I am trying to pick a basketweave floor tile for a bathroom in my house. I am only going to tile the floor; and the shower walls will be cheap white subway tile. I also have exposed red brick on the main wall in the bathroom. My initial thoughts are not to do a pure white stone floor; maybe onyx or cream colored. I would like to use corresponding color pebbles in the shower. Please show me some inspiration, or even of other patterns.

Hi Everyone, Thank you so much for taking the time to respond and show us your beautiful kitchens. Leela-which knobs/pulls did you from RH? Love your soapstone countertop. Anthomeinva- Will look at the Dakota knobs. I see you have beautiful soapstone, too. Badgergal-We hadn't heard of Hickory Hardware and will investigate; beautiful cabinets. Prospect-Looks like you have soapstone countertops, too. We love your floor. Enduring-Love your backsplash; what material did you use? Sloane-We think your photos convinced us to select satin/brushed nickel. Lovely view! Labbie-We will look at Top Knobs web site - beautiful kitchen Mayflowers-the ORB does not look dated and is a nice choice for you kitchen-especially with the lighter floor and counters. Thank you all again for taking the time to post photos of your beautiful kitchens and share information. As you may have noted I wanted soapstone (not so much DH). We did not choose soapstone because I was scared off by the discussions about softness. I still LOVE the way it looks, especially with natural cherry. MJ

suzatwork: i have to say your floors have very much the same grain and variation in tone as my highly-coveted black walnut. they're stunning! i'm wondering how they take stain, since i'd like darker floors? my plan is to go with the walnut but i'll have to get some samples and check the amendoim out. i'll have to look it up, but also assuming this species would be harder than walnut... hmmm... GREAT! more for me to think about! thanks for posting your gorgeous floors.

It's not installed yet (about another 3 weeks or so - woohoo!) but ours are natural maple w/white appliances - that wasn't necessarily my first choice (I prefer "period" style painted white or dark quarter-sawn oak) but 1. we have a tiny space and everybody talked me out of anything too dark 2. we are on the tightest budget imagineable and wound up with a set of excellent condition complete set of 2ndhand KM Mission-style cabinets that I picked up on Craigslist for $1k. I really like natural maple, although I think it does lend itself best to a more modern look - lots of sleek ss and nickel etc which isn't necessarily the route we'll be going in our older house. However, I'm really happy with what we've got style and qualitywise. That said, I recently started considering whether maybe it's worth staining them down a couple of shades darker.... which would also help tie everything together (we had to buy 2 extra cabinets to round out the set and, while they match perfectly on the WRONG side of the old cabinets, the side exposed to sunlight has turned slightly golden - normal for lighter cabinets, I gather). In any case, I'll post pix as soon as there's something to share!! (And, despite all my musings and ruminations, I know full well there's a very good chance that once they're in I'll love them exactly as is since they're beautiful wood in a classic design!)