer of the house -- what, 10 years from now? 20? -- beige isn't it.

[Anonymous]

White tub, white toilet? I think the white tile will absolutely go with all that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going cheap. Kohler tub, toto toilet. And I'm not getting the tile from lowes (just posted that as a color I'm considering). I'm just focusing on the foundation for the Reno, and I'll replace the vanity and medicine cabinets down the road. I'm probably saving $2k by holding off on the vanity, etc for now.

Then pick colors based on the eventual vanity and counter. You are sentencing yourself to bad design choices by trying to change things incrementally -- you can only pick what looks OK at each stage, rather than picking what will look really good when you're done.

You seem to want approval to go with beige. It's your house, do what you want. If you like beige, go for it. If you want something timeless that might appeal to a future buyer of the house -- what, 10 years from now? 20? -- beige isn't it.

yes it is just cause you like the crap shack 60s styling doesn't reflect the fact buyers prefer beige.

[Anonymous]

Dont get white you will regret it.

[Anonymous]

I personally prefer anything but beige. When we were house hunting, we crossed off several houses for their generic beige bathroom renovations. It is just so overdone and looks like a generic Home Depot reno.