Whoops ... no photo. But I'm anxious to see it.

Sorry! Trying to figure out how to upload pictures directly to the post. Here is a picassa link for the tile now.

Here is a link that might be useful: Calacatta Porcelain

I was about to say that the grout looked too dark. With white marble you have to use a white to match. Anything else makes it look broken up. The inspiration photo is gorgeous.
I think the right grout will make the tile seem seamless.
Make sure you try out the grout color first. Try different whites. I would go with the whitest white.

I think the difference between your bathroom and the inspiration photo is that in the inspiration photo the tiles have obviously been carefully selected to have almost all vertical striations whereas yours has about 2/3 vertical and 1/3 horizontal. Not that I think yours looks bad, I just think that's one of the differences you're noticing.

Also, the lighting in your room will make all the difference in the world. I think proper lighting will have the effect of lightening the entire room and the tiles and therefore it will appear less busy.

I think that after it is grouted - with a white grout - it will look much more like your inspiration picture. Also, lighting and accessories will do a lot to get the same feel

Here are your pictures:

The main points have been hit already:
1) your tiles are set with alternating pattern instead of with a consistent pattern. That adds to the jitteriness when you look at it.
2) The dark grout lines emphasize horizontal and vertical. If you want both, fine, if you want to let the pattern in the tile be the main direction, then not so fine.
3) lighting. You have none.

Another point, it looks like the inspiration photo is a bit washed out. The contrast or saturation looks knocked down, or the brightness bumped up a bit. That makes the pattern in the inspiration photo less prominent.

it will look fabulous when it is grouted. i stressed over my tile before it was grouted and now i love it. i think the grain going different ways will be fine too.

Here is your picture lightened up to make it look more like the inspiration photo:

Thank you for the advice. The tile guys are coming back out today and I am going to have them replace the really dark gold pieces with whiter pieces, and grout.

I'll post pictures of the update.

Terricks--how did you upload the pictures-- thank you for doing that!

I'm not sure if you can link directly to Picassa, so I saved your pictures on my computer, then uploaded them to Tinypic.com After I uploaded the pictures I copied the HTML for Websites code and pasted it into my post.

Mehulsey, have you had your tile grouted? I would love to see pics of the finished bath as I'm considering using that same tile. Did the lighter grout help with the business?

I finally got the tile grouted, and took a picture. Do you think it's still too busy? I also don't know how to post pictures, so you will have to click the link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Calacatta Updated

Mehulsey- was this polished or matte Rondine?

Wow, what a difference! The dark grout lines are gone. The white or light grout looks very nice. The bathroom is looking like the inspiration. all it needs is some nice lighting. recessed + crystal chandelier ;)

It looks great. Dark contrasting grout would have ruined the look.

Here is your picture: