*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.

http://www.completetile.com/blog/alexis-stewart-marthas-daughter-chooses-complete-tile-for-her-personal-residence/

I really love these blue tiles, but they're $$$ and I'm told they aren't easy to install properly.

The bathroom is for a handful of boys, and I'm stuck with the vanity and granite...and black and white won't match. I struggle keeping our current beige grout clean, so I can't imagine being able to keep white grout clean (especially on the floor). I guess I was hoping there is a magic way to keep white grout clean.

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

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OP here. Something like this for the walls?

That looks great.

Gray grout won't work. The granite on the vanity is tan with black, etc....no gray. And the cabinet is a light-medium wood.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_89487-372-PZ929121P2_0__?productId=3227422&Ntt=olean+coastal+beige&pl=1¤tURL=%3FNtt%3Dolean%2Bcoastal%2Bbeige&facetInfo=

OP here. Something like this for the walls?

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."

But isn't white hard to get clean?

I hate beige, it never seems fresh or clean.

white sucks

Thanks, 12:53. That's what I figured.

To me, white subway tile is always a classic look.

Yes, beige. I have a white bathroom, and never will again. Always looks grungy, no matter how hard we clean.

I need to replace the tub, floor and wall tile in my boys' bathroom. We're keeping the vanity, etc.: medium wood vanity with granite top that looks mostly brown with taupe and black flecks. I love the look of white subway tile, but I'm concerned that white grout will be impossible yo keep clean. And I won't put white on the floor. Should I just go for 12x12 beige stone looking tiles on the floor and smaller tiles on the wall?