What do you think about dark colors in shower?

15 years ago

I'm thinking of matte brown tile in shower and dark emperador marble for countertop. I'm nervous about the area looking closed in. It's 3x3.

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MongoCT
15 years ago
Have you seen igloochic's croc' cave?

Mongo
natal
15 years ago
OMG, cave is right! At least she doesn't have to worry about seeing mildew.
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astridh
15 years ago
I think in a small shower it will definitely look closed-in. How many walls would be glass?
writersblock (9b/10a)
15 years ago
It's certainly a fairly popular look here, but I have to say I prefer a lighter color, especially for a small shower. Even some of the stone-look tiles seem awfully dark to me, but that's just a personal opinion.
ne_flyingdiver
15 years ago
I'm currently using matte brown w/ green glass accents. The tiler starts tomorrow on the kerdi, then the shower. Hopefully, I can post by the weekend some inprogress pics.
Robin
PS - our current house shower has black marble w/ a dark grey terrazo floor. I have never felt closed in. I did take the tile around the ceiling as well.
sandra_zone6
15 years ago
I personally would not do it. Aside fromt he dark cave look, it would make things appear smaller. Try to brighten it up, some say larger tiles as well will open up a small space and give the appearance of a larger area. Just my opinion though - some love the dark.
lsudude
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15 years ago
Well it's done. The company said they possibly couldn't fill the order, which was my opportunity to cancel, and then when I called the next day it was shipped. So after my anxiety attack that I'm going to hate it, I came up with the idea to add a creme matte six inch that I found at a big box store. So the shower will be 8ft high and we are going to extend it both depth and width about a ft. total. So on the floor I have a dahl mosaic from hd that's brown and creme. I'm popping out some squares and will replace them with the blue glass. Then 9 rows of brown (6x6) a row of blue glass mosaic (6x6) and then 6 rows creme. (If anyone is good at math and layout I welcome suggestions -don't want it to look like an ice cream sandwich).

I'm thinking a staggered pattern since my floor tile is this way. What do ya'll think about cutting about two rows of brown and creme to 3x6 to sandwich the glass? The tub top will be brown tile and surround will be a beadboard in creme. Actually the creme is biscuit. I might wait till all this is in before I choose the countertop but now I'm thinking a med emperador (which is similar to the mosaic floor or something like that. I wish I could send pictures, I don't know how or have easy access to a camera.

I'm going with a clear glass door -still price shopping and want a bright light for overhead.

Is this too busy? I'm hoping it will soften it up some and the creme and blue will draw the eye up and balance the brown. I was thinking with the 3x6 cuts it might throw in a bit more texture.
Robin I would love to see any progress. Tiling for me will probably start Wed.

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