Bill, I was hoping that you would respond! Thank you. But I am confused. I don't really have my heart set on any particular size tile. The only reason I am thinking about cutting the pieces smaller is because of the dramatic difference in the color of the tile (which is a limestone). I thought mixing up smaller pieces of tile would work better in making the stone color variation less dramatic. Is that true? So given that my tile can be anything (unless you think it should match my 3 x 6 shower tile), do you think a herringbone pattern works better with tight or wider grout? Also, the "seagrass" (that's what Walker Zanger calls it, although we got a less expensive version somewhere else--may be that's why we got such a mixed lot!), is a limestone, that came in a 12 x 12. Since it is a natural stone, it has very straight cut edges. When my tiler cut it in half (to make the 12 x 6 that I was originally planning to use) I could not tell the difference between the edge he cut and the factory edge. But I am a novice homebuilder. Am I missing something? BTW, the really sharp edges I thought would allow me to make the grout lines tighter. (I just don't know if that looks better for the herringbone pattern.) Thanks!

thanks all, ajsmama, yes I said Ididn't like the rug and I didn't, but this is the best pattern for that space andnow that I see it I see that dh and others here were correct. I know too funny, I now have what I didn't like and now like what i didn't like, strange process for me.

They're both beautiful glazes, although I'm partial to Gardenia. There is a great benefit in waiting till your counters are installed before you choose bs tile. Seeing your tile samples in your space, in your light against your materials changes everything. You might decide White Wash is it for you, or you might love Moonshine. I'm not trying to get you to spend more money, but have you considered the glazed thin brick? At $18/sf it's barely more expensive, and there are some seriously beautiful glazes here too. You can use the herringbone layout with these tiles as well. Below are Cotton and Supernova.

No big deal on the actual degree of the angle, however, the overall crookedness and off-angle in relation to the shape of the room is horrible! look at your first pic on the left side. (I know the heater is there. it shouldn't matter) Either you wall is completely out of square, or the measurement on the tile is completely out of whack. See at the top left how there are about 4-5 tiles that end on the 'down' portion of the design? now compare to the bottom left where the design ends on the 'up' side. It's not a slight difference either. As was mentioned, this design needs to be carefully planned and isn't for every application. For instance, since you have a corner angled shower, and you're working w/an angled design, I would have started this design so that it starts in front of the shower Right now you have centered the design on the room itself, w/o taking into consideration the angled corner shower. It looks crooked, doesn't it? That's because of the layout. I would have started the design based on the shower position, and done like: with this layout, it's not going to look crooked because the tile layout is following the same position of the shower. it doesn't help that you have all of these funky, skinny cuts above this red line. This is one of the most difficult patterns to lay and get right. You have to know how to get the correct 45 degree starting point. Not only on the floor, but you also have to mark your tile w/a speed square to get dead center on that. (this one was for my wood floors). Enlarge the pic and look carefully at the blue tape. **I went over it in red so you can see the lines better. the little short one shows the corner edge of the plank that meets up w/the 2nd line, forming a true 45 degree mark. the vertical lines simulate the two chalk lines on the floor. you line up one corner of the plank/tile on one line, and the other corner on the other line. Doing it this assures you get a perfect 45 and that you will have symmetry on both outside edges/borders***