SJ McCarthy, Yes I totally agree with the wood and wood look tile being a faux pas...and I am very tired of cleaning the carpet in this hallway that gets a lot of traffic. I don't want tile there either because that would mean I'd have to carry that tile into the living area; too big a space, too cold and too hard on the feet.

What about a lighter gray tile? The light wood look tile in person just does not look right with the maple cabinetry IMO.

Thanks for your response :)

Your counter tops are not supporting gray. And your cabinets are not supportive of gray. Your back splash does not support gray. Gray isn't going to work (not from a design vision at least). The colouring that already exists in the space isn't set up to support gray.

White, beige, natural wood tones, dark BLUE (as in slate look), limestone, travertine, etc will all work.

Please google "travertine look porcelain tiles". I think you will be REALLY surprised at how beautiful they are.

SJ McCarthy - This is one of the photos I found on Houzz and used as inspiration. I truly value a professional design opinion, which is why I posed the question on this site. I wonder in your opinion what makes this work with the gray tile and not for my materials? Is it the tone? Thank you.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/martis-camp-butterfly-modern-bathroom-san-francisco-phvw-vp~39134660 

The inspiration photo has very little "yellow" from the wood. The wood would be classified as "champagne" or even a silvered champagne. Your wood is a stronger yellow. The more GOLD/yellow a wood contains the HARDER it is to get it to work with gray.

Notice the photo shows BLUE/GRAY tiles. Not gray. They are much closer to a SLATE BLUE rather than gray. Thankfully your yellow/natural cabinets will look good with slate blue. The darker gray you show isn't blue enough. It needs to be a snick stronger.

But.....(there's always a but isn't there) your BACK SPLASH is preventing the use of blue. If you wanted blue on the floor, you would have put blue as an accent somewhere.

I LOVE your back splash (just to be clear)! I think it is stunning. So why erase the beauty of that item by using a colour that doesn't have a natural place in your bathroom.

I can see you are trying REALLY HARD to put in the "almost-out-of-fashion" gray. I would say "Ignore the almost-dead-trend".

Your bathroom is handsome with the colours already chosen. Why fight it? Go with what works for the space, not what trend that is now passing into passe.

Your space is telling you to keep up with a pale beige/travertine look. That is FINE. It is RIGHT ON TREND! Don't fight it. And yes...gray is on its death bed.

I don't see the OP's cabinets as being that yellow. OP, can you post a more well-lit pic of the cabinets? Gray may be a trending color, but that doesn't mean it is not a GREAT neutral. Always has been, and will continue to be.

And the tile is that photo is not a blue-gray at all. It's a warmish gray color - "Flannel", as shown here. That's why it works well with the pale oak cabinets.

https://www.annsacks.com/collections/cappadocia

I agree that a porcelain travertine-look tile would be nice, IF it were the right color. I like this one for your space.

https://www.msistone.com/porcelain-pietra/venata-gray/

I like this too.

https://www.flooranddecor.com/porcelain-tile/vogue-warm-gray-porcelain-tile-912102826.html#prefn1=color&prefn2=productSubtype&prefv3=Porcelain&prefv1=Gray&prefv2=Tile&prefn3=productType&start=8

Chess - I think you're asking me for a better photo of my cabinets?? I'm sorry, I don't know what OP stands for. But here's the best I can do. The only light is above the vanity.

I picked up a lighter gray tile in the same tile as the darker. It's such a good quality tile, which is why I guess I'm trying to convince myself to use it. It's a color body rectified with a really nice feel. What do you think?

I've lived with the concrete floor in these rooms and actually like the way the gray looks, and I'm not into the all gray and white theme either. It just seems like such a neutral calm color. Truthfully I'm not really that fond of beige travertine. I like the samples you provided.

I would be willing to sand and refinish the cabinet doors also, but they're in really good condition.

I just wanted to say if I could go back and select a different counter top I would. I'm not fond of this granite. I actually had two counters fabricated in this stone and paid to have my master bath one changed out, but this one is staying.

Thank you.

your countertop has a slight greenish tint? maybe gray tile w/ more of greenish tone to it would work better. have you looked at some silver vein travertine? seems like that would be a very good match.

are you doing hardware on the doors?

here's your lighter tile next to your vanity, and one I put in. it's a lighter silver. Marbella Perla 12x24 from tilebar.com

or what about these hex tiles?

Beth - I'm really liking the cement patterned tiles but I'm afraid I may not like them in a couple of years. I figured I'd be safer putting a patterned rug :), plus hubby said no way to those, hahaha.

I like all the colors in the Pietra Italia tile line, except bianco (too light). It comes in a dark grey, which they call black, a light gray, beige and bianco.

And about the green hue in the granite, yes, I wished I would have seen that prior to fabrication. This is a granite choice I regret.

I also like the silver beige travertine but haven't found the right porcelain look alike that's a good quality tile and not too busy.

Thank you so much for your suggestions.

daduran, How about this tile? (And "OP" means the "original poster".) :-)

[houzz=[https://www.houzz.com/products/gauged-ostrich-gray-classic-quartzite-tile-sample-prvw-vr~56023506[(https://www.houzz.com/products/gauged-ostrich-gray-classic-quartzite-tile-sample-prvw-vr~56023506)]

Chess - Love it. And thanks for the def of OP ;)