I have river rock throughout my bathroom floor and love (most people do - they take their shoes off to try it) the way it feels underfoot. It never gets as cold as ceramic tile, I've found - no barefoot shock in the morning. No problems cleaning it either. Installing a snap too - just prepared to spend a ton of time on the grouting step, and cleaning up after. Got mine at naturalstoneoutlet .com - pleasant experience.

Wow - I came home from work to find such wonderful ideas and photos! Thank you! MtnRdRedux - we already bought the RH medicine cabinet last year (this has been a very long DIY project) so I'm hoping we don't have the same problem you experienced. They are not inexpensive so that's disappointing to hear. I love the limestone and saw some today that could work. Also love slate for the walls and lukkiirish's photos but I'd like to stay lighter for this bathroom. The fireclay tiles are very interesting - I might need to look into those for a kitchen backsplash if not the bathroom. Not sure about metal panels, although that sounds very cool. The good news is I went to Arizona Tile today and might have found some tumbled marble 4x8 tiles that could work with my other selections. I need to pick up the slate and pebble order this week to be sure because I didn't take home the samples but I'm really liking this tumbled Carrera and Manhattan marble. The Manhattan has less pattern and some pieces are almost solid white while others seem a bit warmer with grayish blue or green undertones. There was also a larger 16x24 honed Soto marble piece that might work for the shower seat and curb/threshold. I also looked at the crema marfil, which seemed more ivory than pink - but the salesperson did say this stone could have pink undertones depending on what's in stock. (Thanks for the warning, cpartist!) Slate and Pebbles Carrera and Manhattan Tumbled Marble Soto Honed Marble Crema Marfil Tumbled

This thread is a few years old, but I found it searching for people who used a sliced/flat pebble on a full bathroom floor installation. Did you end up using it and if so, what are your thoughts on it? If you happen to have any pictures, would be most grateful for anything you can post.

Working your %#& off to prep a kitchen for remodel isn't the same as normal kitchen use. :) Check out linoleum (not vinyl. I mean vinyl is okay but linoleum is awesome.). It's really nice. Warm, squishy, seamless, easy to care for (no you don't have to wax it or whatever that guy who always logs in to say linoleum is bad says), just generally nice. Forbo's Marmoleum comes in a color for everything. If you go with the tile you can have anti-fatigue mats where you work if needed. Rugs can be tripping hazards as we age but if you just have them in front of the sink, prep, and cooking areas, you'll get trained pretty well on where they are.