Oh, yes, that is true. You could use some of the tiles I showed as an accent on the walls too!

one tile for the floor one tile for walls. no accent nothing

Ocean, why don't you look at the Komorebi glass tiles from tilebar.com? they have 10 different colors. (the red is gorgeous too!)

https://tilebar.com/collection-27/glass-tiles/komorebi.html

I love this Athens Blue. It's a darker blue so it can lean more masculine. You could use this in the niche (make a long niche against the back wall, like this one:

or do the entire wall with it on the Shower Head wall, or something like:

The rest of your tiles do the white, larger subways in a stacked pattern.

For you floors, you could do a dark gray/white cement look porcelain, or you could do more of a slate/concrete type of tile in your herringbone. Bring in walnut vanity with a quartz top, and you'll have a classy room for both males/females.

This is Justina Blakeneys bathroom. she used Fireclay Tile in one of their lighter blue glazes. She did her other bathroom in greens/turquoise. She's very much into color.

you could do the white shower and perhaps do a bold color on the shower floor, and bathroom floor. (they do all sorts of shapes/sizes too).

for instances, a picket or leaf shape, and a solid, neutral floor, white vanity w/gray quartz (to me, this doesn't have enough color, so I'd have to jazz it up somewhere in that shower)

other flooring that would work w/your son. nothing too feminine about this.

and you could always do a nice painted vanity if keeping other elements neutral. this is close to Gentlemans Gray by BM. works with marble, gold, nickel, grays, whites, of course, and you could do many shades of blue glass. (like Jet Stream)

thank you Kelly. only took my neighbors 10 years to finally commit and get it done! hopefully the two upstairs baths won't take as long!

If you want to do two diff tile layouts in the shower, it's fine w/your floor. just save the glass tile for the niche.

make sure your white tiles are from the same tile company and are the same size. if not, you end up w/this look:

or this one,,,it's visually busy

this one looks better:

or, just stick w/one design

or, do your accent in the middle of the wall. (i did the herringbone for mine). this one is glass, but you could do the other white tile too

or, just do the entire shower in the 45 degree herringbone. It's fresh, looks good and is a nice look (I vote for this look, below, with a large niche w/the glass tile)

another options for the niche and your glass:

you could also accent the shower w/your floor tile:

or do the subways in a different layout.

ocean78, I'm certainly no designer but your floor tiles reminded me of the time I lived in Morocco. You also mentioned in one post that you had considered Corian to avoid grout lines in the shower. One possibility that came to mind for the shower walls is tadelakt. It's the traditional waterproof plaster technique that's used in wet rooms (baths), hammans (public baths) and building facades. It can be tinted to almost any color and is seamless. It can even be made into bathtubs and sinks. If you live in or near a large city and like the look, you could find an artisan who specializes in tadelakt. Have no idea what it costs in the US, but undoubtedly more than I paid in Morocco! If you Google tadelakt and then images, there are numerous examples of its use in baths.

Krancmm - Thanks for the tip on the tadelakt. I'll check that out, never heard of it before.

Beth - Thank you for the tip on the tiles as well. I hadn't thought about making sure the same color tiles are from the same manufacturer, but makes perfect sense. I really like that tile in the niche in the next to last picture you posted. I like how it has more white.

I was looking around some more online and came across another possible floor tile, but I need to get a sample to see how white the background is as I'd prefer something a bit whiter than off white. Here's the tile with a possible cabinet color, glass accent, and countertop. Thoughts? Does this work better together?

I think it does. the blue in the floor is light and surrounded by other neutrals. the blue glass is different shades, but I think it works well the other elements.

Love that newer, bluer accent versus the first choice. Everytime I look at that first accent I think I'm seeing algae growth in my pool.

i wasn’t a fan of the first combo but do like this last one.

These large two color muted quarry tile type patterns seem to be having a moment of popularity. I think they will become dated in a few years, so I'd stick to simpler more timeless combinations or go full out and embrace something like a highly colored quarry tile.

New combo is very interesting. I also like it much better. I hope you are doing clear stain walnut.

I like it. Except that gray ceramic tile you've chosen. it already appears to bow in the picture. (which means you may have lippage or cupping when laid)

look at a porcelain tile. porcelain color is carried all the way through. in case you get a chip, the color will still look the same. ceramic will not.

these are from tilebar.com. you get 5 samples for $5. Try them.

Marbella greige

I just purchased some similar pale blue subways for a clients shower I'm designing

hard to get a good pic:

these are diff, but example of how you could install them on the smaller walls. (in the niche you could use the glass)

"look at a porcelain tile. porcelain color is carried all the way through. in case you get a chip, the color will still look the same. ceramic will not."

Just to be clear, porcelain is ceramic. And not all porcelain is through-body; in fact there is probably more glazed porcelain than unglazed. Through-body is unglazed, which means it has same color all the way through. It is good for not showing wear. Glazed porcelain, obviously, has a glaze on top. For example, the marble look-alike porcelains are glazed. A chip is that tile will show.

I also wouldn't do the towers, especially not on a 48" vanity. Towers should be at least 15" wide to be useful. Do the math to see how much counter space and mirror you'd have. Is there a side wall where you could recess a cabinet or do an open cubby with glass shelves? You could even tile the inside of the cubby with the accent tile.

I read through your entire thread and what I see as your vision is a bathroom with glossy white tiles and blue/green glass accent tiles. Spa-like with a little sparkle. That's been consistent so work from there. Your choices seem traditional/transitional. The stain color of the vanity seems traditional and maybe you want to use paint instead. Please share your plans for the vanity style (and any other materials you've selected) so we can determine what the style really is.

Colorwise, the floor and glass tile look pretty good in the lighting of the first photo. Using floor tile halfway up the walls would give you a heavy stone look when I think white and bright was your original goal. If you're using glossy white tile on the shower side walls, continue it to the other walls. I don't think you need an entire wall in glass mosaic to make a statement with that tile. How large is the shower? Have you priced the glass tile? Lunada Bay is about $35 a square foot.

cat builder,,i'm aware porcelain is a clay, like ceramic. but there are differences in the clay body and firing temps. a good porcelain tile will be color through. ceramics are not. When I looked up that particular tile, it says it comes in a ceramic wall tile or a porcelain. Not really sure which one she picked. But it is a V2 on color variation. I'm sure chipping won't be an issue in the bathroom.

Ocean78

here it is in the mosaic if needed for the shower floor

see if you can get two of those larger tiles and sandwich them together. are they perfectly flat or can you see daylight or gaps in the middle?

Thank you all again. The tile is a glazed porcelain tile, but not rectified. I did ask about lippage while working with the designer at the tile shop and she didn't think it would be an issue, but Beth if you can spot a slight bow in the picture that definitely makes me concerned. Thank you for the suggestions! I really like the 24x36" size! I love the idea of minimizing the grout lines everywhere else since there will be a lot with the mosaic. I'll get some pictures of the space and draw up a plan of what it will be when I get a chance. I don't have the plans from the designer yet, since we are working with her to tweak things, but haven't paid any money yet to get a copy of the designs for ourselves. Here's what I was thinking of for the cabinets on the countertop. They will be 9" deep by 9" wide and I'm hoping to recess them into the wall along with mirror so that the cabinets only stick out 6" and I can place a shelf between them for added countertop space. The idea is to have outlets in each for the kids' tooth brushes and give them extra storage as they grow. We only have space for 1 sink so, won't be as long as in this picture.

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So the countertop is 22" deep plus 3" to reach the back of the cabinet. My reach as a 5'6" adult is 24". Subtract 1 1/2" from the 9" width for the cabinet boxes and you are left with a very narrow, deep cabinet, times two.

Consider using a side sink in a 28"-30" cabinet to give you a wide drawer stack. You can even shorten the drawer stack to 18" deep and use that side of the vanity as a make-up area, bringing your face 3" closer to the mirror. Use a full mirror and mount sconces through it, one on each end and one in the middle.

@Beth H. : You gave a bunch of photos of tile in an earlier post and I was wondering what the multicolored backsplash was that was included? It was this tile:

Kelly, i think that one is the Lunada Bay Taiko

(comes in diff colors. or diff shapes)

http://lunadabaytile.com/LBT_agate_taiko_ribbed.html

the color in the pic looks like the Alassio or the Luca

it's under the Agate line.

http://lunadabaytile.com/LBT_agate.html

I posted this several years ago and we finally renovated the bathroom! I always like to see how spaces turn out when I read posts on here so here we go!

The responses I got here really helped me think about what style of tile I’d like in the long-run. Thankfully the kids like how it turned out (boy and girl). We still have some details to finish (hanging the shower curtain rod, updating the switch plate and outlet covers, and updating the door hardware). Thanks for your help!

that came out very nice! I'd do some colorful art near the lightswitch, or on the wall above the towel hangers. just something in calm blues/whites/grays/greens.

wall color looks good w/the blue vanity.

or maybe a wood shelf above the toilet w/a few items.

Awesome job. Really came together well. Thanks for sharing😊

@E H I love the colors, the hooks and the use of the high wainscoting. I now wish I'd gone higher with my wainscoting...really nice job. I think bathroom hooks should be used a lot more. Here are my bathroom hooks.

That’s a really lovely bathroom. I’m sure your children and guests will appreciate it. Love the wall color! I’m going to use wainscoting in a powder room and I’ll make sure to keep it high like yours.

I’m not trying to be nitpicky because your bathroom is gorgeous! But shouldn’t the outlets be GFCI as they are near water in the bathroom?

GFCI and AFCI

Thanks for the positive comments! We did the same wall treatment in our mudroom, but did 2 rows of the same hooks and it has worked great.

Thanks for pointing out the outlets! I’ll be following up with an electrician to ask about this. Interesting enough, we seem to have a GFCI outlet only in our primary bathroom. Our basement bathroom and powder room just have regular outlets. Maybe this is due to our house being 20+ years old???

We definitely need to get some art work up on the walls and I appreciate the suggestions. Picking out wall hangings is not my strong suit. Here’s a picture of the other bathroom we updated during this renovation. Any recommendations for art / towels / etc.?

In bathrooms Code usually requires the sockets to be on their own dedicated circuit and to be GFCI and AFCI sockets or circuit breakers. So the GFCI and AFCI could be at the circuit breaker if you don't have a dual function receptacle in the bathroom. Check with your electrician and your local Code.

@E H The one's for own master bath are on the same circuit as the kitchen, so you don't actually see the GFCI outlet in the bathroom. An easy way to test is to plug something in the bathroom and then pop the GFCI outlets you do see in your house and see if that outlet still works.

I don't think we need this to become an electrical code discussion, but I believe that a bathroom is required to have a socket for appliances on it's own dedicated GFCI and AFCI circuit.