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Help with master bath tile choices (x-post)

We are remodeling our master bath and I need some help with my final tile/design choices. This is a tiny ensuite bath with a shower only, in a modest Victorian-era foursquare home. I want to use fixtures and tile that fit the general era of the home without being a slave to Victorian style - classic but updated, if that makes sense. I also find myself leaning toward fixtures with a slightly industrial edge. Here's the layout (100" ceilings; some measurements may change by an inch or two depending on what we find when we demo):



The shower will be tiled on the two larger walls and on the chimney; the remaining shower walls will be frameless glass. I plan to do a simple wood wainscot on the walls outside of the shower with paint above. Overall color scheme will be grey, white and probably pale green. I am still on the hunt for the right vanity, but it will probably be Bertch's graphite color with a white porcelain top. All fixtures, pulls, etc. will be chrome. I plan to use the Brizo Atavis line for faucet and shower.







Now for the fun part - TILE. I know running brick bond white subways are THE most typical Victorian-era tile/pattern of all time, but I have had them in my last two bathrooms and I'm kind of tired of them. I really love the patterned, encaustic-look tiles that are so trendy right now, but although they were also popular in the Victorian era I'm not sure I want to fall into the HGTV trap with this remodel. So, what's a girl to do? I had the following ideas:


Scheme 1: Super simple. Marble-look 2" hex on room floor and shower floor, white subways in a herringbone pattern on shower walls, grey grout. Could include an accent tile inside of shower niche (not sure where this will be yet nor how large). In this scheme, I would paint the wainscoting white and the walls pale green (similar color in the photo below):



Scheme 2: Gone crazy. Larger (8"?) white hex on room floor, smaller white or grey hex on shower floor, grey/white patterned tile on shower walls. I taped up some actual-size printouts of contenders in the shower last night to get an idea of scale - top right is my current favorite (color is not accurate, they are all actually grey/black/white). DH loves this idea but I feel like it might be a LOT in a tiny room.





Scheme 3: Somewhere in the middle. Marble-look or plain 2" hex on room and shower floor, white subways in running brick bond pattern on long wall and chimney wall of shower, grey/white OR colorful patterned tile on remaining wall as an accent wall. Here's my inspiration for that look as well as a favorite colored tile:






Thanks very much in advance for your thoughts!

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