Tile Problem- Cross Post from bathrooms

15 years ago

Sorry. I know this is kitchens. But we need to order on Mondayish or at least make some kind of decision so I'm cross posting over here b/c I don't know how much traffic the bathrooms forum gets and we need to figure something out soon.

here is the issue:

We had picked out our tile for the master bathroom and now we have a major problem b/c there is no bullnose piece made by our tile maker. We need a bullnose for the tub steps, shower curb, etc. Our tile person has suggested that we use a grey glass bullnose piece and basically have a 2 inch piece of grey on the edges of the steps, as our shower curb, and on the corners. I do not think this is the right solution. Does anyone have any suggestions. I am willing to go to a different tile entirely (w/ a company that makes a bullnose!) but I need to find one in blue that is affordable. If I can't, what would you do about this lack of bullnose issue? Would you use the grey? Or any other suggestions would be welcome.

A photoshop mock-up of the bathroom:

The tiles:

The pebbles:

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If anyone has any ideas, please share. What would you do, would you let the grey be used? Would you switch the whole thing? Anyone have any pictures of anything like this where a mismatched bullnose piece was used?

Thanks!

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Comments (5)

remodelfla
15 years ago
Your field tile choice looks alot like one I considered by Crossville. I like the glass tile on the step fronts and as an accent. I think it gives a little "bling" and breaks it up in a good way. I wonder about the pebbles for the shower floor. That's another thing I was going to do but decided not too for a few reasons. First, my master bath seems about 1/3 the size of yours and I don't think too many different materials would work in a tiny bathroom. Also, I was concerned about the amount of grout that's visible with pebble/stone tiles. The spaces between them are bigger and I hate cleaning grout in a shower.

Anyway... I like the glass!
beaglesdoitbetter1
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks remodelfa :) Do you think it is going to be too much w/ the pebbles? I am also planning on using pebble hardware as the cabinet hardware too. Our master bathroom is gigantic so I hope all the elements will work together... I am not concerned about cleaning but I am concerned about it being too busy! Which is exactly why I don't want yet another tile! What do you think?

And, more importantly, did you end up doing the crossville tile? Did it have an edge? Do you remember the name of it?
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rob from nj
15 years ago
The pebbles are cool and feel good underfoot.

I wouldn't use a mismatched bullnose - I'd find another blue field tile that has bullnoses available.

Sorry I can't point you toward another manufacturer, but a well stocked tile shop should have something.
remodelfla
15 years ago
We haven't done the bathroom yet. I'm trying to do it as cheaply as possible since it's part of a whole house remodel and the kitchen it taking all my money. The Crossville tile was part of one of the Color Blox collection (can't remember if it was I or II) and the color was called "It's a Boy".

I just looked on fastfloors.com and it does have bullnose and cove base
beaglesdoitbetter1
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks remodelfa. I will send it to DF to see what he thinks. It looks very similar to ours in the picture.