Well, I am no tile expert, but we just had our bathroom tiled and we had the installer use Spectralock PRO epoxy grout and our tile all had nominal 1/16 inch seams. (He said that for the beveled tile, the seam is closer to 1/8 inch at the widest point -- I think our floor tile was beveled and our wall tile had straight edges so was a true 1/16 inch.) We haven't started using the bathroom yet, but the tile looks great. Sorry, I don't seem to have taken a picture of the finished tile yet!

Here's a wonderful blog -- and if you scroll down -- you'll find Layla's tips for painting kitchen cabinets -- do check out her kitchen transformation -- its amazing! Jan Here is a link that might be useful: The Lettered Cottage

Thanks Jck910 for responding. Please tell me more about this tile. It looks like wood. So, it is ok in terms of rain, and the other elements?

Interesting thoughts. I liked the idea of large format tile for a shower because there are fewer grout lines to worry about, especially with well water. But I'm pretty sure I can ease the worry by using epoxy grout. I'm not sure I'll be able to use large format tile for the floor yet as I'm not sure how flat it is until I demo the subfloor. I have such a hard time with Houzz because most pictures are of million dollar homes and they don't translate to my humble bathroom with a tub, not a walk in shower. And when there is something I like, I can't find any tile like it at a store. Our style I would say is traditional/modern. We have wood floors, white paneled cabinets (Ikea Bodbyn) with a white marble backsplash, Acacia butcher block island top, stone on the outside of the house as well as in the living room on the fireplace wall. Just to give an idea. We first ordered a turquoise shower tile (3x8) that didn't look anything like the picture on home depot, they may have shipped the wrong one. With that I figured it would make it easy by doing porcelain white marble look floor. I don't want to do any actual natural stone in the bathroom for installation and maintenance reasons. I regret the marble backsplash in the kitchen already. We do like the dark floor with lighter walls (i.e. Green Hills pictured above) but not sure if that will be too dark for our bathroom.