My floor tile for the bathroom (not shower) have a white background (sort of a marble-ized look) with a pale peach pink swirl and some taupe and gray running through it. it's subdued, but beautiful. The only color that would go with it for tile in the shower is white. It could maybe have a tad or gray or taupe in it, but not anything busy looking/ I think I'll have a cherry or mahogany colored vanity. So it's not going to be all white. I don't know about the vanity top. Anything beigy or creamy will clash with the tile for the bathroom floor. I think that Adex tile does not have a matching white shower floor tile, if I remember correctly? Thanks for the ideas. If carrera a creamy sort of color? If it's the color I am thnking, it would clash with my bathroom floor tile. I'll go look at tomorrow and see. I have a catalog that I borrowed and scanned when I started thsi project (and gave up in frustration). Is one of the Adex lines Neri and one hampton? If so, they didn't have matching floor tile, and only white won't clash with my floor tile for the rest of the bathroom. That was when I quit the project in desperation last time.

I have seen some variation in calacatta tile depending on the stores I have gone to, and they all call it calacatta or calacatta gold. You may just want to look around and see if you find something you like that pairs well with your slab. The tile will never be a 100% match to your slab anyway. We are in the process of remodeling our master bath and will be installing calacatta on the counter, floors and as an accent tile in our shower niche...rest of the shower will be white subway. We are also planning on putting calacatta in our hall guest/family bath with the calacatta on the tub/shower surround and on the walls chair rail height. Floors are going to be a wood porcelain tile and the countertop will be a quartz. I think it looks good to break up the marble with another stone/texture....as long as it doesn't get too busy.

Thank you pllog! According to my admittedly limited research, white subway tiles were primarily what was used during 1913 (not colored tiles just yet), or else white or cream-colored wainscoting. I know the colorful tile was used on fireplace faces though, as is the case on ours - but I think the whole sterile kitchen and bathroom look was going on in 1913 (?). I know my house originally had it cause not only is 2x6 white subway tile in the original bathroom upstairs, but the previous owners, who I am friends with, remember it having been in the house at one time. The previous owner now in her 80's moved in with her parents in the '40's when she was a teenager. There was only one family that lived in the house before them, which is kind of neat to know. I'd love to find out more about them someday if possible. All that said, if I had the time further to obsess (I'm already taking LOADS of time away from my kids to obsess over every detail that I am already!), and the eye/confidence/creativity, or a designer, and the money, I'd do something much more fun and much more "me" in a NY heartbeat. But alas, I don't. Maybe someday. The following cut/paste link is to absolutely inspiring backsplashes, which you'd probably love: http://finishedbacksplashes2.blogspot.com/ It would be impossible for me to do if the tile were to get up to $100/SF. How did you come up w/ that calculation? Oh dear - I'd better do the math again! I was told that by going to a fabricator with big machinery, it wouldn't take that long at all for a back splash my size - but that was just one person who said that; he could have been wrong. One consideration for a backup plan for me has been white or off-white minibrick. I think with a non-matching grout - e.g. a noncommittal but darker sand color (sand having both tan and grey in it?), all those little lines would be more interesting w/ the stainless than the bigger subway tile (or, maybe that would also be the case w/ standard 2x6 tile w/ darker grout?). I wish I could find the link I've lost to ceramic minibrick (if that's the word for it) that's attractive to me. I imagine they didn't have that size in 1913 though (does anyone know?) but it's still a nice classic look. If I find it on my other computer I'll post it! I've looked at Thassos which does seem too white. The in-person samples of calcutta are too grey from a distance (I don't want it to match my stainless counter so precisely) but yes I have time to keep looking. I also still pine for the Walker Zanger lightly crackled and glazed 2x6 tile I was all excited about when I thought I would do a honed black counter. haven't ruled that out completely, but it's $25/SF. Thanks!

What a lovely space to work with. I love your slab of calcutta. Amazing with movement. You must be excited to get started. Here are some ideas to help. And I tossed in a few non subway. Could not help myself. I have a curiosity about some of the clever tile shapes out there. I used to think only subway was the way to go with marble but notice a few other ideas below and see for yourself the options are endless. ~boxerpups My first instinct when looking at your slabs is to get more and do a backsplash of solid marble like this.... Of course that could be outrageously expensive so perhaps something a little less dramatic but as gorgeous like this... Maybe green is not your thing, how about this.... Back to soft green subways....