The pattern match is actually pretty good. No opinion on the seams as I have never had them so I don't know what they should look like. I would not like the rust staining that is very visible in the first picture. Was your slab like that?

"I would not like the rust staining that is very visible in the first picture."

Iron inclusions in a naturally occuring product. Not stopping or removing them. Will get worse as well not better.

As far as the graining match, not bad. The seam appears to be decent as well.

It looks pretty good to me. With that busy granite, it could have been a lot worse.

Not bad at all.

I agree the pattern matching looks pretty good on the back wall. The seams look a tad off, but with the variation in color not too bad. Re: the direction of the sides - did they agree that it would match the back? That would be tough to do while maintining a pattern match.

It’s a Great job. You are blowing nothing at all beyond out of proportion. Drink wine, apologize for the unreasonable response, and cancel the supervisor’s visit.

I think it looks great too. What did you do for the floor?

The directionality of the back compared to the sides is the only thing that would bother me. The pattern matching and seams both seem good. Was directionality discussed beforehand?

It's such a busy pattern, it would be difficult to do anything better than this.

What were you expecting? It's a natural material, not a homogeneous synthetic. The fabricator probably had a couple of slabs to cut from and did what looks to me like an excellent job of optimizing. Be prepared for the supervisor to be taken aback by your concerns and expectations of perfection....

Visible seams don't bother me. It just looks like panels. They should have discussed the change in direction with you and given you options. Also you want to use your best slabs for the focal wall and that would not be my choice with the rust spots.

The natural iron in that stone is gonna go crazy in a shower. Hope you like orange. In streaks.

That goes back to the slab selection by the OP. If you don’t want orange spots, don’t pick slabs with orange spots in them. You can’t cut around them when they are so numerous and in the middle of the slab. What you see at the exactly IS what you are gonna get in your home.

What they said!

The seams and color matching look fine. To me those are not the issue. The issue is directionality from wall to wall.

It's hard to see easily from the provided photos, but it looks like the back wall granite direction is horizontal, while the side walls' granite direction is vertical. While the pattern is busy, it's not random and its direction is clear. Therefore, I do not find the installation acceptable, and am surprised others do, or perhaps they didn't see that change of direction in the photos.

Having said that, you haven't said what discussions you had with the fabricator about how the slab would be cut. Did you go to the granite templating layout at the fabricator's? If you had, you would have seen the directional issue before installation, and stopped it. Or, it could be that your slab was not large enough to make the walls all horizontal or all vertical, and you'd need another slab for that. Did you have that discussion?

Many people who are new at renovation, and/or who didn't research the topic of granite/marble installation in bathrooms and kitchens, are not aware they must go to the fabricator's in advance to check and okay how the stone will be cut and installed. It's also unfortunate when the fabricator doesn't mention it, if that is what happened.

I’m with Friedajune- I’d be addressing the directionality issue. Keep us posted what transpires. Good luck!

The rust stains make this a do-over AFAIC.

The change in direction doesn't bother me nearly as much as the rust does.

I think there is no need for supervisor's visit. Seams and color matching are beautifully done.

Either my pictures aren't very good or the wisdom of the crowd isn't what I thought. The company agreed with me they are cutting a slab for the back wall that will run vertically like the other two slabs and placing it over the slab already installed on the wall. They are then cutting a one inch strip of marble and finishing it to cover the seam. They were very gracious and admitted the back wall was a mistake on their part.

You could add a transitional piece like a pencil tile to hide the seam.

Wait a minute. They're putting the new granite OVER the existing piece? There's going to be a height difference....Also, why are they using a marble transition piece if you have granite?!

There is also going to be a tremendous amount of weight on that wall. If that should all let loose when someone is in or near the shower, that could be very dangerous.

Don’t confuse a business giving in to ridiculousness as a fact that they did anything wrong. Most of the time, it’s just to get rid of the unreasonable customer so they can move on to the next job.

To me the bigger issue is why you put slabs of granite in a shower. That is not the place for that. Kitchen counter tops use slabs of granite. Showers are supposed to be tiled. So given that, it looks like the installer did the best they could. Those corner shelves also look ridiculous

I wasn't aware that there was a prohibition on using granite slabs in a shower. Or that showers were required to be tiled. Amazing the things I learn here....

Kelly, if you wanted the same direction on all three sides, you prob were going to need another slab. They get as many cuts as possible out of one slab, and try to unite them. They did a nice job of matching that back wall. I mean, they could have used a tad lighter epoxy for the line, but it's not horrible by any means.

The seams ARE very small. What prompted you to do granite?