Thank you very much for responses. I would love to check out all leads possible. It is amazing how little of white floor tiles stores carry around. I grew up in the house which had similar tile as on Bill's checkered floor and that house was 100+ years. Tile was in excellent shape and easy to maintain. Annie, thank you for letting me know about Powdered Sugar tile. I was thinking about mixing it up with Satin Sheets. But my fixtures are all white with grey pigment so putting tiles with warm yellow undertones is not an option. I did found couple of stores that carry Crossville tile and am going there to check it out. Annkathryn I love how nicely you placed tile with small accents. Works wonders and looks cute and charming. Is it easy to clean? I am somewhat worried that every speck will be showing on such tile. I am sure this forum seen plenty of people agonizing over their tile/paint/ fixtures... fill the blank/ choices... am feeling that floor tile is going to pull my design together ...so pressure is on...;)

try to look up chloe ..American Olean makes them. less expensive choice is dal-tile. You will find it on the home depot website. scroll all the way down and click to just for contractors and look up the tile. anybody can buy it at that price. I did a job for someone using the dal tile black and white floor. The wall was done with 3x6 bright white subway tiles from us ceramic at 14 cents a tile. also purchased at home depot.

Suzieque ~ I have a little more time this morning to answer your questions. The tile type is mosaic, it comes in sheets that are connected. The challenge is lining it up just right o that you cannot tell that they came connected in sheets (no 'seams'). Our sheets were mounted on mesh. Another type is connected by rubberish 'dots'. The mesh worked well for us to gently pry out the white tiles we wished to replace with black. However, I believe the tile with the dots is easier to lay properly because there is no chance that excess mesh at the edges will bump into the next sheet as you place them into the thinset. To eliminate this possibility, I spent some time trimming the excess mesh from the edges of my sheets. You can buy hexagon tile already in a couple of patterns from daltile. You can also buy octogan and dot tile fairly easily at most tile stores, where you can have a choice of various dot colors. Its not difficult to create your own pattern, but be ready to be very careful and meticulous in your planning. As I said, I trimmed every mesh sheet, laid them out dry-fit on the bathroom floor, laid the black flowers on top and figured out exactly where they would go marking with a pencil. Then removed each of the white 'flower' tiles and placed the black 'flower' (which I had cut out still connected with mesh holding the 'flower' together) They are not glued, until the whole sheet is placed into the thinset. Since our bathroom was narrow, I was able to make four piles of tile sheets (with the black flowers in place) which were in the order of which they would be laid with the furthest row by the window on top. The jagged edges around the room were covered up by wall base tiles, door trim, or the radiators. By the shower pan litle 1/2 tiles were put in place (these can be bought separately, but a good tile setter can cut these). Lastly, I bought our tile online from American Universal tile. It comes in several sizes and finishes and many colors. We chose 1" matte finish. Send for samples first in the various sizes and finishes. You could also be able to order the daltile or american olean from tile stores. Here is a link that might be useful: Source for our Hexagon Tile

@otterkill - Shoot me but I think the inset rug - especially the trim around it - is lovely. It was definitely design decision but I don't think you chose it because it was "trendy" back then but because it appealed to you aesthetically on a personal level. I think there is a huge difference between stuff I see that has an individual's stamp on it like your tile rug versus stuff that seems to be chosen off the rack in a ubiquitous "trendy" style which has no element revealing an individual's taste. Here's one of my inspiration photos for my balcony - a tile rug :-)