Both sizes would be appropriate. My 20s tile is rectangles except for square coving at the base but my neighbor had square subway tile all around and same hex floor.

Thanks! I've been leaning towards the 6x6.

I think with color tiles 6x6 was most likely more common too. I look forward to watching your remodel bath take form! Good luck.

In my neighborhood of 1919 homes, all of our bathroom floors are 1" hex tile. Those who still have original wall tile....it's knife edged subway tile.

https://heritagetile.com/

Here are some examples at the link above.

Thanks! I feel like our house is right between styles, my personal preference is deco so I will likely do 6x6 color. In keeping with the era we will get rid of the 12x12 ugly tile floor (I wonder if we can see what's underneath!) as well take out the dates and dirty wainscoting and replace with tile partway up.

Check for any flooring height differences at the bathroom door, differences between in and out of the room.

if there is a difference and the bathroom is slightly higher, chances are high that the current tile was laid right on the old. I was able to remove 12x12 tile and found our original hex tile floor....and after hard cleaning, it became good as new.

Love the kohler catalog. I cannot believe the prices on those tubs. $300 in 1929 is about $4,200 now. Waterworks pricing doesn't seem so crazy now :)

Kats -- Ha! Good point. The Americh Bow is pretty close to Standard's Pembroke Neoclassic (double apron curved end) and in that context it's practically a steal (though not cast iron either)!

Love those catalogs, House Vixen!

Yeah, some of those tubs are expensive, and those marble-topped sinks in the Kohler catalog are crazy expensive, but they also had similar tub models for a third that price.

But now I want a lavender wringer washer.

I just priced out the cost of the Standard colored fixtures in my house at about $1300 in 1931. Those prices do include the faucets and the drain fittings but that's still a tremendous amount of money, comparable to the cost of a top of the line Ford Model A. I have always known the fixtures were expensive, but didn't realize just how very pricey. The original building permit for the home was for a construction cost of $15,000 and that would put the plumbing fixtures at almost 10% of the complete cost

In San Francisco Bay Area, 4.25" square tile was common in the 20s.