New Construction Master Bathroom Help!

10 years ago

So we are finally in the selection phase of our new house. This has been a backwards process and I had to pick out my cabinets a couple weeks ago without knowing any of the other selections and without the designer on board yet. So... long story short, for the bathroom they are Cardell's Wyndham II in a Maple Smoke stain. Okay, check.

Now we got to see the actual countertop and flooring selection options today and we aren't impressed. So we have decided to upgrade. Every picture I am looking at and like with dark countertops in the master bathroom is marble... and we are not careful people. I'm always spilling stuff, we have a young baby (and hopefully more to come) and I am worried about maintaining marble when I can barely make it through the day without spilling something on our current master bath countertop.

So, can I get some help from all you experienced people? We are going for a traditional look- something that will still look classic in 10 years. Is marble that bad? Our kitchen will be kashmir white, so is that a good choice? Or is there some other type of white-ish granite that I am missing out on for the master bathroom? And the floor? Goodness, I am overwhelmed.

Thank you in advance!

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dekeoboe
10 years ago
Have you thought about a white quartz?
lillo
10 years ago
I think you need to decide first what are the colors that you want to have in your bathroom . I started mine with blue and green ( aquatic colors ) glass tile . I wanted a clean bright and white bathroom , but with some color in it . Look at bathroom pictures on houzz website for inspiration . Look at threads of finished bathrooms on this web . I believe somebody had a beautiful black and white granit as vanity top . I you don't want marble for maintenance , there is a quartz or quartzite that looks like marble and its maintenance free . You can have a porcelain floor that looks like marble ( look at my thread about fake marble ) . You just have to decide first what colors you want for floors, walls, vanity top , and shower walls. I did marble floors , marble vanity, white ceramic for shower walls with glass tile accents , and topsail ( blueish , greenish ) color for walls. My vanity is cherry wood , brandywine with ebony glaze . Look at my previous threads , you will see pictures of all this , and info about fake marble porcelain tiles.
Good luck .
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Katherine Dale
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Okay, I decided on River White granite. That's a relief. Now for the floor- our interior designer suggests travertine. Any thoughts on this?

(Design is not my strength, so I truly appreciate all input).
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Travertine is pricey & fragile. My DM has travertine floors in her baths--cost a pretty penny--then accidentally got a little Windex on the floor of her master bath--travertine etched and soaked up the blue color. Not good.

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BTW- we have the opposite of you when it comes to granite--River White in the kitchen and Kashmir White in the master bath!

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Here is a link that might be useful: FL Tile Website

This post was edited by mydreamhome on Fri, May 31, 13 at 17:55
Katherine Dale
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Thank you so much! This is good to know! I know absolutely nothing about tile. In our current house, our son's room and laundry room are travertine- I don't particularly care for this shade and I assumed it was a generic tile. I got our builder's list (for this home) and it says travertine. So... I assume he followed his spec list.

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