kgwlisa, that's exactly what I was worried about - all those cut edges. If Bill V were my tile guy, I wouldn't hesitate, but... Anyway, I think we could afford to use that tile as a field tile, but that's a LOT of green - not sure I want to use that much of such a vibrant color. As for the idea of going modern in the bath, I've thought about it, but the rest of the apartment is definitely pre-war looking and I have no plans to renovate it anytime soon, if ever. There's something I love about period-feeling baths anyway, so I think we're going to stick with that (even if BF doesn't like the English-telephone-looking tub filler/handheld, LOL!). BTW, does anyone know anything about Elements of Design fixtures? They have a ton of really beautiful period fixtures but I'm concerned about buying crap... Here's a snapshot of some tile that I taped to the bathroom wall to try to get an idea of what my original wood-look floor/white subways/glass accent might look like: I know it's a terrible picture, and unfortunately the colors aren't really true, but I really like the blue-green tiles on the right with the faux wood and white (they're much bluer in real life). They look great with chrome fixtures, too. I think I'm going to go ahead with this color combo - I just need to decide whether to use the glass tiles in mini-subway size or 1x1s. I'm also going to browse a bit more this weekend to see if I can find something similar in a ceramic tile. Wish me luck!

The misalignment looks to be up under the upper cabinet so I don't think it will be particularly noticeable. However, the pattern would drive me nuts in that it doesn't flow--the first and second picture show awkward corners, but perhaps there is a reason he hid those there that I can't see from the pictures. Depending on how much the installer charged I would be tempted to make them redo it to fix the pattern. I don't mind the gray grout, but it is less forgiving than white grout.

“Just please don't tell me they're like $39 a foot hopefully!” They were $20/ft. Pretty darn reasonable for semi handmade tile! What’s special about them is the glazes - they are hand-applied and therefore not uniform. The shapes - they are rectified. And they make dozens of different special pieces for moldings and end-pieces and such. Including the matching outlet covers

"herringbone tile backsplash is from @mercurymosaics and is called Everglades! The color has so much beautiful variation, we are in love with it!. . •What is the grout color? —The grout color is charcoal from @homedepot .... (I will link the exact grout in my stories)" https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KSrfznmVc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link