The smaller tile on the floor will be a little harder to keep clean with all the grout (we went with large format tiles with a high cof to avoid all that grout). So I would suggest not using white on the floors and choosing a medium grey or beige grout color.

Have you browsed houzz for inspiration? I'd start there and put together an ideabook. I find that if I collect ten to twenty pictures I can see there are patterns to what I like.

And I'm sorry, but I have forgotten what style and age of house you have? I think it makes the most sense to choose more permanent things, like tile, that go with the house. So if you have an 1850 Victorian I'd be looking at different choices than if you have a 1955 ranch.

Holy moly tile is expensive! I had no idea. So, it looks like despite my grand ideas I will have to rain in to accommodate my budget. Unfortunately I don't have any say in the size of the tile of the floor because they have to grade the shower down word on a slight angle in order to allow for proper drainage and I can't do that with bigger tiles.

So far I found one floor tile that I like and that is affordable.

Having had white tile floors, I would really suggest that you look for something else. It's hard to keep the white looking clean. I think you can find lots of other options at an affordable price point. You may want to go to a tile store to look.

For example

Under $4 per square foot at Home Depot.

If you post some inspiration pictures, I think people will be happy to make suggestions.

Does the tile in the shower have to match the rest of the floor? Or can they just coordinate. I have different tile in my shower than the rest of my bath...

I agree that starting with houzz or some magazine photos to get a sense of a bath you like would be a really good thing to do...once you have a direction, you won't find it so overwhelming.

Also, be sure to spend time with the tile sales people...find one you can work with. They can be incredibly helpful with helping you use the expensive stuff just for accents while making the background tile the low cost stuff so you can do budget and beautiful at the same time.

Thanks everyone. I guess I don't mind white floors, I've had them in past homes (and actually in one bathroom here) and I like how it looks :) Most of my house is very neutral, and I want to have something a little less boring here without crazy. So I think i want to stick with a blue/green (aqua kind of color) and white. I orignally wanted to tile the whole tub (3 walls) in the aqua color glass tile but it's cost prohibitive so the store guy suggested white subway tile in the shower with a thick strip of the aqua glass tiles for color. Then I'd paint the walls the same blue color.

2" tiles are very expensive. I have a zero clearance shower, so I picked 2" tiles for the shower floor the same as the larger tiles. The 2" tiles line up perfectly with the larger floor tiles (thanks to the tile setter), so I have a continuous look without the high price.

It was important to me that the floor tiles not be slippery when wet. If that's the same case for you, look for tiles with a high coefficient of friction.

This won't help for this bathroom project, but you should not be at the product selection stage when your bathroom is being gutted! This only leads to stress, limited choices and hasty decisions.

It took me months to select tiles for my bathrooms, and they were sitting in the garage when the contractor showed up to start work. I hope you find tiles you love and that the project goes smoothly.

For a roll-in shower, yes, the floor tile needs to be small -- but the adjacent floor tile, which won't indent/slope down, can be larger matching tile, and thus more budget oriented. This would also free you up for other color options, if you choose.

How old is your daughter -- would she want some feedback on colors for that bathroom? Obviously since it is shared with guests, flamboyant/goth/etc. would be out.

tell me about it! I don't disagree. The majority of this project is funded by the state for my daughters disability, so I suspect that is part of why I got so little notice and so little time to plan. I literally have to decide to day so that they can rush order any tiles I need and the contractor can go pick them up at the warehouse.

My second piece of advice is either acrylic shower walls (easy care) or larger format tiles for the shower walls to minimize the amount of grout to scrub. With that floor tile I guess you wouldn't want to veer too contemporary.

I'm thinking as well that you likely want to keep it simple as if you don't have a lot of time to plan with your contractor they might get some details wrong. So maybe plain white tile for the shower walls and a zingy paint color?

Some ideas I saw online:

Malvern Bathroom · More Info

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White tile with liner tile as an accent (sometimes hard to find nice liner) |

Irvington Attic to Master Suite Renovation · More Info

Robo thanks for the photos! That is actually not too far off of what I was thinking. I found some tiles that remind me a lot of what you showed.

If you have an electrician coming anyway, while he or she is there you may want to add an outlet by the toilet. This would allow for the future addition of a washlet--advanced toilet seat (basically bidet-type features).

We did something similar in our bath, with an accent strip. Here's a photo pre-caulk. Also did something similar for my backsplash.

The house we are living in now was originally built for a handicapped person in a wheelchair. The shower was completely surrounded with grab bars, as was the toilet room and inside the pool. The green mix (aqua?) tile is very pretty.