Thank you so much, @kmcg123 ! It looks awesome! Your herringbone tiles are 3x6in, right? We were going to try it with 4x8in herringbone and 4x16in subway brick to save a little money on the labor since our shower is 6x4ft. I was hoping since it's a larger space and the same ratio it would turn out ok! Fingers crossed, it will still look this good! At what height did you start your chair rail?

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.

It is VERY difficult to help one pick a grout without being present with the tile and seeing grout samples. There are many different types of grout as well. EPOXY grout Made from epoxy resins and a filler powder, the grout is extremely hard, durable, and nearly stain proof. Often times the bond between tiles is stronger than the tile itself. Many installers don't prefer to use this as you need to work quickly with it....That is MY opinion. You really need to look in to getting some tile bars to put next to your stone. Even if you have, "The Tile Store" in your area... you can go in and they have many color options. The Epoxy grout when cured(I believe about 48 hrs.) is mostly impervious to staining, chipping and cracking yet it can slump. We used Delorean Gray on our floors which are gray tones from very dark to fairly light cement looking 12x24 tiles. It was quite a bit lighter than it looked on the sample, but worked perfectly with our tiles due to the different muted tones in our master bath. Could have been the water mixture or other... however, it was a lighter gray. I could post photos I just took, but it does look a lot lighter in the photos as I have two larger windows in the bathroom and at this time of day it looks light. Are you doing the tile job yourself or is a, "professional" which I will use the term loosely as some are true professional installers and some not. Sanded vs. non sanded vs. Epoxy.... that is first to figure then the color. Do you have, "The Tile Store" in your area? They have many grout bars you can try with the tile which looks darkest gray on my monitor. However, I suggest you find a true tile store to see their tile samples vs. going off of a label at Home Depot and it's color via the label.

I'm not a huge fan of a stone BS with granite, but that's my personal taste. I agree travertine can look very heavy. Having said that, and without your slab photo, I just suggested someone take a look at this marble: Here's the general marble description (copied from a Houzz photo answer:) Like Bookmark March 11, 2016 at 1:31PM PRO thebuilderdepot It is likely The Athens silver Cream is an Incredible product. It essentially a vein cut marble that gives an almost wood look appearance. If you ever visit the new Four Seasons in Orlando it covers it. Additionally the hotels love it because it is low maintenance it is a hard marble and matches easily from Threshold to Mosaic as you can see from our website. It is a very, very consistent Marble. However as it is new to the market, there is a lot of names for it and with different names comes different prices. Our recommendation as with all products. Order a sample. Order a sample online and compare. Before things ship ask for pictures. Cover yourself. It can also be called a White Oak Marble Limestone also a silver cloud and a variety of other names in the market place. The confusion of the name allows for some seriously unreasonable price fluctuations considering the price per block. It is very similar in appearance or a few other names by other companies, available for $7.45 a Square Foot in Honed and Polished. Live Link to Builders Depot Collection