Hi! I live in Florida where sinkholes abound. Our 1933 home was found to have one and now we are working on the cosmetic damages. We have a budget for the master bath that covers wall tile. This bath is an add on along with the master bedroom. Our best guess is it was done in the 50's. Our former tile professional had said he could do a shower room. He was fired because that was only one of things he lied about. I had tile and design laid out for that room. Tampa requires a three inch shower curb, which ruins my husbands idea of a no threshold shower. Its a small room so a curb might really be in the way. Now we are back to the drawing board. We are open to putting more money into this bath than what the insurance has allotted. We just can't decide what to do. We have to pull out some of the tile in the shower area to access the broken shower line. The water comes out rusty. The rest of the tile isn't too cracked and has some charm. I will say that personally I can't stand the 4x4 white wall tile. I wish it was subway tile. The blue tile isn't bad though. My husband doesn't feel the 4x4 tile should go necessarily. So, here are my questions.
If we replace the tiles on the one section in the bath & keep the rest of the bath as is, what will look good?
If we replace all of the tile are we ruining a vintage style bath just because I hate 4x4 tile? Design professionals, is this bathroom a deterrent to selling the house if it's not updated?