Bathroom Tile - Wall/floor same, or diff shade?

14 years ago

Hello - - Building out a new basement bathroom, have the majority of the walls (floor to ceiling) almost completed w/ a 4x4 mixed beige travertine ( with mosaic trim midway) in a symmetric square grids.

Plan was to do the floor in the same tile, just turn them 45* to get the diamond effect to differentiate from the walls. I do see my tile place has a darker shade of the same tiles, and was considering using those for the floor.

Any thoughts on whether to stick with the same ones, just rotated? Or use the darker shade ones. Sadly i'm limited to a 4x4 max size do to the floor grade.

Will try to get some pics up later

Thanks

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andreadeg
14 years ago
Keeping the same can offer a really smart, clean looking space and you don't have to worry about coordinating undertones with other tiles. This is a problem that I ran into when I did my master bathrom; coordinating the undertones was harder than I expected.

I vote for keeping it the same. Would love to see pics!
TG284
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks Andrea, I'm guessing my initial plan was probably the most sound. Still think a diamond pattern would be a good layout to offset the square pattern walls?

I'll take pics tonight, room is a small odd shape rectangle/L.
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andreadeg
14 years ago
Yes, setting the floor tile at a different angle would be a nice way to differential the wall and the floor. But, post pics of both tiles if you happen to have them and I'll give you my two cents.
User
14 years ago
I agree with andreadeg, I like when the walls and floors are the same tile. That doesnt seem to be the style right now, I dont see much of it on the decorating shows. Instead it seems to be the opposite, there are many different tiles used in one bathrooms. To me it looks too cluttered. I prefer same wall and floor tile.
Sujafr
14 years ago
I used the same tile in my laundry room for the counter, backsplash, and floor and just set the floor in a diamond pattern as you're suggesting. My tiles were 12 inch, and I just couldn't find a good match within the mental budget I'd planned. I was happy with the results--not amazing, but I was very satisfied with the clean look.
arcy_gw
14 years ago
Yes please post pictures. We are doing ours, white subway tile (running bond) on the shower/tub with a wains cotting of same all around the room. We will do a herringbone pattern through the middle of the three shower walls for accent. That is a lot of WHITE. The question becomes what to do for flooring? Tile is too cold for a bathroom IMHO, so we have eliminated that. Not to mention I do not understand the attachment to super hard surfaces in flooring, too dangerous, hard on feet and backs. We are eliminating the 1970's green & tub/toilet. I want to stay away from being stuck with a permanent color scheme!! Future color flexibility is a must in my mind to keep a room from getting dated.