Lots of porcelain tiles out there that are designed to look like different varieties of marble. You need to visit many tile stores in your area because they all carry different brands of tiles.

These are porcelain tiles, they are Calcutta Marmi and the large hex is very similar to your first inspiration when on a large area.

We are using porcelain that looks like marble. We are using a 2" hex & 12x24" tiles. We are using Virginia Tiles. I love the marble look, but we need something with less maintenance & issues in the shower.

FAR less trouble to maintain than marble. Porcelain won't discolor or scratch.

Here is the 12x24 that we are using. It's not the best pic. I can take more later.

I marmi makes sheets of porcelain hexagon tiles in carrara:

Laura, lovely bathroom! I am using the same shower wall tile as you have may I ask what did you use on the shower floor? Thanks!

Thank you, Roarah! I used the Marmi basketweave pattern on the shower floor...

Wow that is exactly what I am leaning towards, I have the samples above. I love how it looks in your room and thanks for sharing . I am now ready to pull the trigger!

You're welcome - if you want a photo of the shower floor, let me know! Your bathroom will look great - love the larger hex; I don't think they had that when I was selecting tile...

Marble isn't hard to maintain or clean. It just doesn't respond well to modern cleaners that are super harsh.

Jeannine, nice to see you back here! I still love your first bath redo.

Laura, did you order the Marmi basketweave tile locally? I live in NYC and just emailed them.

Carol, I did order locally (I am in SF Bay Area, and ordered through Ceramic Tile Design). But it looks like Ceramic Tileworks in MN (who I linked above) ships nationwide.

Mark, what brand of tile did you use? Virginia Tile is the distributor, not the manufacturer of tile.

I live in southern ct, and used tile America in Stamford to order my I marmi basket weave. I think there are some in ny too. Here is the link. http://www.tileamerica.com/our-showrooms/stamford/tour-the-showroom

Another Tile America in New Haven, too-- right off Exit 2 off 91

Laura,

Your bathroom is terrific! Is the tile all porcelain? Can you tell us what the flowers are? Thanks!

Thank you, Rockybird! The floral tile was custom by Pietri Bersage (actually wasn't as $$ as that sounds!). They make the same pattern in all marble, but I substituted the Marmi tile. The dark brown accents are real marble, though (Cafe Madera). Hope that helps!

Pietri Bersage

I have known a couple people who did marble (shower and flooring) that regretted it and said they would do a porcelain marble look next time. One's cleaning person used a harsh product and it all needed to be buffed to a gloss again.

Hi WritersBlock! Great to be back! Bathroom #3 planning has begun!

I'm a bit confused here. According to the websites, I Marmi is real marble. At least the hexagon ones are.... and priced to match ($11-12 sf). Has anyone found hexagon lookalikes that are less?

@acw2004, the I marmi that I used is porcelain that resembles marble - here is a screen grab from the site linked above & below:

For those of you who used the basketweave: which i Marmi did you use (Calacatta, Statuario, etc.) and was it honed or polished?

I used the i Marmi calacatta basketweave in the polished finish (not slippery due to all the grout/small tile size).

Has anyone used the Marmi Carrara basketweave? I have a sample in the honed finish and it just looks... fake to me. But I'm not sure if I'm just not seeing it in enough context.