Thank you for those links!

I'd like to pause, and say that all you garden webbers are fantastic. Using this site is a huge reason why my kitchen came out so nicely, and any issues that came up were solved quickly. But I digress...

Is it trendy or classic to do a full wall of mosaic like in the picture? I tried (and hopefully came close) to create a kitchen that was not trendy, and I am also trying to avoid trendy designs in the bathroom. I feel maybe vertical or horizontal stripes of mosaic are trendy, but I want to incorporate some mosaics for color, and interest.

I am not a designer, but it seems to me a whole wall of mosaic is less trendy than stripes.

Don't you wish people that post their pictures on HOUZZ would answer questions?

As one not too concerned about trends vs " classic" I do prefer the look of a whole wall of mosaic or any tile to the stripes but they are very pricey and harder to lay and thus the smaller accent use of such tile.

I try to make my choices outside of a vacuum. Ie, I consider the whole room, the whole house and even the whole geographical location of the property when making choices rather than just focusing on achieving a " classic" look, which by the way is becoming a very dated trend in and of it self ;), or choosing things "I love".

What are the other elements of this bath, this house and are you in the northeast, west or mid states?

Such good advice.

I do think a whole wall of mosaic tile will fit with the room, house, neighborhood and region. I never thought of it like that before though.

We are in the Gulf South and back up to a lake. Light and bright with some color is what I'm trying to do.

Now I just have to find a mosaic I like that doesn't have any natural stone in it. I'll be tile hunting tomorrow.

I had great luck at tile stores. They really helped me hone in on what I wanted, had better selections than big box stores and prices were comparable. Good luck!

Do you want marble mosaic? There are a lot of mfrs making porcelain marble-look tile that a lot of people here seem to be happy with.

The one I initially chose was Emser Lazzaro Lucente Linear. Very pretty clear and opaque green glass with marble pieces of varied but subtle colors.

But Emser says not to put it into steam shower because of the marble, and my contractor also says it would be a problem down the road. There are several good tile places near me, so I will go on the hunt tomorrow.