Look on Houzz dot com for inspiration pictures on the different tile schemes. You will find many. It will help you with your decision making. You make this your bathroom not someone else's. I have a 8x9 bathroom and I did my shower pan in a gray cast iron that matches the gray in my very patterned dark tiled floor, and the gray in the porcelain marble shower wall tile. Very different tiles. It was love at first sight and others didn't see the beauty I saw in the combo. Then they came around. I checked out many other possibilities before settling on this combo. I kept coming back to it. I even have a heavily patterned walnut wood vanity and cabinets. The doors are patterned as well. Realizing that I was using several strong textures I kept every thing else at a minimum, that includes the towels, counter deco, wall deco, etc. It seems to work in my eyes and I can't wait to GET DONE with it. I am a slow DIY'er.

Instead of matching your shower floor tile to your other tile maybe you should consider matching your shower floor to your granite. We used the same granite as our countertop for our shower base. It's an option that may be a little pricier but it has definite advantages. There are no grout lines, no mold or mildew, it is guaranteed (at least ours is) not to leak, it has a low threshold, and installation is faster. Ask your fabricator if he does stone shower pans/basins. The link below is for the company we used but I am posting it just or basic information. You can see most of our stone shower pan in the picture below: Here is a link that might be useful: Stone shower pans

Patricia Colwell Consulting, You are so right about everything. I do not have an installer yet--not easy to find in my area. No one is in a wheelchair but just looking to the future since this will be the last house we build. I was curious why some of the houzz photos were different. I guess I thought it was just an updated shower look. I saw some flat stone looking tile for the shower floor but I cannot find the photo now. Is something like something that would be good to use? Skippack mentioned that my old mosiac tiles were unglazed--how do I know if I have the right kind of tiles? There used to be a great tile person in the next town over but he has retired. I am still going to try to call him to see if he would recommend anyone. Thanks for your information. What is your thought of doing Porcelain tile throughout the entire house?

When you use fake materials (or materials that emulate other materials) they look more real when used where the real materials would be used. You’d never put a real brick floor in a bathroom- too gross- rough, hard to clean, not waterproof, etc. So if you put fake brick in it looks REALLY fake.