Bullnose - also for any outside corners! I have an outside corner on my backsplash - there's a concrete post in the corner that we had to tile around. I totally forgot about it when I was ordering tile (which is funny, because I was obsessed about my outside corners in the bathroom). Well, the tiler asks what I want to do with the corner... he's got these vinyl strips he likes to use for corners. I had already nixed the vinyl strips in the bathroom - I think they look cheesy. I asked if he could miter the corners (cut the edge of the tile in a diagonal so the two corners line up). Well, the corner is exactly the same size as the tile so there isn't enough overlap to miter them. Fortunately, they were rectified porcelain tiles with a nice factory edge, so he was able to just line up the edges. Doesn't look bad. Sorry for the long story, but the upshot is - don't forget the bullnose! ;-)

virgo - you might want to start your own thread, but your room and rug on your hardwoods look lovely. You'll read many different opinions here, but I've never heard a collective bias toward no rug in a dining room. It protects your hardwoods from chair legs and adds warmth and grounds the room, as well as adding sound baffling. If you are looking for a new rug anyway, would you consider a slightly larger size? It looks as if some of your chair legs would not remain on the rug when someone pulls them out to be seated. This post was edited by olychick on Sun, Nov 17, 13 at 11:08

Several of Frontgate's rugs come in 24" x 24". Here is a link that might be useful: square rug

I like that pattern. I see three colours in it? Don't know how much differently the pattern would read with only two colours. Sometimes, a tweak results in a big change. You might want to search for floors with brick patterns and see what type of colour combos look best to you. Did you see the pattern page on the Fireclay site? Btw, Fireclay does have patterned tiles (not inexpensive). Sizes are 6x6, 8x8 and 6 x 12. As an example, here is their page for b&w and green motifs. And here's Restoration Tile's historic pattern info page. I believe both companies offer design assistance and did see a CAD tool and free design assistance on the Fireclay site. As mentioned by @houssaon, drawing it all out to scale on paper helps a ton too. You mentioned needing tiles in three weeks. I know labour is scarce these days but rushing decisions on permanent fixtures usually means something gets compromised so it can help to be flexible with the initial design idea. I don't know if being historically accurate with your new floor is important to you but if you're looking for something that seems outside current retail offering and must work with your current tub tiles, might be worth your while to reach out to a pro for design ideas. Feel free to share more pics of your bathroom in this post as well. Pros might be able to offer you helpful ideas. Good luck with everything! Hope you'll share "after" pics. :)