Your porcelain tile looks very shiny. please make sure the tile is appropriate for use in wet areas wrt to finish and slip resistance. personally i would pick porcelain over marble.

Not a fan of marble in wet spaces.

I love the marble herringbone! Do you have a link :)

The veining in marble and marble look tile is attractive until you see it spread on all surfaces of a bathroom. Then it can be overwhelming. Some people love it, and if you do, you do you. :-) I would want to calm it down with a different floor file or different tile on the shower walls. I love a gray floor - it doesn't show every fallen hair or speck of dust.

In your photo I like the solid gray color on the unfinished floor with the marble look tile on the left side sitting on the tub. I think a larger 12 X24 tile in that color gray would look nice.

Agree with Karnseb

Admittedly, I have a pretty strong dislike of marble, but -- with that in mind -- a few random thoughts:

- Those first tiles look slippery.

- Do not mix porcelain and real marble. Hard and fast rule.

- I like basket weave tile. It's a classic, but not something lots of people have. I'd like to see an accent of this basket weave somewhere other than the floor -- maybe a toiletry niche in the tubs?

- ALL white can be a bit much. In the two bathrooms with white vanities, I'd consider a darker floor.

- Even if you're a marble-lover, this is a lot of mixed pattern. I'd go with a solid white somewhere. You know, give the eye a spot to rest.

- Porcelain is so much more practical -- cheaper, easier to clean, less prone to cleaning mistakes -- and, most of all, less prone to water-based problems. Water will always win.

It feels like there are too many “similar/not-really-similar” looks in too many different materials. You need a solid SOMEWHERE.

Love the basketweave floor so try a simpler tile on the shower wall. What about a soft, pale gray tile? Large format tiles will keep it looking less busy (less grout lines).

This is the real marble option . Real marble on floor and in shower with the counter top in Silestone Statuario .

The second option is this tile but in the Matt finish on the floors and the co coordinating wall tile. These are porcelain tiles.

Those choices still are three "marble-type" tiles. Either the floor or shower should be plain. There are a lot of "swirls" in this small room.

Thank you I guess I was under the impression that you could do a marble mosaic with a marble tile so they could be mixed . Is that incorrect then?

Yes, you can do two different "shapes" in the same marble. The challenge in your small bathroom is that you also have a bit of "swirl" pattern on the countertop as well.

Using the same marble in an octagon on the floor and large rectangular pieces in the shower will work. But in a small bathroom something has to be plain.

@RedRyder I am curious. If one is doing a patterned bathroom floor like this herringbone that b c is considering, do you recommend a plain shower floor rather than a different shape in marble? I am finalizing similar tile choices and was planning small marble squares on the shower floor to match checkered white and grey marble tiles on the bathroom floor (I have already bought the floor tile and have to pick the shower tile virtually). But now based on your comments I am wondering if just a plain white shower floor tile would be better (walls will be plain white horizontally stacked porcelain). Sorry @b c I don't mean to hijack your thread, hopefully it's a useful question for you as well as I think we're in the same boat! :)

Thanks so much for your explanation It is a great help to have it spelled out so clearly.

I have been trying to upload photos but the newest app update has been challenging on my iPad.

Some examples of two different types of marble tiles in a bathroom on the floor and shower walls.

The most important consideration for flooring in a bathroom, including in the tub or shower, is safety. A bathroom has a lot of hard corners and fixtures. A slip-and-fall accident in a bathroom can be deadly. A non-slip floor surface is my first rule. Small tiles will require more grout lines, but the grout lines help make a non-slip surface. Textured, non-slick, non-glossy floor tile is much safer than large glossy floor tiles. I add washable bathroom rugs with a rubbery non-skid backing wherever you step out of a tub or shower. When I travel, I carry my own rubber tub mat with small suction cups since many hotels have slippery porcelain tub-shower combo’s.

@felizlady is right. Notice that in each photo the smaller tiles are on the floors, to create a safer bathroom.