The shower tiles look co ordinated with the floor tiles. Don't change them.

Agreed, I’d just keep it as is. Is there a reason you need to replace the shower tile? If it’s just aesthetics, then wait till you can do the floor too. If it’s a repair, try to match the existing shower tile as best you can.

The rest of the bathroom is being remodeled; new vanity and shower. Both shower and vanity have to be done due to some issues but the floor will stay for a variety of reasons.

Is this your bathroom?

For shower walls, large format solid color tiles in the darker color in mottled floor tile with grout color to match. For shower floor, 2” square tiles and repeat the same color, no border (border seems to make the shower look smaller). If you need to tile the shower ceiling do a white or off white tile. Repeat the colored mosaic floor tile in bath towels, accessories.

IMO lose the floor it is hugely dated and is noe driving all the new stuff , why?

Thank you Marylut for your suggestion. Large format is exactly what I was thinking for the walls. The ceiling has to be tiled bc it is a steam shower. Right now everything is a 1x1 mosaic tile if you can’t see it from the pics.

The cost differential to remove the elephant in the room just isn't that much. It's not a wet area. You're already doing a 20K steam shower and the vanity area. Another 5K to do the floor will not be the straw that breaks the elephant's back. But, keeping it will certainly be the thing that completely breaks the new room design from working.

The floor actually extends into three other rooms so that is one reason it is not being replaced.

I would still remove it. It is really limiting the options to only tan and brown stuff.

Go with a simple tile, a cream color to match one of the creams in the tile.

Can you find as close a match as possible to the large floor tile? That's really the only way to not make it obvious it was done at two different times.

I would remove it. It's ugly; someone had to say it. And I'd remove it from the other rooms it goes into. Why spend $$$$ on a steam shower and custom remodel and then ignore the ugly part? Makes absolutely no sense at all. Bad for resale, bad for living there, bad on the eyes. Sorry, I know this is harsh, but nobody would say the ugly word.

Is this your personal home, or are you the contractor?

Even if you can't swing removing it in the other rooms right now, you can remove it to the door threshold and put in a transition piece between the two tiles. If that isn't a plan you like, I'd wait on the project until you can include the flooring in the adjacent rooms.

Is the shower replacement part of an insurance claim?

I am not a big fan of the pattern in that floor but I do get that it's wasteful to tear out an entire bathroom and several other rooms of floor tile simply to repair a shower.

But anytime anybody wants to replace even a countertop in the kitchen forum or repair something in the bathroom forum, it almost always defaults to "You need to gut the whole thing" because the disruption, and expense, and waste of sending everything to a landfill isn't their problem to worry about.

OP has been asked twice if they are the homeowner or the contractor and has not answered. I think OP is looking for free design services instead of building relationships with local qualified designers and paying for their services.

I would look for a large format tile in the lightest shade in the floor tile. One that comes with a matching smaller tile for the shower floor. Since the floor is so busy, I probably wouldn't do any trim tile in the shower, just a plain beautifully simple tile shower.

I don't mind the floor at all. It's kind of nice to see someone using what they have and also not putting in gray veined marble or marble look tile. It's so overdone as it is soon to be the mauve and turquoise of the 1980's

AJCN this is my personal home.
I am an interior designer and actually get paid very well to design other people’s homes so I am not looking for free design services; merely asking for suggestions since it is much harder for me to make decisions on my own home than for others.
Thankfully you do not have to live with my ugly floor that I actually get a lot of compliments on because it is different and not cookie cutter. I appreciate everyone else who has offered their ideas and I found a large format tile today that is going to look amazing with my ugly floor.

Keep track of this thread and post a pic of your finished bathroom, please!

Just to be clear, the case for replacing the floor has little to do with what the floor tile looks like--if you like it, that's all that matters--and everything to do with the fact that if you don't replace the floor but are renovating the rest of the bath, you lock yourself into keeping the same layout (or else having small patched areas of floor). If that's the intent--e.g., you're just repairing fixtures and like the current layout--then choosing any of a number of neutral tiles should work fine; I like what's there now and would also explore trying to match that if you can. But the broader point is that the cost of replacing the floor is small if you're already redoing everything else, so you need to be sure you're happy with the current shower and vanity dimensions. It sounds like this is primarily a repair project so that may well be the case, but if you're in a position where you have to gut those spaces anyway, it's worth reflecting on the layout to be sure you don't want to take the opportunity to change things.

Glad you found a large format tile you like. Didn’t realize the one pic was of 1”x1” shower floor tile, which is less slippery than even 2” and probably the 1” size will look better with the mosaic tiles in the bathroom floor diamonds. (I don’t know why your current floor generated such outrage). tan is neutral, a relaxing color, in pics it looks to be a warm spectrum cozy tan, and great for spa mood, and the floor tile layout is very high-end luxe. Am jealous that is a steam shower! As a designer, do you plan to use colored tiles or white tiles on ceiling?

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if I expressed my opinion on what I thought was “ugly” on every post that asks for design advice, I wouldn’t have time to sleep!

I will most likely use the same large tile on the walls and ceiling - similar to this pic attached.

This is the large format tile I found and it also comes in large squares: https://www.flooranddecor.com/porcelain-tile/regency-white-polished-porcelain-tile-100823301.html?impressionList=porcelain-tile

Here is a pic of the above tile with the current floor tiles. I am not going to use the hexagon tile in the pic; I am still looking for a square tile for the shower floor.

If it were me, I'd go all in and get ceramic tile the same golden yellow as the glass mosaic tile on the floor. Do 1 x 6's in a straight set vertical pattern and it will update the look.

Something like this, but with smaller tile:

We won’t be changing the layout bc there really isn’t anything “better”that could be done based on the location of walls, windows, doors, plumbing etc. Our toilet is in a separate room with it’s own sink so we only have to worry about the shower and vanity. Our current vanity (pic attached) is huge (11ft long and 29” deep) but not practical and has a lot of wasted space. Attached is a drawing of the new vanity which will be 11 ft long but 21” deep so we will gain a little space between the shower. I have more of the current floor tiles so we will be able to fill in any small areas if needed when we lessen the depth of the vanity.

Sabrina Alfin Interiors: For the shower wall tile? I did get a 2x6 glass tile sample in a gold color to see how that would look but thought that going simple and neutral in the shower would make the floor be the focal point.

Yes, for the shower wall tile. Glass or ceramic--doesn't matter that much, but I think glass tile isn't as timeless as ceramic. One woman's opinion. It's a big bathroom and could stand up to the bold choice of color, IMO.

I’m also agreeing with large format wall tiles for the shower that match the cream tiles in the floor. But I would also find a way to add that gold color in the shower so it feels more like a partner to the unique floor tiles. Have you looked for square gold tiles? They would work on the shower floor, either as a solid color or as a trim around another shower floor to mimic the way the pattern is on the main floor.

It’s so unique. I would play up some aspect of your floor, so I chose the small gold/orange-y tiles.

Having trouble uploading tiles I found. Let me try again.

Tile Club’s website has another yellow-er color but same size. Also check Susan Jablon website. I’m having trouble uploading photos of three more options.

If you repeat the gold glass mosaic floor tiles in the new shower, a great application is in shower vertical niche/shower horizontal ledge. Since the glass is see-through, be sure to understand how the adhesive color will affect the glass tile color - you want to avoid an obvious color mismatch.

Thank you Red Ryder and Marylut! The gold tiles are from Crossville Studios so I am going to reach out to them and see if they still carry it or have a color match.

RIP the floor. This is clearly a primary bath. Nobody will see it but you.

In No way would I marry myself or a bath re do to that floor.

That's the advice I would give any paying client.

You'd probably say same - if only because its good money chasing bad.

More that look close to yours

Maybe using a different shape, like the last one, will give the same “feel” but won’t be an effort to match exactly (?).