Good Master Bathroom Tile Design???

[HelloWorl]

All of them are realistic depending on residence.

Sounds like you picked up some bathroom magazine though and are shooting for the moon.

Any pics of the actual bathroom?

You'd be wrong. We came up with the idea after we couldn't find anything in books and magazines. Porcelain is kind of rare for some reason. The glass tile design has gone through different iterations, but here's where we landed.

The bathroom is basically a gutted room. 13x7 or so. No pics needed.

 

[alkemyst]

Porcelain is rare? 13x7 means nothing. There are millions of variables.

Sounds like just pipe dreaming.

 

[grrl]

I don't like the offset tiles. If you really want an accent I'd put the green tiles along one edge only.

 

[Dirigible]

You don't like the style that 90% of ATOT has. If you like it go for it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/housewears/3248989801/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/newlywoodwards/4610780332/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7926423@N07/1390233079/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitchenplan/5219893387/

I dislike #1, #2, and #4, with particular hatred for #4. I prefer the design in the OP to all of those. I kinda like #3.


This confused the hell out of me at first: OP, you and SSUSeaWolf are livin' together?

 

[alfa147x]

I dislike #1, #2, and #4, with particular hatred for #4. I prefer the design in the OP to all of those. I kinda like #3.


This confused the hell out of me at first: OP, you and SSUSeaWolf are livin' together?

I actually live with you

 

[HelloWorl]

Porcelain is rare? 13x7 means nothing. There are millions of variables.

Sounds like just pipe dreaming.

What do you mean 'pipe dreaming'?

 

[HelloWorl]

I dislike #1, #2, and #4, with particular hatred for #4. I prefer the design in the OP to all of those. I kinda like #3.


This confused the hell out of me at first: OP, you and SSUSeaWolf are livin' together?

Obviously.

 

[HelloWorl]

I don't like the offset tiles. If you really want an accent I'd put the green tiles along one edge only.

Which edge?

 

[Dirigible]

Obviously.

It coulda been a blatant self-outing of multiple accounts. :shrug:

 

[Dirigible]

I actually live with you

Are you the naked dude that's running around and throwing play-doh everywhere? Or that dude that keeps turning the lights on and off and giggling? 'Cause if (a) stop throwing the damn play-doh, and if (b) stop turning the lights on and off, dammit!

 

[IronWing]

I like it. The stripe looks like a stream flowing through the room and keeps the bamboo from looking too much like commercial flooring. When we tiled we picked colors and designs we like. We will be here a long time and have to live with it. Down the road if/when we sell the buyers will do whatever they choose with it anyway.

 

[alfa147x]

Are you the naked dude that's running around and throwing play-doh everywhere? Or that dude that keeps turning the lights on and off and giggling? 'Cause if (a) stop throwing the damn play-doh, and if (b) stop turning the lights on and off, dammit!

I sleep under your bed

 

[HelloWorl]

It coulda been a blatant self-outing of multiple accounts. :shrug:

Why would anyone make multiple accounts, especially given how much we are even on the site?

 

[DrPizza]

I wouldn't go nuts with it, because it is a standard small bathroom.

Go with basic floor tiles for the floor (popular tiles are cheap for a reason, because it works and they can sell it volume), and not overly done with walls/backing (no tacky/busy design).

Yes, I've seen the green glass tile stuff. It's a fad. I highly doubt that it will stand the test of time. In fashion today - tacky in 5 years. I asked my wife who seems to be pretty good when it comes to design - I didn't prompt her, and she gave the same answer. "It might look nice now, but it's going to make it harder to sell the house if you ever decide to sell it." Your fashion friend is correct - someone WILL buy the house because of the tile. Everyone has different tastes. However, I think you'll end up losing about 50 sales first, before you find that rare someone.

It's a bathroom. igas's response really can't be beaten. Go with neutral colors - and it'll also be cheaper to go that route. You can add personalization, accent colors, etc., with other decorating things that are far far easier to change a couple years down the road. You can get that really tacky fish wallpaper if you want. Next year, a day of work and that wall paper could be removed and replaced with the newest style. If you paint the walls, you can go with all sorts of colors that would match neutral colored tiles. And, you can repaint every year to a different color if you wanted to. Get that green glass tile & you're locked into that color until you decide to spend another small fortune to have the bathroom redone.

 

[grrl]

Which edge?

Right edge since it's the open one. I wouldn't run the strip under the sink.

 

[ProfJohn]

I like the drawing more than the picture of the tile.

The idea is good, but I think reality will not work at nice as the picture.

There are about a million different ways to accent a bathroom. Start googling and looking at pictures till your eyes pop out. I am sure you will find something you like.

 

[ProfJohn]

If you want to add something natural to the look try a pebble wall where the green tile is placed now (wall only)

Something like this:

Would add a great accent to the room.

 

[rh71]

while we're on this subject, can someone tell me the difference between home depot ceramic or porcelain tile that goes for $1-2 sqft vs. a tile shop that has $5-7 sqft ceramic/porcelain? It fricken looks the same. We were given an allowance of the latter but why should we...? HD also had $5 marble where the tile shop sells similar looking ones for $10+.

 

[Fritzo]

Looks like something I'll be tearing out and replacing when I buy the house

 

[IronWing]

Looks like something I'll be tearing out and replacing when I buy the house

This is exactly why you should install the stuff you like in your house and not worry whether or not the next owner might like it. We tore out the nicest carpet we've ever lived with when we bought this house and replaced it with tile. I suspect the next owner will carpet over our tile. We ripped out the gd rosemary bushes that a previous owner (a landscape architect, no less) planted and replaced it with native plants. The next owner will probably blade the yard and park trucks all over it. Trying to guess what will please a mythical buyer is a waste of time and money. Go with what you like.

 

[Brigandier]

I vote for the color changing tile.

I like the appeal of the OP's design, it's his house. It looks well though out and not overly done. If you were ever to sell the house, you might want to think of doing a renovation of that bath to something more generic.

 

[iGas]

while we're on this subject, can someone tell me the difference between home depot ceramic or porcelain tile that goes for $1-2 sqft vs. a tile shop that has $5-7 sqft ceramic/porcelain? It fricken looks the same. We were given an allowance of the latter but why should we...? HD also had $5 marble where the tile shop sells similar looking ones for $10+.

For practical purposes there is no different. Unless the more expensive tiles clay bodies are design with stable low shrinkage clay and the cheap ones aren't, then there will be a slight different in tile uniformity in the cheap tiles. The more costly tiles could be porcelain or highfire stoneware thus making it stronger than terracotta or lowfire clay body tile, however there is virtually no different once the tiles are installed. It could be that the expensive tiles are made in more expensive area, or aren't selling as well as the cheaper ones, therefore the price are higher.

Go for the cheap tiles, as long as you like the colour and finish surface (try to stick with matte finish or textured finish for floor tile to reduce slippage).

 

[0roo0roo]

If you want to add something natural to the look try a pebble wall where the green tile is placed now (wall only)

Something like this:

Would add a great accent to the room.

oh man that looks like a horrible dirt trap lol

 

[iGas]

oh man that looks like a horrible dirt trap lol

No more than other tiles. A couple coats of sealants on the grout, and anti slip wax would keeps the grout clean for many years.

 

[vi edit]

while we're on this subject, can someone tell me the difference between home depot ceramic or porcelain tile that goes for $1-2 sqft vs. a tile shop that has $5-7 sqft ceramic/porcelain? It fricken looks the same. We were given an allowance of the latter but why should we...? HD also had $5 marble where the tile shop sells similar looking ones for $10+.

We had the same question. I bought about 700 sq/ft of a daltile glazed porcelain from HD for around $.80 a sq/ft. We could buy literally the same exact tile from a specialty shop for $2.75 a sq/ft. The tile shops response was that the HD stuff was "b" grade meaning irregular size/thickness. Our installer never had a complaint about the HD stuff being off in size.

*shrug*