I think they are all very pretty! I think I like the one with hints of brown the best. You can certainly have your vanity painted, or stripped might look nice too I think , but it might be as expensive or time consuming if you DIY than replacing so I would price vanities out too.

My kitchen floor looks a lot like your "green" floor. It's Bedrosian's "Country Grey" slate. It's grey-green (the website shows it as a mousy grey which it isn't). It's grey enough that a grey grout in similar intensity will blend in pretty well. Comes in different sizes and can be cut to size as well.

Obviously, I think it's a great color and that you shouldn't give up!

I would paint that vanity! Looks like oak so you'd get some grain showing but I like that look.

I like the gray the best, but all of them are nice.

I think you could also darken your vanity, maybe with a gel stain. Have you looked at flooring stores instead of tile stores for slate flooring? It's really pretty and I wouldn't give up, if that's what you want most. I love the cabinet color in the green flooring pic and you might be able to replicate that if you like it.

Who makes the first black one?

Off topic perhaps, but YIKES, upkeep on a black floor...

I love the green and think you should keep looking for it. As to the grout, you could use a greenish gray plus the secret is to do 1/16 grout spacing. It makes any grout almost invisible.

roarah I was thinking the same thing. I wonder how much it will be to have the vanity painted.

Fori - I have brought home about 10 boards of greyish green and blackish green and brownish green and none of them seemed to be the one. :( there is one more store I could try, but I am kind of maxed on it all.

thank you linelle

Pal the first one is Polis - it rocks in coal

meorapoza - not off topic at all - I did have a shiny black floor once and it did get dusty, but I will have rugs down too and it wont' be that much I think.

thanks bossyvossy.

I love the green. But I have it my bath with black grout It has stood the test of time now for over twenty years however I have used the grout enhance sealer a couple of times to bring the grout back to black

i'm really sad you can't find your green. but..what one can do. maybe you'll see it in that last store you're going to check

if not-there are many ways to introduce green..

out of these blacks, i prefer the first or the second one. they somehow seem more.. happy. i know, i know, sounds idiotic, lol..yet to me they do.

i'd choose the more textured one, but then i'm safety-obsessed. and you also say you'll use rugs so that's important..rugs help.

as for painting the vanity..it will depend on whoever does it. the professional painter will charge you more.

yet you might be able to find somebody who's just naturally good. we do have this amazing handyman..he can do everything. he does a very good job, he's fast, and he's abnormally clean..not a drop of a paint around. i don't know how the guy does it, but i'm in awe each time. so if you get recommendations on somebody like that..that probably will be cheaper, yet you might be very pleased nevertheless.

The green just looks like slate. The slate in our mb has a green cast. Are you looking at natural stone or porcelain tile?

thanks Sumac - I bet t is gorgeous!

APrilneverends - I have to say I like #1 the best. I am waiting for Pal to say there is something wrong with it . lol funny thing is for once it is the cheapest. Usually I pick the most expensive

jn3344 - it might be slate - I have looked at real slate briefly in the stores, but i was really trying to get away from the maintenance and go with ceramic.

One more question. How would it look to have the black tile go up the side of the tub and be the flat surface the tub is on?

then do white around the tub wall like the shower wall? DH is grumbling that white is too boring :p :( I don't think he gets my vision, but I don't want to over do it. there are different sizes of the black, so I could do smaller tiles, but i think it would look better with the bigger floor type tiles at least on the part going up if that makes sense.

Did everyone skip over Fori's post about the green looking like Bedrosian's tile?

cyn, no, but neither we skipped the Boopadaboo's answer

i love the green idea-but it's not me having to get the tile, so..

about black climbing the walls..frankly-really not sure

even if the walls will be painted darker color.

i'd leave it being the floor tile if you go with it

I did answer cyn427 thank you for asking. my point was I have brought home many that are grey/green and they jsut seem too grey. maybe it is against the white, or in such a bright room, I dont know.

for the surround, I think DH might agree to something like this, but with white on the "backsplash/wall" the same white as the shower tiles. not sure i am making sense.

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or like this: I would paint the walls white though:

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so the floor continues up the side of the tub, and the flat part of the tub and the floor. too much?

I don't think it's too much, I really like it. I do love slate and was hoping to do slate in my upcoming bed and bath reno but builder talked me out of it. Too porous for our situation.

Not all slates are porous (ask the red wine how I know). They do require extra testing compared to ceramic and porcelain, especially inside a shower.

Look at Vermont slate online. There is a wonderful green - called Unfading Green. It's very inexpensive and is a great floor material. Just reseal it once a year (think mopping the floor - it's that easy). We had it in our dorm apt kitchen in Maine - a kitchen that doubled as an entrance hall from the snowy outdoors and we had 5 dogs up there, tracking in snow. I just let it melt and evaporate - floor looked great!

boopapadoo, the first pic looks very much like slate mined on the VT/NY border, nothing else has that "teaberry green" color. VT slate does not need to be sealed and it doesn't flake, is impervious to stains and oils and doesn't scratch easily, especially the flooring material, which has a slight texture to it (compared to counters, which are honed smooth).

no, that looks pretty clean...i was mostly concerned about the backsplash(or how it's called?) on the walls, above the tub level, being too much

Yes you can DIY paint the vanity. And yes, it can be time consuming to paint it, but what's the rush? To do it right, you should take your time. You'll be amazed at the difference paint will make. I painted my oak vanities, one was espresso, the other honey oak and I painted them, one white, one ivory. They were a lot of work, took some time, but came out great and minimal cost. Just be sure to do all the proper prep, that is the most important, but most tedious part of the job.

You DO need to see tiles in person. Colors vary on the computer. And I would NOT paint the vanity. It is lovely quality wood, from what I see here. A light warm brown tone tile might work... but you need to see all the components (color-wise) in person.

BTW, I did find a dark green to use on my master bath floor. I can send you the link tomorrow. Let me know if you are still interested - it is not slick or slippery, which so many green tiles appear to be!

All I will say is that I had very dark near black tiles in the shower at a previous home and it was the Bain of my existence! I threatened on many occasions to take a sledge hammer to it. Water spots, mineral spots, I swear air spots, breathe on it SPOTS! Never ever again. You have been warned lol!

I had a neighbor who had a black bathroom floor she had loved the look of when they bought the house, but she said she hated living with it.

The green you are looking for is so pretty. If that is what you really want, I would try looking with the info above. If you have given up, I'd go grey -- but that's what you said you didn't like in the tiled you brought home (though it might be the shade of grey).

I don't know if it's a cop out, but I don't think it will be as pretty as your original idea. If being done is more important at this point though (which I understand) and you tend to be the sort of person who doesn't dwell on regrets, then I think the other tiles will be fine.

I'm not a fan of the dark tile tub surrounds personally... They don't look bad, but I think matching the white tile you're planing to do on your shower walls and tub "back splash" would look cleaner and give more of the spa vibe in your first inspiration picture (the one with the green tile floor). I like the idea of keeping your wood cabinets and maybe staining them to a shade you prefer, but painting them would look nice too.