I like this tile design in the shower and was thinking I can do the ming brick pattern tile on the bottom with white subway on top and some ming pencil border up top. Any thoughts on how this would look? Another idea is to do all white subway with a thick ming tile border. I don't want to use ming marble tile on the floors. I would like to use some sort of porcelain tile for ease of cleaning and also since it is more budget friendly. Any suggestions other than the wood porcelain tile?

I did a whole shower in glass tiles and a glass mosaic, but used porcelain on the shower floor. Even used glass tile on the shower ceiling. There are no design rules for showers! The main thing is that you want your floor tile not to be too slippery when wet. Your blue tile might look better with a white ceramic tile instead of glass, but I would have to see them in person to make that decision.

As Jan mentions above, it depends on what the flooring is in the adjacent rooms that will abut the kitchen floor. If it's hardwood, don't do it. But if it's carpeting or some other non-wood floor, go for it. I have clients who installed wood look tile in their kitchen and they love it. Looks great, super durable.

I think the issue is that gray wood - whether wood, laminate, tile or porcelain is a trend that is on its way out - or so the design pundits say. If you love the look do it but tile - especially tile in a shower which has waterproofing as part of the construction - is not something that is easily or inexpensively changed. I recently did a gut remodel and it's not on trend at all - I was a bit disappointed when I found out that one of my color choices (teal) was being shown as on-trend in design magazines LOL. So I installed what I liked as should you if the gray wood is a design you love and one that you aren't going to regret the decision five years from now when people are posting in houzz desperate to update their bathroom or flooring. I believe that showers with tile on the ceiling can look a bit oppressive - most people tile their showers to the ceiling but don't tile the ceiling itself unless they are doing a steam shower which has rigorous construction methods. How is the traction on the tiles being used for the floor? Tiles are rated based on their COF. My bathroom floors and shower floors are the same marble tile but they are small basket weave tiles so the grout provides a lot of grip. Prior to the remodel, I have 12" x 12" tiles which were slick and deadly as ice when I had wet feet.