Mixing subway tile sizes and materials (Cross-posted)
Tiling a 5x4' shower and need help with mixing subway tile sizes and materials!
My inspiration:
I'm using this tile for the shower floor:
I plan to have the accent stripe run through the shower head line (on the 5' wall) and be between 12-16" wide. If I use a standard 3x6" white ceramic subway for the walls, should I go with a 4x12" glass accent? or a 2x4"? Or should I do a larger ceramic??
HELP PLEASE. It's crunch time!
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8 years agoI'm a fan of a wide strip of vertical accent tile. I like that the movement mimics a waterfall. That can be accentuated by running a rectangular tile vertically.
Are you planning on using a colored glass tile? I think a gray glass accent would work. Or are you planning on a bright contemporary color like you show in your inspiration photo? I don't see that working with your traditional tiles - the 3" x 6" white subways and the hexagon floor. Also notice that they used large format tiles to modernize the look. I think you should consider using a larger subway as your field tile in order to provide more size contrast with the accent and the shower floor. Is that a 2" hex?
I prefer an accent tile that relates to the field tile, providing tone-on-tone color and/or some texture, rather than contrasting starkly with it, like your inspiration photo. With white subways, something like this marble and glass mix would complement your field tile and the traditional elements you've chosen. I "borrowed" this photo from a kitchen thread.
Do you have any inspiration photos of vertically tiled showers using a larger tile as the strip? I didn't see any in your Ideabook, so I think you'll need to find some. I remember one Houzz photo of a marble shower with white subways behind the shower fixtures. Doing it in reverse was unusual and very pretty.
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