so you're going to tear out everything?

on a rental we have I did the entire thing in carrara marble and black marble

(most of this tile and extras I found on craigslist. the vanity was a vintage chest I painted and made into a vanity. the countertop was a $50 remnant, the marble sink was on closeout for $30) If you know how to shop, you can find great deals.

you can choose to to a 'tile wainscot' on the wall.

Or, do a regular wainscot w/vinyl MDF and paint it white.

for contrast you can do a black vanity, or black countertop

just look at the walls/floor.

do the entire wall in a white tile herringbone and have it extend over into the shower. black hex floor. paint the door black.

or, do a black tile herringbone for the wall, white vanity, black/white marble floor.

you could also do something like this, but just use regular white tile

(I'd caution you using real marble in the shower. it's a pain to have to baby when it comes time to clean. you can only use marble safe cleaners or else it will etch horribly. and if you dye your hair, it will stain the marble)

Better to use the real marble on the floor outside, or on the countertop.

using a white subway in the shower, and a black marble basketweave tile on the floor, would also give you the nice contrast.

go w/a white, black or wood vanity. continue the white subway tile on the walls

similar sized bathroom like yours. carrara countertop, dark gray vanity

or try the black and white porcelain tile that looks like cement tiles

All white walls, white tile, white ceiling, porcelain tile floor and a vintage wood chest made into a vanity

Thank you. I am now thinking of just having white walls with no tile for a cleaner look.

Do you think light or dark gray floor would look good with the white marble wall in shower and white walls? It will be porcelain tile for the shower BTW. And if I use grey for floor what color vanity?

Going for a modern look. Love that tub sink idea on top of white marble with a waterfall faucet.

The shower will have a rain head too

Some great ideas here - I just want to make one comment on the wall mounted faucets. I absolutely love the look, and was sure I wanted wall mounted for my bathroom. Until my designer cautioned that if there is any sort of problem at some future point, you are opening up the wall to fix it. I had never thought of that, and decided I wasn’t going to risk it. Still love them, but it’s something to consider.

lw,,,,that's not necessarily true.

Think about it, you have "wall mounted fixtures" in your shower and tub. how often does anything go wrong where you have to remove tile to fix it? it doesn't.

People have all sorts of plumbing/pipes going throughout their walls in the home. very rarely does a pipe suddenly burst.

Same thing w/the wall mounted faucet. if it's done correctly, there is no reason why anything should happen inside the wall.

here's my wall mount. it's perfectly fine, just like my shower.

BUT, if something should spring a leak, it's no big deal to cut a hole in the drywall and get to the pipes. Do your plumbing w/PEX and it should last a lifetime.

Agree Beth :). I wasn’t concerned about burst pipes. To me the difference was that in my experience sink faucets have a tendency to develop leaks. I’ve rarely had to deal with a leaky bath faucet, but I’ve had my share of leaky sink faucets. So putting one in drywall wasn’t something I was comfortable with. Not saying at all that others should make the same decision as me. Just something to consider :).

IMO the floor and the shower wallsca nbe the same tile 12 x24 done in the same ptteren and then just a smaller version for the shower floor. If you light and bright IMO that is the way to go . Especially in a tiny space . I am not a huge lover of wall faucets unless it is avery contemporay space but I think there are some pretty cool wall hung vanities that will make you space feel larger also no towel rods just hooks . Really good LED lighting in 4000K No cabinet above the toilet but a nice hotel towel storage rack will work there . Check out Godmorgon from IKea in high gloss white then do the walls in a really soft watery blue/ green