This is one of our showers. It's not exactly what you're looking for, but it does include two borders.

Thanks Char. Ours is a tub/shower. Are those glass tiles?

This has uba tuba granite for the listello instead of glass, but you get the idea:

Mari..

My tiles are ridged ceramic, not glass.

Are you talking about a 6 in wide border (3 rows of 2in tile)? That sounds a bit wide to me? My tile is just over an inch wide and it seems like 2 rows of 6 in border might be too 'filling'.

How about doing a pattern of some sort? I always thought having an asymetric vertical and horizontal intersecting rows on each wall would look interesting.

We tiled this shower about 3 years ago. We used two rows of horizontal stripes and one vertical stripe. The horizontal stripe carried into the bathtub and the entire bath surround was the small tile.
I realize you have a tub and not shower, this is a pattern and it worked well for us to think outside of the box.

Bathtub surround - i HATE those curtains!

as a side note, I did the glass tiles as ONE accent row and I too had enough left over for a second row but opted against it. I felt for my taste it broke up the shower too much. I liked the sleeker tall look without the border distraction of two rows. One row was enough for me....Eventhough you had to waste, don't base a decision on that....you may like it though but my taste with the 12 x 12 porcelian tiles was to keep the one row (about 4 inches thick of a border with glass accents...). my shower however is 10 feet tall and I still felt 1 row was enough....

How strange. I posted a response to Bill and Kess last night and it's not here!!

Anyway, here I go again. Thanks for the pics. I'm still trying to come up with an innovative way to use most of my glass tiles. Kess, I think you did very well with those tiles and your border doesn't look busy or chopped up. Looks really great.

Bill, one tile guy (still interviewing) suggested I use the entire 12 x 12 sheet of glass tiles as a border in place of the regular tile, but I'm not too sure that would achieve the look I wanted.

Scott, where did you put your border? I've read that it should be at eye level, but some say at the top, or the bottom. My shower is a tub/shower combo.

Mari-- that's the thing, though-- it's ALL about the look YOU want. Screw what the tile guy says, and for the most part, what WE say, too. What do YOU say? THAT'S what's important.

I read somewhere that the border is best put between your chest area and eye area. I am about 5'8 and mine is about my nose level. But again my shower is TALL so I went up a little higher to break up the look but you could put it anywhere but I was trying to follow the rule of thumb I read somewhere....Scottmel

Scottmel, I read that too so I'm looking into the chest/eye area though mine isn't as tall as what you describe. Seems to make some sense.

I know that looking to use most of the glass tiles isn't a great idea, but I hate wasting stuff :-(

Maybe the floor could do with a little decorating?lol

I read somewhere that the border is best put between your chest area and eye area.

That's only if you're using a single listello, though.

Oh dear. It doesn't apply to a band of tiles?

Um Mari,

a band of tiles = listello

:-)

Here are a few ideas some may have already mentioned...

- You could use some of them to do a "rug border" on the floor.

- Use a wider border around the room.

- Use some on a countertop for a border. I have a pic of my floating vanity below.

- Sell the leftovers on ebay at a discount.

- Maybe use some for the tub deck if you have one.

- Perhaps do a couple of shower niche's and use them as the background of the niche. I didn't use them in my shower niche, but I did use them in a niche in the bathroom. Pic below also.

Cindy, that looks awesome! Thanks.

Bill, ummm yeah, I forgot about listello, LMAO