Forgot to say that the countertop is more off-white with the 2 veins...

mine doesnt. i went with a light tone from the tile.

Is it me, or do I see tile being installed on Sheetrock with no waterproofing. Hope to be wrong.

I'd say that the most common treatment is to use the wall tiles from your shower (or room floor) -- maybe your guy is trying to avoid all of those cuts...

HI -- The shower curb is part of the floor and is not part of the counter top and may have nothing to do with the counter top. All the inside of the curb can be the tile on the floor of the shower . The top and out side of the curb can be the floor tiles. Or the whole curb can be the floor tiles inside and out . If you want no seams and grout lines on the very top , then the top can be a full piece that matches the floor tile color etc. This can be done also if the counter material is close to the floor tile . If the counter top material is very different than all the other tiles and floor then do not use it on the curb. There is no rule that the curb has to be the counter top material .

It was not directly on sheetrock....there was a layer of cement that was applied to shower floor and bathroom floor then tiles were installed. Thank you for mentioning it.

Hubby just came back with wall shower tile and countertop....along with 2 possibilities of threshold....i have never seen floor tiles applied to threshold before....i worry about the water seeping through tile grout lines?

If the walls of the shower, the floor and curb have been properly waterproofed, water won't seep through the grout lines. If you are doing this yourself, stop on by the John Bridge Tile site - there is a forum there too, and read up on how to properly waterproof a shower - it requires more than cement and / or cement board. The very friendly tile professionals there will help you out with a DIY install.

http://www.johnbridge.com

I don't know about "supposed to be", but our contractors went with countertop material (granite) for shower threshold and also door threshold. Also used for corner seat in shower. And elsewhere in bathroom, to to knee wall next to tub. So for us it makes sense and ties into many areas of the room.

How exactly was that curb constructed? This picture does not show a properly built curb...if that is what you are planning on tiling, or cladding in stone.

Your curb should either blend with the floor or the shower.

As stated above you r choice of finished won't matter as you will be tearing it out before long due to water damage and mold if you continue on the path you are heading. Just all wrong. Sheetrock has absolutely no place in a shower.

Thank you everyone for your comments....i asked my contractor about the waterproofing....he used a drypack for the shower floor and waterproof drywall for the wall...he also applied a layer of waterproof cement on the bathroom floor and shower floor...

I am going with the light threshold and it looks great....

Thank you for the pointers about the threshold colour..

Waterproof drywall? In your picture it looks like the green drywall which is fine to use in humid locations like bathrooms but definately not in a shower. I see no evidence of waterproofing in the shower because the curb should have been waterproofed at the same time as the shower floor. Did he put a rubber liner under the dry pack onto the subfloor and over the curb...then drive screws through the liner to attach the board to the curb? If so, then all of that was done poorly also. I could be wrong, but In your picture those screws on the curb look like drywall screws which should not be used in a shower. I am confused by the use of "waterproof cement". I hope that is not supposed to be the waterproofing layer in your shower.
I have the feeling you are going to be facing some serious issues in the future with your shower.

I agree that looks like there is no waterproofing being done and if you are depending on tile and grout to keep this waterproof you will be very sorry.There is really a foolproof system from Schluter that IMO is what you should have done

The shower threshold should match the floor.

Wow, well we could assume the pan tiles are just dry laid there for this photo, this would be the positive way to look at it..!

*edit for clarity

Of course they could be dry laid for the photo, but it doesn't change the concerns raised for this shower which is apparently waterproofed. Now would be the time to deal with it. There are many threads on here of showers gone wrong. Pre-empting another one would a positive thing.