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How would you lay out your tile in this bathroom (wall / floor)

last year

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I'm looking for design guidance on how you would lay out tile (direction and offset and grout lines) if it were you.

I'm pretty boring/simple so going with 12"x24" porcelain tiles (polished on shower wall, matte on bathroom floor). Note that the shower floor is just going to be the small hexagon tiles - not much to figure out there.

For the bathroom floor - what is the best design for

tile direction - if we look from the vanity perspective - would the 24" side be parallel or perpendicular to it
tile offset - 1/2 or 1/3 (don't think stacked) - and for 1/3 offset, I recall some guidance on what to avoid - need to find that!
grout line - 1/16 or 1/8

For the shower walls (approx 42"x36"), I guess this is more of a personal design choice - whether to lay horizontal (1/2 or 1/3) or vertical (stacked)? 2 walls will be tiled (other 2 glass). There will be a niche on the long wall. Thoughts??

Thanks!

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Patricia Colwell Consulting

last year

I like stacked to keep things ismple and also matching grout for the same reason I sometimes do an aceent strip not centered on the long shower wall I do it vertical and use that same accnet tile for the backsplash for the vanity to adda bit of bling. I do the same pattern for both floor snad shower walls .

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kandrewspa
last year
The first thing to find out is what does the manufacturer of your tile recommend for offset? If it's 1/3, then it should be laid that way.
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catbuilder
last year
The manufacturer doesn't recommend 1/3 offset. What they might recommend is no offset greater than 1/3, which means that you can do an offset anywhere between 0 (stacked) and 1/3. You do need to see what they recommend, though, so you can make an informed decision.
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seosmp
Original Author
last year
Thanks! I will check but am still deciding b/w a couple different options.

What about tile direction? Thoughts there?
Lyn Nielson
last year
if it were mine, I'd do 1/3 (so you show as little line for your eye to follow as possible)

and across the floor as in the short distance ... it will make the room appear wider, unless you don't want that. do what you think looks great to you.
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seosmp
Original Author
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Thanks! Please clarify - "across the floor as in the short distance" -- when I walk in the door - I'm walking over it laid horizontally or vertically (so to speak). Thanks!

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