Me, again... I'm refining my ideas, and I'd still like to use 1 inch carrera hexagon as the majority of the floor, and insert some black "flowers" randomly in a few spots. The problem I am having is locating black marble 1 inch hexagon tiles. (or even a really dark grey color, etc).* Do you think I can have most of the floor be marble hexagons, but then insert black ceramic hexagons to make the flowers? Or will be odd to mix marble with ceramic?? Or does anyone have a suggestion on where to find black (or dark grey) marble hexagons in one inch? *Actually, Walker Zanger offers 1 and a quarter inch hexagons in white marble, carrera, a dark grey marble, and black marble. However, it is $45 per square foot (too much for me). And I can't just buy a few sheets of their black marble because they made their hexagons a little bigger than one inch, of course! Again, thank you, thank you for your advice and thoughts!

Hi. Well, let me back into this. The first one is sort of hard to judge, because there is no image of a base cabinet width showing tile beneath it. I'd say, after looking at the other photos, the tile is a running bond pattern, and the tiles are possibly 14 x 14, could be 16 x 16. The second one, I can see a base cabinet in the corner and it looks to be a 24 inch wide cab. There are TWO tiles on the floor beneath the doors. So I'd say that one is 12 x 12. It does LOOK smaller, and I think that is what the tile folks are telling you. Then the third one. Thos tiles are larger than 18 x 18, I think they are 24 x 24. Look at the end of the bar in the center foreground of the photo. One width of tile almost equals the entire width of the cabinet depth. I figure that cabinet is, with all the wood on both front/back, plus trim, something like 30 inches deep. Those are some big tiles. Again, none of these are laid on the diagonal. If you want to test it out how it will look, cut yourself some cardboard and lay them on your floor. I have only one spot in my house where tile was laid on the diagonal. It was a very narrow small bathroom. We had room for maybe TWO FULL TILES on the diagonal, the rest were pieces. The tile we chose was the 18 x 18, and we also used them as the shower WALL tiles, laid straight NOT on the diagonal. If you truly have only a narrow space, and only room for maybe ONE FULL TILE in a row of big ones, it will look pretty good I'm thinking. I love the tile sample you have shown at the top. It looks like unglazed porcelain, which is what we used too. I also got the same tile in the 2-inch square mosaics, sold as 12 x 12 tiles, for the other bathroom floor. Not at all slippery, but that is a lot of grout to keep clean in a kitchen. For my money, I'd get the biggest format tile I could, just to keep down the number of grout joints to keep clean. Straight line or diagonal, depends on the amount of width you have to walk around. Narrow, make it diagonal. That's just my two cents. If you are laying the tile yourself, do what is the easiest to make a professional looking job of it.

I'm just trying to keep a more traditional look. My home is a 1920's brick bungalow. I've always thought I would keep the original hardwood floors and have a subway tile backsplash, but...the kitchen floor was in really bad shape. We were unable to save it and couldn't find 1-1/2" wide unfinished red oak strip flooring to match it (and the rest of the first floor), so we put in a slate/quartzite tile in instead. I'm still open to subway tile (and still love it), but frankly, I'm getting tired of seeing it everywhere and was trying to think of other options. I'm loving the hand-glazed tiles lately, maybe crackle glaze, in a 3x6 subway or 4-6" square. Also considering laying the square tile in a diamond pattern. Just trying to get my head around other ideas that would still be appropriate for my home. The floor is rather colorful, so I'd like to keep the backsplash simpler, but with some shine, to contrast with the matte counters and tile floor. I appreciate all your input.

I like 12 x24 tile on the floor and the shower walls espcially in small bathrooms