I went into a state of panic regarding the Islatile. This morning I drove over to a store where I bought the subway tile and spoke to Bill who is one of the owners and a great guy willing to give information. He loved the floor (even though I bought it at Cancos) and thought it would love great. He said Isla was a good name and made a quality product. I am going with a biscuit color grout on the subways and as blondelle said it would look mostly like texture and not conflict with the floor. I am leaning toward a medium taupe grout to pick up the color of the one inch square. I thought I read on the forum that the grout on the mosaic would help with a glossy finish. I am having the bathroom gutted and am going with the Kohler Memoirs "Stately" pedestal sink (24"), toilet and bathtub.

Hi, I've been thinking about your floor plan since I first saw it and I think it looks nice. I love your stairs. I too thought furniture placement would be difficult with the bathroom door in the middle of your best wall for a dresser. I tried moving your bathroom wall to the left a couple feet. Your bedroom seemed very wide, especially not having room on that wall for furniture. Then I put a linen closet to the left as you enter the bathroom. This allows you to move your bathroom door so that you have wall space for a dresser. The door to the bathroom would then open up against the linen closet. That door would take up 30 inches when open, so you need to have it clear the tub. Unless you do a pocket door. I think I would like a pocket door going to your MB closet. My mom's bedroom was similar in size and it looked great. She also had a chest to the left of the bay window if your room has the length and you move the windows a little. I reconfigured the 3 rd bathroom, now accessible to office too. You also have a linen closet in your much larger hallway at the top of the stairs, which also helps to lengthen the wall in your bedroom for a piece of furniture. I like Mongo's idea of bookshelves on bedroom 4's wall, unless you decide to take that 8 or 10 inches and add that to your bedroom and move the BDRM 4's closet further into that bedroom. You gain you an extra 10 inches in your bedroom! It is probably a very good idea to use graph paper and cut out pieces of scaled furniture and chairs to see how every thing fits.

Ooh, i don't usually like granite, but that granite, with that vanity and those floors...fabulous! You have good taste! Sorry that ganite didn't work! Your inspiration photo has white solid surface counter of some kind...could be silestone, or corian. I think that would look good too if you went just a little warmer than white white. You say you've got white tiles in the shower so white countertops could work? Looks like you've used a lightish gray grout on the floor, and I think that color of grey for the walls could be really nice. I'm not very good at recommending specific paint colors, but, I know that many folks that have selected grey rave about Ellen Kennon's Gustavian grey. You can try searching for Ellen Kennon on the web and learn more about her full spectrum paint. I think she has some rooms that have been painted Gustavian Grey on her site. Ellen also offer free color consultatin via phone, if you buy her paint. Keep us posted and thanks for the pics!

i appreciate your feedback. One door is going from bedroom to bathroom, then another door going from bathroom to WIC. The house is a rambler. We are creating the basement living space into a master bedroom with walk-in bath/closet. The other surrounding space is laundry/storage/utilities