I wish I would have seen the Tec "pearl" grout earlier. I went with something that has turned out too light - it isn't stark white but still more white than I like. The Tec "pearl" would have given me the extra beige "hue" that I wanted. That looks lovely. This picking out grout is no easy task. I didn't take it seriously enough. It dries lighter than I thought and my contractor only had questions - he didn't want to offer suggestions - I think he has been burned before. Oh well.

Wow - thank you so much for your helpful responses! I just love this website :-) I've decided to go with the white hex and the Laticrete Silver Shadow grout - I looked online and saw several pictures and I really like it! (is it darker or lighter than the Mapei Warm Gray Bill V? I think they are very close according to this website - http://www.grout-aide.com/colors2.html) I actually really like the black/white example Bill V shared as it doesn't over-do the black flowers but after a bit more thought, I think that the all white hex will give us more options if we decide to change the paint later or the next homeowner has all boys :-) I'll have to save my idea of having black honed granite for our kitchen remodel next summer! * Side note, this will just be the girls' bathroom - we are currently adding a master upstairs as well and a powder downstairs for guests - you will certainly be seeing many more questions from me as we get closer to making final decisions in both of those spaces as well ;) Thanks for all the responses re: grout not matching between the two spaces. Bill V, I'm definitely giving consideration to both being the same as you suggest but going to leave that up to my husband to decide. I saw a picture on this forum that has the grout you suggested as their surround and it looks lovely with the chrome!!! alku05, yes, please share pictures! Does your granite have the garnet speckles? I read online that some of these slabs do and some don't - obviously with any of the paint options I'm looking at the red garnet speckles won't work ;) I also read that this slab resembles marble but without as much worry about staining - certainly something I'm going to look more into! - On that note, do you think the space will look balanced if I picked a granite like this one (with grey and/or white tones) if we go with all white and just the lighter grey grout? Thanks to all who responded - if there are any other suggestions or pictures you could share with me, I'm all ears and of course appreciate all the help!

Hopefully Bill Vincent will chime in. I used the grout he recommended to another poster. You may want to do a search. I am very happy with his suggestion. I did the white subway in my bathroom and it looks great.

Colour variation from a Big Box store marble tile is to be expected. Sorry but they take returns = different batches. Colours run 'true' from one area of the mine. If you have two different marble blocks (5 tonnes of marble being blown off the side of a mountain at a time) from two different areas/levels of the mine, you can and will have different colours. Most of the marble from HD is from China. That can mean multiple mines many miles apart. Your purchase did NOT have a skilled professional picking the right amount of tile from the same batch. This is 'Tony' pulling boxes out of a warehouse for minimum wage. Because HD takes returns...go ahead and take them back. Feel free to work with a stone/tile company or go to a kitchen/bath company to help you pick out the right AMOUNT of product from their stock. What is the marble being used for? Do you know most marbles need to be sealed? Up to 3 times at time of install?