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matt tile bathroom floor with glossy tile shower

last year

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I'm redoing a bathroom with a coastal/nautical theme. I've picked out a matt floor tile that has shades of blue and white looking kind of like marble. The small mosaic is going to be used for the niche and as an accent in a couple of places. The white subway tile I want to use in the shower doesn't come in matt...can I use glossy on the shower walls?

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Lyn Nielson
last year
Yes for glossy in the shower, great!

white subway for the shower sides and the marble for the back wall ... kind of run the floor up the wall on the back wall of the shower? When you walk into the bathroom, are you looking straight at the shower wall?

a few things to think about. Have you looked for bathroom tile ideas?

small mosaic tile accents are too trendy, and don't always last the test of time.

Why not just you the same large format tile for everything, including the niche, and so called accent? Classier.

I am guessing you don't have the square footage to make the accents mean anything

... photo of the room would help.
la_la Girl
last year
Yes I think so - we did a matte charcoal floor in our recent bath reno with glossy white subway in the bath/shower - I like the contrast
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Design-wise, it just depends on how it looks. Usually it's shiny on wall, matte on floor. But it doesn't have to be. Show the tiles you're considering and...well, people will probably STILL ignore your request and keep saying it's too slippery and not answer your question (even though you are aware of that and I think it is safe to assume you will not use it if it is not suitable in that regard)... anyway show the tiles and see if that helps people decide. There are normal things that are done, and you're not doing it the "normal" way, but that doesn't mean that your particular choices don't work that way.
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We just built and I did matte tile floors in the bath- I feel like every water drip leaves a mark and I’m constantly cleaning! Any advice?
jenobeedo
last year
@la_la Girl, we are in the midst of a bathroom reno that sounds similar to yours. Would you post a photo of yours? I'm trying to figure out if we should add grey or black pencil tile (or wide) as a border and to break of the big white while. We also have slate colored tile already in bath, and likely putting in black matte fixtures. Thanks!

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