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biscuit vs. white tile

9 years ago

We are to the finishing phase of our new home build, and I'm wrestling over the tile decision for the master bath shower.
My trim and beadboard panels in the bathroom will be SW Creamy, which as you may guess, is not super white. It's a nice creamy white.

I was looking at simple 6x6 white tiles for the shower walls, and the biscuit color is a nice creamy. However, I'm having a hard time finding a smaller size tile to use as the shower floor that isn't bright white. I was thinking a smaller size, mosaic tile on sheets would be easier to install with the slope of the shower floor. I love the vintage look of the hex mosaic tiles.

What would you do? Keep hunting for creamy? Just use white? Or go another direction with a possible color?
I'd love to hear your opinion, or see what you've done if you had a similar situation!

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Vertise

9 years ago

I'd keep hunting for creamy.

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anniej
9 years ago
I'd think you could find off-white mosaic tile without that much trouble. Would the hex tiles work with the slope?
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jterrilynn
9 years ago
Hi, I used biscuit colored tile, cream painted walls, white toilet, tub ect and flat pebble stone on the shower floor. I like it because it makes the bathroom look more unisex. However, I also did a cherry wood look porcelain plank floor so it all ties in.
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palimpsest
9 years ago
Daltile makes a biscuit porcelain tile available in 1x1 and 2x2 square or hex.

Here is a link that might be useful: Daltile Keystones
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User
9 years ago
Daltile makes 1" square or hex mosaic tiles in a variety of shades of off-white.

http://products.daltile.com/series.cfm?series=238&c=20

For a shower floor, consider going a shade darker into the taupe range with grout to match ... easier to maintain,
yellowducky
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks for the advice and the links. After looking through that site, I might lean toward a colored hex pattern. That way I can avoid "matching" the biscuit tile and maybe ground the shower floor with a darker color.

I had forgotten about the pebble floor look ... that just might work. I'll have to ask DH which he likes better.

Thanks for the help!
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