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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate the word - and concept of - "timeless" but I think that look is as close to timeless as you're going to get![/quote]
Not quite true.  Subway tiles in certain colors is dated.  Salmon, olive green, baby blue all come to mind that strike me as very dated.  Also white and black.

But subway tiles in white are pretty timeless.[/quote]

I'd go further. 6" square tiles seem just as innocuous.  There was a period of decades when you wouldn't see anything else in a bathroom. During that time subway tiles weren't around.  But no one would suggest 6" square tiles right now.  To me this means subway tile are a trend, that currently has had a pretty long run, and will come to an end.  I say this living in a 100-year-old house that has both 1920s (just a tiny bit) and contemporary subway tiles. I like them fine but they aren't always stylish and given how many have been installed in the last 20 years, there might be a better option.[/quote]

On the contrary, if you live in a 40’s colonial, square tiles would be a great choice and subway tiles might look a little out of place. In a Victorian, square tiles might feel too modern. Although in both cases both can probably work, you don’t have to make a historically accurate room. [/quote]

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