Thanks - so below is my extremely bad mock-up of my bathroom layout - so you can see the space, I am going to have a large open area in the middle of the room, due to all the doors. The bathroom area itself is 9x11.

Below is my graph of my pattern:

Again, I didn't want to go too complicated, but do want a color pattern somewhere (I am going with soft white beveled subway tiles in the shower - in a herringbone above a chair rail, brick set below, and a grey oak vanity with white quartz counter. Chrome fixtures, and candelabra sconces and a mini chandelier above the vanity - because somehow the sparkle just crept in). I'm going to go with grey grout, probably close to the grey of the tiles themselves.

Thoughts?

I would ask what the tile guy would charge to do that. It might end up costing more than the Walker-Zanger tile. Unless you can figure out a way to cut the sheets so they are uniform and it's no more work than say a herringbone.

Labor is gonna be spendy for that one unless you buy mosaic web backing and glue it up yourself. With proper spacing built in.

You might do better to do 3/4" tiles with the traditional "mosaic maker" grids that help you to space them properly. That is available on several DIY mosaic sites.

Really, really wish you hadn't posted that. I think I have to have it. When you're done yours could you come live in my guest room and set mine up just like yours? No way my tile guys is going for that.

Maybe I'm being optimistic - but if I break it into repeating shapes (the center 3 length hex, then the joint of each of the grey rows, which is a 2 length hex) this makes all the grey connecting rows the same, with a similar approach to the white areas and then assemble, it will be time consuming, but possible? I don't need to sleep.

(color chart to follow - highlighters to the rescue!)

ETA - ok, I've got it to 5 distinct shapes - color coded below. I think that I can just assembly line the pieces, then assemble?

You haven't copyrighted that colour coded chart have you? I think I may be following you down a very dangerous path.

Hey - you might (and I say might) actually be able to create the blue and pink shape from 1 sheet of white tile, and then just insert the grey pieces. But thankfully there weren't any more shapes - I didn't have any other highlighters!

You are totally welcome to join me in my madness.

Can you tell me the manufacturer of the grey hex tiles? I wanted all grey or a white and grey mix originally and all I could find locally was white and black.

I'll have to find out - I was thinking the same thing - that I might have issues finding grey. But I believe Daltile does make grey hex. Does antique white read as grey?

ETA - Daltile's hex is 2" - what do we think of the pattern in that scale? Alternatively, doing the pattern in penny tile? Grey in that is find-able.

Alternatively - has anyone used http://www.mosaictilesupplies.com/index.aspx ?

They have some great hex tile colors?

I just brought home samples of the penny round. I was thinking of doing something with greys and white, but am falling in love with the blue and am now thinking of doing something just with blue and white (much bigger commitment). I think I'll go search and see if anyone else has done nice patterns in penny rounds. I'm too overwhelmed with other house decisions at the moment to reinvent the wheel if I don't have to. I'll post links if I find anything (if you're interested).

Is it the cobalt blue? I had initially picked that, but decided to go with grey and white, and moved the cobalt to my second bathroom remodel. It has a combo tub/shower, and I'm picturing the walls/ceiling in the cobalt blue arabesque/lantern tiles. I'm envisioning it with one of the mission style oak vanities, as I think that will go nicely. I haven't decided if I'm full-on embracing the them and going with a brick-y floor - that's the next project!

(you and I seem to have similar thoughts - definitely post anything you find, I love looking at things!)

I just saw this when looking at my supplier's houzz pages and thought of this thread. Definitely want to see how yours turns out.

http://www.houzz.com/projects/1170607/public-spaces-japan