Help! Having second thoughts about marble hex tile and now I'm stuck!

4 years ago

Hi everybody!

So I thought I finally had my bathroom figured out, but now I'm not so sure. I had chosen Bedrosian's chloe tile in baby blue for the frameless shower walls and a 2" honed carrera hex for the floor and a 1" honed carrera marble hex for the shower floor. I was so excited to be done with the tile! I am doing a white vanity with a carrera top and chrome fixtures and probably brass sconces (and maybe knobs, too). I don't know about room color.

The bathroom is small, only about 7x8 ft. But now I'm not sure about the marble. I've heard such nightmare stories. We have (literally) the softest water in the country, so I felt okay about having it, but now I'm really feeling like maybe it's a bad idea. I don't know...maybe I need to mix it up and start over? I want to stay in the blues and whites color-wise...but I'm flexible. Help and thank you!

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newkitchenny55
4 years ago
what if you did a marble looking hex? I did that while I have actual marble on my vanity top and it looks fine together. I think this is the one I got but floor and decor actually had a few of them

https://www.flooranddecor.com/porcelain-tile/cesari-iii-matte-hexagon-porcelain-mosaic-100707280.html
Alexandra B
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks for the suggestion. Do you feel that it looks real? I've looked at a couple and the ones I saw seemed a little bit too artificial looking...but the one you linked to looks really nice!
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newkitchenny55
4 years ago
I couldn’t find one I liked until I looked in floor and decor. I don’t know if it looks real per se but I like how it looks and I feel it looks complimentary to my vanity.
thisisnotadrill
4 years ago
marble looking hex is my choice too. On these forums you will find threads upon threads of people with problems using marble as shower tile (floor especialy)> save yourself the headache and get porcelain instead.
ci_lantro
4 years ago
Marble is porous--'hard little sponges' , per Sophie. Think what will go wrong with that on a bathroom floor.
Patricia Stern
4 years ago
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We remodeled our small master bath 11 years ago and used 3" marble hex on the floor, with matching 2" marble hex on the the shower floor...this was all before I started reading Houzz Design Dilemmas, which means I wasn't aware of problems with marble being "hard Little sponges." After 11 1/2 years, I have had no problems whatsoever with my marble floors, either in the room itself or the shower. Both look as beautiful as ever, and there have been no other issues. I did stop coloring my hair at home, as I didn't want to worry about dyes, and I also use bath products that are clear or white whenever possible, just to be sure, but that has not been a problem. I love my shower, and especially love my honed calacatta gold countertop, tub surround and shower bench...there has been virtually no etching, as I am careful, but I am certainly not obsessive about it.
Alexandra B
Original Author
4 years ago
@Patricia Stern Thanks for this info. I had the same experience with black, honed granite countertops. Everyone told me not to do it, and 15 years later they still look great--and I haven't done a single thing I was supposed to do to maintain them. The rest of the kitchen? Well, not so much...but those countertops might outlive me! So thanks for your input.