Anyone know of white subway tile in two sizes with matching trim?
hnhouser
7 years ago
I'm trying to do a shower like this, but am having a heck of a time trying to find a company that carries the small mosaic tile with a matching trim and a matching subway size. I'd be open to other sizes, like a larger than subway size rectangle for the bottom, but can't find it anywhere. Daltile has two sizes and trim, but the sizes are too close to each other. This photo is from Houzz, and says the tile is from Crossville, but they must have stopped making it because I can't find it on their site. Anyone know of another company that has something like this? Anyone had any luck matching different brands of white tile? Thanks.
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Tile grout color: subway tile with hex floor grout matching
Comments (6)Should the grout be the same color? Not necessarily. Will it look weird to use a darker gray on the floor and a lighter gray in the shower? Not at all. Any recommended colors for the shower and floor tiles along these lines? I've been getting stuff at Lowe's and they carry MAPEI Warm gray for the subway tile, and silver for the hex, if you lke a darker grey for the hex. Silver is actually a medium grey, but it'll appear alot darker with the white tile. Our bathroom isn't perfectly square. I think a colored grout seam that is uneven will be really obvious(that's my understanding where you would do any flubbing). Can you grout just the seam white? Can you skip grout and caulk it? Any suggestions here? Grout everything on the floor the same color. it'll actually show up more if you try doing what you suggested. It'll literally draw attention to it. What you want to dpo is make sure that you're square to the most obvious walls from the door. Especially with the hex, it won't be quite as obvious as you think, unless it's WAY out, and then nothing you can do will hide it, even using a blending color grout. One other thing-- that joint where the floor hits the walls should be caulked, but still caulk it with a caulking that matches the grout, both color AND texture. Does anyone know what the measure is for hex tile and subway? For subway, use unsanded, and for the hex, use sanded....See MoreAnyone use Lowe's white subway tile for BS? Pics?
Comments (14)We used them. We did have to go through a little trouble in checking the boxes for consistency. I had gone in advance and gotten about 12 as a sample and we found that some where warm white and some had a pinkish tone. When we bought our final stock I did take the time to open the boxes in the store and lay the tiles out in a little space on their floor to go through the entire box to make sure there were none of those pink ones in there. There were not. Not sure if they had had a bad run when I bought the samples. No such issue with the full boxes but we did check just to be sure. Here's a pic... We didn't use any bullnose on the top edge because there will be a floating shelf just at the top edge of our backsplash...someday soon I hope. Rene...See MoreFound 'the' skinny subway tile? Do you know the size?
Comments (40)Histokitch said the pattern is as follows: It's called a raking stretcher bond in bricklaying. Running bond is the name of the traditional subway tile look. In raking stretcher bond, each brick overlaps the one below (or above) by 1/4. It makes sense that Bill knows it as a 3/4 brick joint, which is an apt description. Malhgold - Will do!! SW - I will definitely check pricing through Heath directly, and through the Ann Sacks dealer in Vancouver. I live in Canada which makes things trickier....See MoreTwo different whites in subway backsplash and cabinets?
Comments (3)Exactly what lascatx said! Matchy matchy looks like you went into an existing room and sprayed everything down with a paint sprayer. The key to having a monochromatic space that works is to deliberately NOT match. The variation in color and texture is important. Without it, a room looks flat and lifeless. You want to actively seek out different whites to use, and different textures. If your counter is shiny, use something matte like a frosted glass backsplash. If your counter is matte honed marble, then a glossy glass subway tile would be great. You create interest with this variation. I have a client that used 4 different manufacturer's "white" subway tiles for the deliberate difference in colors. It's subtle, and it works spectacularly with the white grasscloth wallpaper in the breakfast area and the white crystal laden light fixture above, etc....See Morehnhouser
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7 years agoThanks, hnhouser! I'm glad it helped. Here are a few more photos of 4x8 tiles mixed with 2x4's that I found on the Arizona Tile website. Herringbone would look nice!
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