He is right the wall is not perfectly straight and there are often walls that are not perfectly straight so either go a thicked base trim to hide all the black or relax and live with it.

Walls not square/parallel is a very common situation. In your case, it looks like the center line(done when properly installing flooring like that) was set improperly or both opposite walls are way out of parallel.

Moving the pattern might be the least expensive option. Adjusting the center starting line should be done. One trick is to start with the starting line parallel to the long wall and minimize the problem along the shorter wall.

Common problem, simple solution. Remove the black tiles along the wall edges.

The tile setter should start from the straight wall as you enter, He could have done that and this is the opposite wall? Without seeing the space in it entirety it is hard to tell. Also we don't know if the walls are dead square. A thoughtful tile setter could have told you all of this and I believe he/she should have done so. If you think you can win this battle then do go after them otherwise removing the lone black tiles are an option. All the best.

not sure what you mean by straight wall as you enter. Below is a pic of room as you enter. The previous pics are of the left side and right side walls as you enter. Thanks. If it could be installed where everything lines up correctly, I would rather go that route. If not,

then I play around with black tile placement.

Thanks again.

I was referring to the wall on your left as you enter the room. Measure from left to right at the top and then at the bottom. That will tell you ii the walls are parallel. Placing a 2' square against the walls will give you an idea if the walls are square. I know this may sound confusing but is a way of checking the problem. Regardless of all this, I still believe the tile setter should have done all of this prior to install and discussed it with you. If the walls are out of square then I don't see anyway of fixing this. Good luck.

You can't install the tile where everything "lines up correctly" if the walls aren't straight. It's literally impossible. Removing the black tiles from the edges is your only solution, unless you rip out the edges and have your walls floated out to be plumb and straight.

This was a basic error. The installer is to lay the room out for the dots not the white field tiles. You stated 2" hex which means there is a full 6" between dots allowing 3" to shift the pattern side to side. This is how to hide the uneven walls by keeping the dots further away.

Beth, various manufacturers mesh the tiles in this sort of layout. It's not a random dot layout. That said it should have been shifted over to bleed white off the edges at the uneven walls, not the black

palimp,,well i've seen that layout, but the one OP used is custom. she said the tiler removed the white pieces and replaced them w/the black to get this design. At least that's what was implied. If you look at her tile layout, it's nothing like the one you've posted and I've never seen one pre-set like hers.

It's one tile closer together and turned 90 degrees from her photo. Or hers is one tile further apart. Non-random designs can stretch or contract quite a bit. This is not custom either. It's a diamond not a grid, but it's still not custom: And remember, just because you've never seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist :-)

how did you get this far along, get the baseboard installed with that magnificent color match and just now have A Vision. I couldnt get past the base sneaking behind trim to notice the bright white and black tile debacle did you source and hire a quality crew?

The things folks focus on

a quality crew of one. We used him for other jobs and he was fine. He's licensed and does a lot of tile work but did tell me he has only done one other hex tiles like ours. For some reason he did not tell us of the problem before he set the tiles. I did not want to "look over his shoulder" during install I just trusted he knew what he was doing and it would work out. I'm trying to get a professional tile only installer to come and advise. Thanks.

When doing remodeling/designing/renovation, there are three types of people.

First come the designers. These folks can 'see' the finished product and come up with ideas/materials to accomplish that goal.

Second are the workers who can do the actual work. The placing of tile pieces so all pieces are on a plane and the grout lines matching.

Third are the really rare folks. Those who can do both. Very often, those folks are not successful on a large scale because they do not focus on one area.

I think you got the second type. Really good at doing the work, but inexperienced in looking at the entire picture and discovering the problem before it happened.

Not that it helps you now, but I'll wager he never makes that mistake again.

exactly. Sometimes one takes things going right for granted and assume this will always be the case. Nope.

The tile ain’t the only dilemma.

I don't see a vanity anywhere? Isn't that the base running to the corner, the door casing, and the door?

Its bad. Would drive me crazy. I'd have to replace it all. Not hexes.

covered black tiles with white paper and placed new black away from base boards. Just playing with black/white placement. It looks better, I think, but not perfect...yet.

I don't think you have enough black tiles.

There is a significant layout issue with the red tub bathroom.

Yep I noticed that too. Just showing more black is better. imo

Correct @palimpest

Ok. More black:

if the grout is completely set, a dremmel tool to dig out the grout, and then a small chisel or hammer to break out the one tile.

they actually make mosaic tile in this design w/the black ones already placed. I know, a little late.

Yes better with more black. Do you like it now?

It still looks like you need more black near the left wall. Would that create slivers again?

Yes. I think I do like it now. I went as far as I could on the left side before hitting the diminishing tiles again. Now thinking how hard it will be to remove the individual tiles. Live and learn. Thanks!