Interesting, I was just at Ikea yesterday and did not see it. If I had, I'd have chosen it rather than the Hemnes cab I grabbed :(

Can you post a layout of your room, and maybe some inspiration pics? Walnut is pretty neutral, so just about anything will look great with it.

Yes, I only have seen it online, not in my local Ikea as of yet either, but hopefully I was told by the end of the week. Here is a photo of my layout.

Since this will be a fairly small master bathroom my goal is to keep the room as bright and as airy feeling as possible. We like the Godmorgon because it is floating and will give us the illusion of more space and will have valuable storage. Also we are on a budget, and it is definitely budget friendly. Ideally I would have loved a white vanity-- but I am not crazy about the white Godmorgon options and neither is DH. I do like the slab door on the brown-black godmorgon, but DH prefers the framed style of the walnut. We will have to see it in person in order to decide between the two, however, right now I just can't picture any tile with the walnut drawer style.

There will be a mirrored medicine cabinet above the vanity and a recessed cabinet that steals space from my closet above the toilet, like this:

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I sorta picture the bathroom to look sorta like this... but slightly more narrow. However, not with these finishes.

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What if you flipped that? Put the walnut colored floor on your vanity, and the white on the floor and shower?

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Are you tiling the entire vanity wall? I would. Do you see this as a gray and white bath that is so popular now? There's a pretty marble mosaic in your Ideabook, but you'll want to see how pronounced the grain is in the walnut before picking tile. You might use a plain larger format tile. You could go creamier and warm it up if you're not into the grays.

Right now, I have white floor tiles in my bathroom and it drives me nuts. I have dark hair, so I see every single hair that is on the floor. I spend a lot of time cleaning. Just wanted to let you know what you were getting yourself into if you go that route (although I couldn't blame you for choosing white, it makes everything look so bright).

I do like the idea of reversing the white with the walnut-- great idea. However, like xmkx mentioned a solid white would make me nuts trying to look clean. We have two black cats and two children under 4--while this is a master, I am sure accidents can happen and I am not by any means a clean freak. I love the look of marble, but not the upkeep.

Just not sure if this walnut style drawer front is more transitional than the brown black slab. The other bathroom in my 1957 ranch house is a traditional 5x8 with tub. I did a beige porcelain subway tile on the shower and a 12x12 on a diagonal with the floor. Looks good, but not loving all the grout lines in the shower. BUT I do not want to make this bathroom look super modern/contemporary.

Here is a photo of the drawer front that was on display at my IKEA today. I do like it, better than the photo. My question is, how does this style/color drawer front read? Transitional? Traditional? Contemporary? I am confused.

Mayflowers- I do like the grays, but do not want the bathroom to look trendy (if that is even possible). I was not sure if I was going to tile the wall behind the vanity or put just a backsplash or just use paint. I like the idea of a trim, like beadboard, but probably not the right style?

For sure I need tile for the floor and shower walls (the pan will be solid surface/cast iron). The only thing I have ruled out is traditional 3x6 subways because of all the grout lines. Would like to go large format tile, but do not want the space to look too modern. Thanks for all your help!!

I pulled some photos of tiled walls in transitional style powder rooms. You basically have a powder room, so you might search on that for ideas. Do any of these tile ideas appeal to you? Do they feel too modern for your 1957 home? Don't look at anything but the tile and imagine your vanity instead.

This would be appropriate to your home's era I think. Love the wall paper look.

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This one below is my favorite. I think it's an Ann Sacks tile. The grout color is key. Your home's original tile was probably square. The reason I'm suggesting tiling the whole wall is because when you're on the toilet, you can see the underneath area. My powder room is set up exactly like your bathroom.

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So this last one takes wainscoting and inserts a band of tile. It's a very pretty traditional look and you could use a marble mosaic, penny tile, ???? But is it too traditional for Godmorgon?

Are you using a walnut or white cabinet for over the toilet?

I hate grout lines too. Why not try going for the rectangular look of a subway tile but just larger. I just picked up sample that is about 9 inches by 24 inches.

Wow Mayflowers-- those are some amazing photos that you found!!! I like the idea of tiling the whole vanity wall-- but wondering how that would work, since the shower will have a frameless glass door and no pony (I think one is shown, but I just don't think it is necessary). There will be some space between the vanity and the wall and the shower.

I love love that last photo with the mosaic tile/white trim. Gorgeous! I just wonder, like you mentioned if that would work with the walnut godmorgon.

I do not have to do a walnut cabinet above the toilet-- it can be anything, since the back will have to be customized so that a portion can go deep into the existing master closet.

I like the shape of the 3x16 tile or the large format for the shower, but it can be difficult to find one that is not some sort of faux wood grain--which may be too much with the walnut.

I really like the two tiles that almost give it a wallpaper look. I had even toyed with the idea of doing wallpaper. I wish I could afford Ann Sacks tile--but that would be a budget buster.

I keep staring at that Ann Sacks powder room. Sigh. The counter may be the Kohler Impressions ceramic counter and sink combo I'm considering for my powder room, though the designer says it may be Xylem. I haven't looked into that brand. That might be a nice choice for your bath to keep it simple. Or do you need to buy an Ikea sink/countertop?

You can glue the mirror onto the wall like in the first and third photo and tile around it, cutting back on the amount of tile.

I've seen the larger format in the linen look tile. I thought of that to bring some texture in but it would depend on how pronounced the grain is in the walnut. But then look at my third photo. That vanity has grain and looks great with mosaic tile running parallel to the grain.

The wainscoting bath would probably be fine with Godmorgon. Do a simple panel instead of the beveled panels shown. Your longest wall is only about 5' so it's not a lot of wainscoting. Something like this mimics the slab drawers of the Godmorgon while still being a traditional raised panel design.

Here's a photo of penny tile that could be used instead of mosaic. The brown pennies and chocolate grout would tie the walnut in.

I would stick with something very simple/classic in the shower like a 4x12 subway, then a more interesting tile behind your vanity. Someone just posted a very small bathroom on here yesterday that turned out really great.

I love the look of that drawer. Can't wait to see the entire vanity.

I don't care for super contemporary either and I don't think it's that at all, regardless of what other finishes you use. My vanity has slab drawers and even that works as transitional with my other finishes. I think you can do whatever you want, but love grays and whites with it.

Cleaning aside, I prefer a darker floor to ground a room. I've had white floors and there's a certain igloo quality to them.

Linelle made me look at the drawer again, and it's not slab! It's Shaker. So that's traditional. So Shaker wainscoting instead of raised panel.

I was searching online for pvc wainscoting and could only find beadboard-- not a shaker panel. Any ideas for a product that is safe in the bathroom?

And I am okay with a traditional/transitional feel. Just want to keep it simple since it is such a small space. Hoping the frameless shower door helps.

If vanities are safe in a bathroom, regular wainscoting should be fine. You're probably going to upgrade your fan, right?

I thought of this idea of running the mosaic tile right into the shower from the backsplash. But I think it'd need to continue out the other side and around the room, which is what it does in the photo you like. There's lots of subtle mosaics that wouldn't make it seem busy. Then use large format tile as the field tile in the shower.

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Love that! Mayflowers! I think that really work!! And yes, there will be a new fan. The whole bathroom in fact will be new, since we are starting from scratch. I just want this bath to be really nice and have a little sparkle factor, since it is a very small master, but it will be a great asset to our home now and in the future for resale.

I think it will sparkle! What do you think you'll use for accent/back splash tile?

I was just looking at the photo errant posted. Is that the Godmordon in the Market photo? That's lower than I thought so you really wouldn't see the wall under the vanity from the toilet.

Mayflowers, the vanity errant's looks similar but is not the Godmorgon vanity. Click on the link in my OP to see the vanity. I am not sure if I will be able to see under the toilet or not.. Doubtful because it will be less than 7 feet away, right? I have not had a chance to tile shop--- other than online. I will post some of the ones I am have came across.

I think now, thanks to GW'ers the shower tile and mosaic band will be easy. Its the floor tile that will be tricky. Plain white floors would be a nightmare, and I like the idea of keeping the floors on the darker side to ground the space. I am hoping once I see real tile it will all come together- now that I have a plan in mind.

Oh, I did click on the link despite thinking it had slab doors! What I didn't look at was the height. I was going by my view of our pedestal sink from the toilet and thinking the underneath would be visible. But it's 25" high, so you have only 10" to the floor. Plus the depth of the vanity, which obscures the view. You're good.

There's so much to chose from in floors. My floor is creamy with light gray and sandy areas but muted to minimize pattern. It's a versatile tile as my granite is those colors but with more movement. I could paint either tan or gray tones and I went blue gray.

So I like the idea of the white wainscoting with a tile mosaic border, with the border continuing into the shower. Only thing is that I envision the shower tile to be a larger format white tile. But can I still do a darker grout? The idea of white grout would give me nightmares!

Most people do a lighter gray. If your tones are a little warm, you can use a greige.

I came across this photo. I thought it was helpful to see how they used the wainscoting near the sink. I like how they stopped the tile at the wainscoting, so that is another option. You'd still repeat the mosaic in the shower.

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Thanks Mayflowers! For my bathroom there will be a few inches of space between the vanity and the wall to right and a few inches of space between the vanity and the frameless glass shower door. Not sure if I can run the wainscoting up to the tile/glass door or leave a space-- which may look strange. Ugh.. maybe it is best that I should put tile above the vanity and forget the wainscoting.

Is that a glass panel left of the vanity? So no wall at all? Can't you just tile behind the vanity, do the wainscoting and tile border up to the door, and continue it on the toilet wall? Then the mosiac continues into the shower.

I have probably reached the point where I'm not being useful. Would a new thread asking about the tile and wainscoting issues around the shower answer your questions?

Thank you so much Mayflowers, you have been a great help. I think last night I was just tired and panicked. Went on houzz to look for photos this morning and found a bunch where there was no wall between the vanity and shower and had beautiful wainscoting. Funny how a little sleep and everything is now better! Thank you again!!!!!

You're welcome! Good luck with your remodel!