Hopefully someone can help me figure out this mess.

Not too long ago, we discovered that our master shower was leaking, and the whole thing would need to be torn out and replaced. We figured that while we were at it, we could do a full remodel of the bathroom since we weren't too fond of (see: hated) the beige travertine that came with the place when we bought.

I spent a lot of time trying to plan out something that would be beautiful, but also cost effective. We wanted a cool, more open feel, so we took down one of the partition walls of our large double shower, and will be putting in a glass panel and glass door. First, though, I need to make sure I haven't completely screwed up with the tile/marble selections, and if I have, we need to figure out how to fix it.

We didn't want to spring for all marble everywhere, and we both liked the look of a simple subway tile shower. We decided to go with a brushed black limestone floor - which is in, and looks awesome - white ceramic subway tile for the shower walls, and marble accents. We were going to do marble herringbone mosaic on the floor and in the niche of the shower, then use solid marble pieces on the bench and curb. Everything was going great until they installed the solid marble pieces on the bench and curb. To my eye, the Carrara marble used for the bench/curb does not match the herringbone mosaic I picked out. Turns out, the herringbone that is currently installed is actually composed of two different kinds of marble. While there is some Carrara in the herringbone, the rest of it has warm undertones, which I think clashes with the solid Carrara pieces on the bench and curb, because Carrara has cool undertones:

We have been exploring our options and have come up with a few ideas:

1) Do nothing; I'm overreacting and it looks great. The marbles are close enough, a gray grout will tie it all together. Marble is natural stone with variations in it anyhow. (This is what our contractor suggests.)

2) Change out the solid Carrara pieces for some other type of marble. This is the compromise our contractor suggested if we absolutely must change something.

• We found some White Rhino that we thought would go nicely with the warmer herringbone, but there is not enough of it to also get a double vanity top out of it. We run the risk of having a mismatched vanity top if we use the White Rhino for the curb and bench pieces.
• Swap out the Carrara for some Alabama White Marble. This marble has both brown and blue tones in it. The marble supplier said he thought it would do a good job of tying in all the colors in the herringbone, but it was a bit too brown and too blue, to my eye, and does not look excellent with the white ceramic tiles. I was not in love with it and was not sure it went well with the black floor tile; it would definitely be a compromise.

3) Tear out the herringbone, replace it with a true Carrara mosaic. This would run us about $4k, since we'd have to basically tear up the bottom portion of the freshly tiled shower, replace the concrete base, pan, and liner, which would all get damaged during the removal of the herringbone. This is expensive and time consuming. Our contractor is recommending against it.

Here's an album so you can get a better visual on what we're working with (bonus: picture of the bathroom "before"). There are some photos with the lights off, some with the lights on. It's a long, narrow bathroom that doesn't get much natural light. Sometimes I feel like the marbles look fine next to each other, then the next minute it's bugging me again. I don't think I have much of an eye for design choices and this has been a stupidly stressful process. We are also concerned about resale - like, even if we decide this is something we can live with, will any future potential buyers notice that the marbles are mismatched and how much will that affect things?

Any and all input is welcome. This project has been driving me nuts and I'm ready to have my shower back!