totallyblessed
That is some bathroom! Beautiful!! What color is your cabinetry? I see mahogany (?) crystal wall scones/chandelier? How about tans, beige, dark browns.. a nice shade of green for walls? (Gold tones would work nice also)! Ree

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Hi Ree,

Thanks!

The cabinets will be maple, and I'm not certain what the stain color is called. It's a custom cabinet maker, and I chose our finish from one of their sample finishes in their showroom. It's quite dark, probably a bit darker even than the pillars in the photo. And less red than the pillars. Does that help?

You are right about the chandelier. There will be a small one above the bathtub. I am still trying to nail down my choice for sconces in that room, but seem to keep going back to iron with crystal accents.

Thanks for sharing the photo. That is a gorgeous bath! Originally, our sconces were supposed to be up on our mirrors (like the photo) but our electrician could not get them spaced properly due to studs interfering, so we had to compromise and put them on the sides of our walls. Hopefully they will still look good. :o~

Does anyone else have an opinion? Is yellow a total turnoff? I can do the tan/beige, but was really hoping that yellow could be counted as a neutral in there?!?

Beiges are so easy to live with. Just think of harvest gold from the 1960s/70s and imagine what golden bathrooms will be like in a few years, but then if you have the money to redo in a few, then no problem. I just think beige and white are always neutral and always in style. Travertine will never go out of style depending on the color. JMHO.

Patricia~ ha, ha. Your harvest gold comment is a good point. I always wondered how that era liked that color. Bummer. I hadn't thought about gold travertine looking dated quickly. I was just hoping it would be considered a neutral.

Then again, grout colors and tiles do seem to date themselves anyway, do they not? (Rememeber the beige shiny tiles with the brown grout in every kitchen in america in the late 80's??!!). LOL!

Oh my. I thought this process of choosing whatever was supposed to be fun. I'm so concerned with how it will look next year, it's taking alot of the wind out of my sails. Does anyone else feel this way when they are planning a house? :o~

So is it unanimous? Is golden travertine a poor choice?

Your room is going to be gorgeous but I do love beiges and whites. They are always so neutral and timeless. But it's your call and what you want. I love carrara marble and for a reason! It is timeless.

patricia,

I love Carrara marble too. It's going in our 3rd floor kitchenette. How can I be so decisive on some items, and completely clueless on others? :o) LOL!

We will have Travertine Noce slabs on our master vanities and whirpool tub teck- it is sort of in between gold and beige. Our floor tile is more goldish and our shower tile is actually a reddish brown(both ceramic tiles). It is being installed and looks great. It's a much more "richer"(for lack of a better word)look than the standard carrera vanities. We have a bronze chandelier and ORB fixtures. Our vanities are dark stained cherry. I'll try to post a pic once they are finished with the installation.I wouldn't worry about it becoming dated, do what you love.

I'm going to be the voice of dissent here. I think the golden travertine will "fit" this house, be stunning and timeless. I would go for it with no reservations

Totallyblessed, do you have a photo by chance of the tile you are considering? Just by your description, it sounds really GOLD. But is it really? Is it just a little more yellow than in the beige family? Hard to say without seeing it. What's the name of the manufacturer?

Love you house...but you knew that! LOL

Lindy

My first reaction would be "no" to the gold, but a good designer can help you with that choice. Ask the tile salesman if he has any clients, with the same tile, that would be willing to let you into their home...or photos.
We looked at several homes to help us pick out cabinets, paint, tile, granite and travertine.

Although my bathroom is not anywhere near as pretty as your gorgeous room, below is a photo of my travertine. It is more beige in color and I really love it! I cannot visualize the "gold" your are thinking about without seeing a sample. Is it similar to this?
www.miamistyletile.com/images/golden%20travertine%20tile.gif

Or, this?
www.parmanbrothersltd.com/images/Avonite-Golden-Travertine-w.jpg

I have a gold looking tile in my girl's bathroom. I didn't realize it was gold until it was laid. With the red paint, it almost looks garish, so I am afraid your bathroom might look that way also.

Girl's bath (just a bit of the tile showing)
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Same tile in my sons bath (see how it looks with the beige rug)
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Master bath

I can only speak from my experience with bamboo floors. We have the light natural throughout the front of the house. I love it and so does everyone else who see it, however it is not neutral. I have spent five years remodeling and decorating and have had to contend with the very yellow golden floors being very much of a color. It has uh...um...colored (sorry) every choice I've made.

Would I do it differently now? No way. Will the bamboo help the re-sale? Yup. Will I put light natural bamboo in the next house? No way!

Great house...have fun!

I went looking for golden travertine tiles on the web, and found this:

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Is this like the tile you're considering?

Ravishing bathroom!

Thanks for the sweet compliments on the bath. ;o)

Here is one photo of the travertine. It is unfilled and rough looking. I will not be using this small size, but you can get an idea of the color of gold...

Here is a similar tile, in a bit larger size. the 4x4 would be our shower floor/ceiling, with 12x12 on the walls, and diamond on the front of the step, tub surround, and recessed shampoo holders. The arch above columns, as well as the back walls around the windows would be 8x16 "brick" tiles.

The tiles I'm eyeing don't have the veining that poster shared above. They are more rustic looking. I'm going for an old world look. The rest of the house is going to be a very neutral chiseled edge travertine. I am just thinking I'd like richer in the bath.

Now that you see the color, what do you think?

I think I want to come live in your bathroom!

Wow, TotallyBlessed!! :) Beautiful!! Your bathroom is just awesome!!

I really, REALLY like your stone choice there! I think it is rich-looking, and a neutral. Is very pretty. There is enough variation from stone to stone that I think you are okay in that it covers a spectrum of colors, lights and darks.

I think that Venetian gold granite or Santa Cecilia would tie in better for your countertops than Dark Emperador. Both of those granites have a lot of that same sparkley goldish color in them.

You're doing quite nicely in your selections!! Keep us updated!!

I stand by my first post-I think the golden travertine will be stunning and be in keeping with the house

mclarke~ You made me laugh... I almost spit my iced coffee on the computer screen. Thanks. :o)

txhottie~ Oh thank you so much. Coming from you, I consider it a very huge compliment. Your house is one of my fav's. :o) I just ordered my sample of toile for the laundry room, so hopefully it will work and I can do the red machines and green cab's and not look like Christmas... gah!

Thanks for the granite suggestions. I remember what Santa Cecilia looks like (and I love it with the deep red spots here and there). I am unsure what the other granite suggestion looks like. But when I get my tile, I'll take it over to the granite yard and start shopping. :o)

pattiem~ Thank you so much. You are sweet.

Well everyone, thanks so much for your advice/opinions/comments. DH wants me to order the tile today, so I guess I'm going for it. I will probably have a sick stomach until it arrives and I see it go up on the shower wall. LOL! I'll be sure to share a photo when it's up.

Oh, I hope I don't regret this call........ aaaacccckkk!

If it was like the one mclarke posted, I would have voted no. I think that one is too limiting. Well now that I've seen a photo of what you are considering.....I say GO FOR IT! It's not too gold at all to me. It's more of a yellow-beige and I even see alot of brown in that bigger sample. I think it would look fabulous!

thanks lindy. There actually are some brown tones in the yellow travertine. I'm glad you like it. :o)

Okay everyone, notice a few minutes have passed since I posted and said I was ordering, and I've not made that call yet. :o) LOL!

This is ridiculous. I feel more nervous than just before I walked down the aisle at our wedding. Good grief......

Your photo is less gold than I had imagined but then I have not seen it done en masse, but IMHO, it has a beige-warmth that can be transitioned with other colors. It's not pure gold. I think it could play well with wheats, greens, reds, off-whites, etc.

GO GIRL!!!

totallyblessed
I think it is beautiful! I would go for it..I can picture it in your bath room and I think it is a perfect fit.. now hurry up, get the tile guy so we can see it all finished !!! (smile) I agree with Patricia..doesn't look as gold as I imagined it to be ..I think it is going to be just marvelous! MAKE THE CALL!!! Love your laundry room ideas too..so pretty. Can't wait to see all your pictures!!!! Ree

Do it! We have that exact color (and tile) in our kitchen for the backsplash and a similarly colored, but more polished, travertine in our master 12" set on point. I love it so much more than the beige-y colors we have elsewhere. It exudes warmth and I think it will be exactly what you are looking for.

Great bathroom by the way! I hope you share pics when it's all finished :)

Hi everyone~

Thanks so much for all the votes of confidence. I needed your help on this one. ;o)

Drum roll please......

I PLACED MY ORDER!!!!!!!!

It was a hard choice to make... and I'm not sure why. But with the encouragement of you all, and another good friend with a great eye, I decided to take the plunge.

Now there's one dilemma. The tile man called me back and said they are out of the diamond 1x2 tiles when he called the wherehouse. :o( He offered to give me 2x5 diamond (rhomboid is his propert term) for the same price. At first I said yes, until I remembered that my step up into the bath is not 5 inches tall. The whole reason I ordered diamond shape was for that step!! LOL!

So he is researching this weekend to see if he can find me some, even if it is from another supplier. Great. If not, I'll probably just do 2 inch tiles there instead. I hope he finds the diamond... they really wrapped themselves around my heart. :o)

Okay, one decision down, a zillion to go. Thanks so very much for your help on this one. I will surely share photos when the tile is in. :o)

Sorry that I have been busy all day and have not had a chance to check back in.

I love the tile samples that you have shown and I agree that you should go for it! One question, though. Will the tiles be sealed? I know that the tumbled stone will turn darker and change colors if they are sealed...something to consider.

Here is a photo of my kitchen with Venetian Gold granite.
We have had a time trying to find a tumbled stone back-splash that matched the granite. Every time we found something that looked like it matched, and the sealer would go on a sample, the stone would turn pink. Travertine near water or grease, needs to be sealed because it is so porous.