Help me decide: white carrera or beige travertine bathroom?
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Help me design a bathroom around this vanity! Stuck on tile/motif
Comments (14)Just finished tiling my bathroom and I too will be installing a contemporary dark cabinet (American standard studio.. http://www.americanstandard-us.com/products/productDetail.aspx?id=1925) but instead it will a have squared sink also sitting on top of a glass counter top. I wanted to somehow tie in the color of the glass tiles and counter top and this is the combo I came up with. my wife and just about anybody who has seen the bathroom absolutely loved it. Ill try and post some pics. Trying to explain how these tiles look together just does not do them any justice glass tiles from: (have more green to them than the pic shows) http://www.glasstilestore.com/product_p/taobliss.htm subway tiles from: http://www.tileshop.com/products/detail.aspx?categoryID=6&subcategoryID=37&familyID=1277&Record_ID=8656...See MorePlease help me pick bathroom flooring (pics)
Comments (33)I have the Daltile octagon and dot in my bathroom too: And now here's where I will get myself into trouble...I love the look but hesitated for a long time because EVERYONE warned that it would be very hard to keep clean, the grout would look nasty soon etc etc etc. Thing is, using dark grout on white or light tile because it 'won't show dirt' to me is like saying okay, let's just make it look dirty from the get go. What I ended up doing was going with my heart and putting in white grout with my white floors. Then, before I started using the room I applied white Aquamix grout colorant and 2+ years later, everything looks just fine and dandy. I will say this isn't a bathroom that gets abused by tons of people or messy kids (it's a master and mostly my daughter and I use it) but it does get used daily. I even have the tile w/white grout in my shower and it's still looking fine as well. I mop weekly and in the shower I use some Soft Scrub with a dilute bleach spritz and it all has held up quite well. So my long winded message is that there are alternatives to just giving up before you start and grouting the dirt color into your floor :). Ann...See MoreHelp me replace my bathroom
Comments (4)Yes, we are not going to use your email, so go delete it by editing your post. "Please advise me." Without more information, we can't give advice, We don't know what you want advice about. Do you want to know: - who to hire to do this work for you? - how to do this work yourself ? (Then you need to say if this is on concrete, above basement, or above a lower floor.) - what tub and enclosure to get? (Then we need to know the size of the space and your budget, plus how long you want to stay in your house, what kind of neighborhood it is so to know whether a fiberglass surround is right or if you need a solid surface to look more upscale.) You can learn a lot by searching the Bathroom Forum using the search box at the top of the page. Read what others have been doing, what everyone had to say about different products, and then maybe you will have better questions to ask. Yes, it takes time, but the info out there is good. No one here is likely to re-write everything for you when it is out there for you to read. Here is one thread that discusses many of the solid surface wall systems - [Kohler Choreograph Discussion with pictures.[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/kohler-choreograph-dsvw-vd~3420698) If you like any of the products discussed there and want to learn more about what people here think of them, do a search on that product name. Don't worry if the thread started years ago, sometimes it gets picked up again and there are recent posts as well as the older ones....See MorePaint color suggestions for my dated beige/almond bathroom
Comments (48)Thank you again to all the people who commented on this post! I wanted to share the "after" picture. I chose Mindful Gray by SW. I tried so many colors, and many grays, and this seemed to work the best. I moved the light fixture higher on the wall and bought a new, larger medicine cabinet from Pottery Barn (I had a gift card and put it to good use). I also installed 2 high hat ceiling lights. I'm very happy with the outcome....overall its not perfect but definitely better than where I started without spending more than a few hundred dollars....See Moreigloochic
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