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Help! tile too dark

4 years ago

I’m concerned the tile I’ve picked, for the shower walls and bathroom floor, is too dark. I liked the way the tile looked by itself but I’m not sure if it’s too dark now. My question is, will white grout make a big difference and lighten up the overall look? The walls will be painted white as well.

Comments (21)

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    I agree with @User - although, it looks like there is a little light maybe coming from the contractor’s work light? Also, looks like the light has a yellow cast to it. The tile on the right side of the shower looks quite a bit lighter!

  • PRO
    4 years ago

    Get more lighting all LED 4000K bulbs and pleas no white grout just a grout as clase as possible to the tile

  • 4 years ago

    I hope you have a recessed light in the shower? Add one if you don't.

  • 4 years ago

    I think you'll like it once it's all done, but I don't think white grout is the best choice here. As Patricia says, use something closer to the tile color.

  • 4 years ago

    If it ends up feeling too dark, then lights are the solution. I've spent plenty of time with black/ much darker tile in hotel bathrooms and it was never an issue, because they provided enough lights. Proper lighting ( and even the temp of the bulbs) plays such a big role in all spaces. Often it seems like it's an afterthought when people renovate.

  • 4 years ago

    Don't do white grout, do a light silver.

    It looks good so far. I agree about lighting.

    It’s a bathroom, it can be a bit moody!

    It’s natural to feel overwhelmed and like you made a mistake.



  • 4 years ago

    I have this ceiling light that requires that you just have to snake an electrical circuit line to the area near it. There is a box that lies in the ceiling nearby that is wired. No blue electrical box is needed behind the light. It only needs a half inch deep hole, so just cutting the ceiling drywall is needed, it can even fit if there are ceiling rafters above it. DALS ceiling light

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    just wait untill it's done. Is all of your lighting installed? (prob not.) That will make a big diff. Are you doing a recessed light in the shower? The floor tile will help brighten it up (since all youre looking at is that dark gray.) 4000K bulbs will really help.

    I'd do a light gray grout. try Mapei warm gray. it's a whitesh gray. Ditto for the floor tile too.

    If that floor tile is real marble made SURE they use a white thinset, not gray!

  • 4 years ago

    I was going to install this same wall tile on the bathroom floor but decided it’s just too busy for me to have it on the entire floor. Any suggestions what floor color tile would look good with this? I’m desperate. I’ll be painting the walls white and using chrome fixtures.

  • 4 years ago

    looks fine. use a light gray grout. get good lighting.

    use that same shower floor tile outside the shower. see if it comes in a larger hex size.

    or just go w/a soft white or light gray. something solid


  • PRO
    4 years ago

    Agree with Beth. I'd go with a solid color tile in a geometric pattern that matches the lightest hue of your shower wall tile.

  • 4 years ago

    I agree to use the shower floor tile. If you match the grout to the tile, the pattern will be very subtle and will look cohesive and beautiful! Your shower looks great!

  • 3 years ago

    We went with warm gray grout and I like it a little better now. I’m still unsure about what to do with the rest of the bathroom floor. Would it be a mistake to use the same shower wall tile for the bathroom floor? Is it too busy?

  • PRO
    3 years ago

    Yes, I think that more of the wall tile on the floor would be too much. Use the same hex that you used for the shower floor. That stops the "one more pattern" thing. Or else, a zero pattern, plain virtually solid color tile, that pulls the lightest color from the floor and wall tile.

  • PRO
    3 years ago

    Agree. Use the hex tile on the shower floor for the bath floor, too.

  • 3 years ago

    The hex tile on the shower floor is pretty small and I have a fairly large bathroom. The bathroom floor will be approximately 135 sq ft. Is there a solid color tile you recommend? Would it be too strange to put a polished tile on the floor if the shower tile is matte?

  • PRO
    3 years ago

    If they make a larger size hex out of the same material, go with that.

  • 3 years ago

    For safety reason always a matte floor tile, not shiny with wet feet.

  • 3 years ago

    Grout needs to match the background color of the wall tile…white grout and/or white paint on the walls would clash violently with the tile. You need good lighting in a bathroom and good lighting will help the room seem brighter. Select a subtle accent color to use for towels, rugs, curtains. The floor tile should be the same color (and pattern, if possible) as the wall tile, but should also be much smaller tile so you have plenty of grout lines to keep the floor from being slippery when wet. NO LARGE POLISHED TILE FOR A BATHROOM FLOOR! It’s too slippery when wet or with steam on it, and bathrooms have hard edges that could make a fall very dangerous.

  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    I thought we already answered that question weeks ago.

    no to the wall tile on the floor.

    It's too busy


    Go w/a solid, larger hex tile, or even a 12x24 tile, in a warm white or a dove gray that matches your wall tile. (your gray tile leans on the purple side of gray, so don't get a blue gray or yellow gray)

    or, like I've already stated, get a neutral warm white (w/no yellow or blue) Use the same warm gray grout.


    You could try a sample of this Kumo gray or their shoji white to see if the tones are right



    https://www.bedrosians.com/en/product/detail/makoto-tile/?itemNo=DECMAKKUGHEX10M