Mores the pity, no the color is not throughout. I think my only options are to move the door over a few inches and create a 'true' door with 3 sides to finish both interior and exterior - then use the same chairrail going in the niche to trim out the inside portion. Or leave the door as is and miter. I'd prefer option two if they can work some type of magic so it's not too sharp. Hey Igloo - I was at a tile store this past weekend and they had 'crocodile' tile that reminded me of you - it was in huge 18x18 pieces. That led me to try to incorporate some tile that looked like Moroccan leather... after an hour I admitted defeat and returned to 'resale beige'. Thanks for the response.

I've never seen or done this before, but it's an interesting concept. Your salesperson is right. Bullnose is not cheap, by any stretch. For one shower, where the bullnose frames the entrance, as well as capping the curb, maybe the edge of a bench, and framing a niche-- I've seen just the bullnose run over 200.00. Your sales person's one sharp cookie! The only downside would be that the tumbled marble will be a little thicker than the rest of the tile. But it might make for an interesting design element, too.

Spottythecat, the towel bar is Pottery Barn 24" Mercer in chrome. kelwit, I used bullnose in the niche and Schluter for the shower wall edges. If you use the same shower tile I did, then Schluter, bullnose, or even the factory cut sides of the tile are all decent options. I used the factory cut edge for my bench seat and it doesn't really look too different from the bullnose honestly, plus it allowed me to avoid extra grout lines. Here are some closeups of the Schluter trim, niche, and bench for comparison.

Master bath/shower is in the process of being tiled. So far so good. Niches - there will be 2 - one on the wet wall (tall and narrow) and one on the back/bench wall - shorter but also narrow. I have purchased (2 times, but that's another story) 2 glass shelves for the tall niche and 1 for the shorter niche. I need to decide where they go. I think they should line up with a grout line (which allows for the tall costco bottles of shampoo, etc). the back niche, i could create a small space for soap/razors or split the height. Both niches have a piece of marble - it was not deep enough to jut out so it's basically flush. The glass shelves have to go against the back wall (not tile) because otherwise they would protrude. The back will be the marble mosaic you see in the panel. Will this look ok? you won't see all the way through the glass shelf, will you? We may put white glass adhesive at the back wall where the glass shelf meets the wall to be safe. The sides of the shelves will be held up by white tile. Next questions - I'm tiling the knee wall and the adjacent wall (1/2 way up) and don't want plain tile. How to use the marble in some way? I'm thinking a 1-2" feature strip, maybe even bordered by a pencil strip then topped with bullnose? Last ? - DH does not want to 1/2 tile the wall under the window. Now that the new counter is more gray than was intended - I'm thinking about tiling under the window. thoughts? I may have more ?s. The guys are working faster than i can make decisions! thanks all... Here is a link that might be useful: Master bath photos with comments