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Urgent Bathroom Tile Help Needed

8 years ago

Help! I have chosen tile for a master shower renovation. Demo starts TODAY! However, I am having second thoughts about my choices ... our entire bathroom has travertine. So, I chose travertine 12 x 12 tile for the walls, a pebble looking tile for the floor and then there are the travertine bullnose tiles for around windows, etc. I had also chosen a beautiful glass tile mosaic which would provide a 6-inch strip around the shower as an accent - however, we have no glass tile in the entire bathroom. My gut is telling me to stick with the same tiles that we already have - various sizes of beige travertine. I was just trying to inject SOME color into the bath with this glass tile, which is various shades of beige, beigy-gray and a hint of warm gray/blue (we have thick grout lines in the floor that are gray, so I thought it would all go nicely, and the colors look ok but materials are different). Do I need to change the glass accent to travertine? And be all beige to match the rest of the bath? No time for photos, I’m sorry, try to imagine. We are selling the house soon and I dont’ want to mess this up. Thank you for reading.

Comments (22)

  • PRO
    8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Loaded gun at Houzzers heads, no pictures of existing bath, or selections,, ...........................and you are selling the house anyway! Seriously?? : )

  • 8 years ago

    It sounds boring with all beige. Maybe the glass will add a bit of interest. If you have a glass shower door, it might be okay - though. Don't know - need to see some pictures.

  • 8 years ago

  • 8 years ago

    Current bath. Shower to the left will have clear glass door and travertine tiles all over, including ceiling. Pebble floor. Will find glass tile and upload in a sec.

  • 8 years ago

    Glass mosaic, to be used in a 6 inch accent stripe at about shoulder level

  • 8 years ago

    Is that enough photos??! :). Yes we have to move, military calls. Current shower is broken and terrible.

  • PRO
    8 years ago
    Skip the glass and just use the travertine. Any chance you are repainting at the same time?
  • 8 years ago

    Would love to repaint, but sadly no. Thank you for your advice!

  • 8 years ago

    Should I just use the tiles and no accent stripe at all? Or get a travertine accent stripe?


  • 8 years ago

    So that stripe question plus a second question: my original wall tile was 16 x 16 but that is too heavy to hang on the ceiling. Would it be ok to use the 16 x 16 on the walls, 12 x 12 on the ceiling, pebbles on the floor and bullnose? No stripe of anything.

  • 8 years ago

    No glass accent and forget putting tile on ceiling.

  • 8 years ago

    No glass, forget tiling the ceiling, and IMO just use travertine on the floors. Redirect your money to repainting; that color will hold you back more than anything. Try a cream color for a brighter look, then add color with new towels.

  • 8 years ago
    Since you're planning on selling the house, keep the new tiles simple. Don't do more than you need to.
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Please don't put any tile on the ceilings. That is a small shower and tiling the ceiling will make it cave like....however, buy extra if not too much money so the new owner can tile the ceiling if they wish to do so.

    Also....no need to put any tiles around the window.

  • PRO
    8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    No tile on the ceiling, a new paint job and no accent tile . For showing inject some color with accessories and towels replace that tacky blind

  • 8 years ago

    Patricia - since you mentioned the blind - have any suggestions for the hooks above it? Previous owner had draped some sheer white fabric which I hated and took down, but never replaced with anything. Any ideas on what to do with that??

  • 8 years ago

    Just take the hooks down.

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    I'd get rid of the top portion of the wall between the shower and tub, paint the room, take the hooks down and throw up a nice curtain on the window.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    If your gut is telling you to stick to what you have, AND your starting demo today? The last thing you want is to make a knee jerk reaction when selecting tile. While travertine is not my first choice for a shower floor, it's common and can work.

    It seems you've thought about your current selections during the design phase. Cold feet is common when demo starts. With your gut staying to stay with what you have, I'd follow Patricia's advice:

    1) Stick to the plan. Remove that stress from the process. Focus now on...

    2) ...adding coordinated color splashes with accessories. Towels, floor rugs, curtains, waste basket, tooth brush holders, etc.

    Regarding changing the blind? I'm no designer, but in our master bath, we like the top-down-bottom-up honeycomb shade behind our tub. Depends on what's on the other side of your window, but with TDBU you can lower the shade from the top and keep the bottom half of the glass covered. Privacy with natural light. There are myriad fabrics to choose from, you can choose the level of opacity from black out to sheer, fabric texture, fabric color, as well as an assortment of shade styles, from simple pleats to roman, for example.

    Ours has been in 20 years and we wouldn't change it, style or color. It's still functional and it still looks good to us.

  • PRO
    8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Skip the entire thing. The next folks will gut it. The tub will have a date with a dumpster. Save your money and effort. Drop the price of the house.

  • 8 years ago

    I sort of agree with Jan -- unless there's an acute reason to redo the shower (like leakage issues) I probably wouldn't mess with it for resale purposes. If it's too late to skip, then keep it simple, travertine that matches what you have. I find it hard to believe that your accent tile will go at all with what you have, in color or style, so I'd either use some of the floor pebbles for an accent or do nothing in that regard.