Yikes! The tile guys I have used would have done approximately half tile on the top and bottom and 3 full ones in the middle. Even worse are the slivers on the vertical plane.

Options that could have been considered.

1) Full tile off bath floor instead of the shower floor to eliminate small cut at wall to floor. This would have made the cut at ceiling approx. 4"-5"

2) Easiest solution - Raise the shower floor to meet ceiling with full tile at the highest point. This would have provided a slightly larger cut at the floor also.

3) Do the wall tile joints line up with the bath floor joints?

4) The cut at the ceiling won't be as noticeable once grouted. How that cut is driving you nuts and not the 1/2" sliver on the floor outside the curb I don't quite understand.

Keep in mind there are many variables to consider for a final layout and I'm not on the jobsite. Making my comment just a portion of the thought process.

I think the answer above has it all, but I just came here to say that you shouldn't blame yourself and you shouldn't feel bad making someone redo it. It sucks to tell someone they didn't do a good job, but I bet they knew it when they did this and were counting on you not to say anything about it. Knowing what tile install costs, you paid a good amount to have a professional install this. They should have done a professional job.

@Lauren Taylor do you think I should have him redo this like at his own cost? I don't even know if we can do that? Is this an intentional thing? God I really hope not. I don't understand how people could do this intentionally

@Striddy Huene It's hard in your situation because that's basically redoing the entire room. I do think it will be way less obvious when its grouted, as long as your grout doesn't contrast a lot, and when the glass is in. I'm a pushover, so I would probably just live with it. I'm building right now and I realize that I tend to overreact when something doesn't look the way I envisioned.

Ungrouted tile is hard. I actually panicked after my travertine was installed and thought it looked horrible. I did ask for one piece that was not good coloring to be removed and replaced, but overall once it was grouted and cleaned up it looked great.

Your bathroom will have all kinds of beautiful fixtures to draw the eye. I always ask myself, "if I walked in to someone else's house, would I notice this tiny thing that I think is wrong?" If you sleep on it and the answer is no, then it's probably the right thing to just leave it as is.

@Creative Tile Eastern CT

Thanks for all of this. Do you think I need to have them redo this? This is my first and last remodel. I've just had such a horrible experience of feeling like I can trust the experts to do what is best, while we end up having not to mention structural damage prior to this because a plumber cut through our engineered floor and roof trusses.

At this point, I have to pick my battles but no, none of this makes me happy. It feels off but I don't know how to say what is off about it and since I don't know what I don't know, I am having to learn this the hard way from experts who can point out how to do this appropriately.

1) Full tile off bath floor instead of the shower floor to eliminate small cut at wall to floor. This would have made the cut at ceiling approx. 4"-5"

2) Easiest solution - Raise the shower floor to meet ceiling with full tile at the highest point. This would have provided a slightly larger cut at the floor also. - Can you explain a bit more about what this means?

3) Do the wall tile joints line up with the bath floor joints?

Could you show me where you mean? My wall tiles are vertical, and my floor tiles are horizontal lengthwise... the grouts are at the half point mark.

4) The cut at the ceiling won't be as noticeable once grouted. How that cut is driving you nuts and not the 1/2" sliver on the floor outside the curb I don't quite understand.

The 1/2 in sliver is also driving me nuts, I spoke to my contractor about it but again bc I don't know what can be done, I didn't ask him to fix it. It drove me nuts, and my only solution is a bath mat in front of my shower.

@Lauren Taylor

Yea I know what you mean by sleeping on it. I think the part that really bothers me is if he knew he could have done better but chose not to because I am new or what not and therefore took shortcuts. And aesthetic shortcuts is one thing, our old GC hired an unlicensed plumber who then drilled through our engineered trusses, both roof and floor...so I'm coming off of like a five month remodel, 4 months of that was just for the structural repair. So yea I think I am done with remodeling period.

I have a whole other thread about me freaking out about color choices. I think my countertop and the cream backsplash which I have running through the shower and the bathtub and the countertop is not a good choice.

Thanks again for keeping me sane though. I've never thought about any of this before until now.

@Creative Tile Eastern CT

Ok that is a relief that this doesn't have to be redone because I was starting to stress out about that. I was thinking it wasn't perfect, but like it is at least passable. The construction itself is to me done well. I just it felt off but I didn't know why, and now I know a lot more.

When you talk about the bullnose trim/cap, should we be doing this based on the wall tile color or should we be doing this based on the bathroom floor color? I assume the former, but I just wanted to be sure.

This is our bathroom floor: https://www.crossvilleinc.com/Products/Moonstruck/Luna. 

This is our wall tile: https://www.crossvilleinc.com/Products/Shades-2-0/Vapor

I may just live with the small pieces for the ceiling and change it if need be after grouting.

1. If I did crown molding, could I get away just doing it for the shower and not for the whole bathroom?

Bullnose / cap would be the wall tile as it goes on a vertical surface. The outside of the curb should be wall tile also. Can't really determine color variance on my computer screen.

Yes. Crown molding for the shower area only. The same ripped down cap detail could be used at the ceiling with the curved edge downward and mitered returns on the ends. Options to consider after all has been grouted and caulked.

Good to see you're dialing back the stress. It is Thangsgiving after all:)

@Creative Tile Eastern CT

Happy Thanksgiving to you, too. :) Ok so just to clarify.

Yes, our outside of curb is the wall tile as it is the vertical surface.

So 1) Outside of curb, I will add the bullnose matching the wall tile.

2) Everywhere else on the bathroom floor, I will continue to use the baseboard that was already present in our bathroom.

1) Yes

2) Usually wall tile meets the floor uninterrupted by wood base. Thus the reason for my earlier suggested layout options. I'm sure it could be a design choice. Just one that I have not come across over the years.

Hi @Creative Tile Eastern CT,

Hope you had a lovely Thanskgiving! One last question and I think issue is solved here. This is what you were suggesting with the bullnose trim, is that correct? And that basically this top part is what will be installed like a baseboard? Thank you again for everything.

Yes, That is my thought. Basically you are imitating shoe molding or quarter round. Installed directly over the existing curb tile (both sides) to cover the sliver on the floor. Make it what ever height you like. Hope it works out for you.