Are you 100% sure you want travertine throughout? In my area it is found in many 1980 to early 2000 homes and new buyers are ripping them out and replacing with engineered wood or LVP. They were very popular during the "brown trend" and faux Tuscan/Mediterranean builds.

@chispa Thanks. I actually am very intentional in my selection of travertine. My last two houses have had travertine, and I like it. Our current house has slate throughout much of the house. We really don't care for the vinyl floors, at all.

@Sabrina Alfin Interiors Thank you, that's a pretty tile. We are getting the flat-top stone, for the very reason you mentioned. Our friends have a country place that's very rustic and pretty, but the stones are rounded in their guest bath, and it's not comfortable.

This article might be helpful. You basically have to install the flooring stone by stone if you don't want to see the seams of the pebble tile sheets.

How to Hide Stone Mosaic Tile Seams

https://austin-tile-pro.com/2018/08/24/stone-mosaic-tile-seams/

This below is not regular travertine. It might be Walnut Travertine

These samples below are Travertine

The samples below are Walnut and Silver Travertine.

@BeverlyFLADeziner Thank you. I believe that one of the travertine you shared looks to me like a pinkish beige Patara, which is a very nice travertine that I almost picked, but decided we needed the light walnut tones instead. I chose the light walnut travertine from Italy for my home, because we have hand-scraped hickory going into the family room and bedrooms, and I liked the way they worked together in our old house.

I'm very grateful to you for sharing the installation information on the pebble tile; I think I will want to ride herd on the tile installer a little to make sure we do it that way.

Here's another bath I really liked, which has the flooring we have, and a vanity like the one we are installing. I really like this bath, but I think the designer used Zellige tiles, which I think are a little trendier and a little higher on the budget (I'm seeing over $25 per square foot before installation) than I think suits our needs. But I like the feeling of this space.

Might you have advice on a shower tile you think would work with this space, as a classic and cost-effective option? My husband has definitively said "NO SUBWAY TILE" so I have to work around that. I also lean to matte or satin rather than glossy tiles.

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I would not have 3 tiles plus the countertop which makes 4 colors of stone for the bath. Sounds very busy.

I would continue the Walnut Travertine into the shower floor but in 1x4" mosaic.

Then White Marble for the shower walls and white marble vanity top. The shower threshold would be white marble against the walnut floors. It's a very nice look that we did and we love it.

Also white marble for the tub area, and white for the outside of the shower pony walls and tub walls.

@tracefloyd Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I think the photo I shared, has three types of tile -- travertine versailles pattern, pebble shower floor and Zellige on shower walls -- plus the countertop. Somehow they pulled it off. I think it's a lovely room, and I would love to be able to figure out a way to do so without paying $25 a square foot before labor for the shower walls.

Your marble sounds wonderful, as well. I bet it really is lovely. I've never thought to do marble in a shower; what do you use to clean it?

If you wish to see the Travertine in your room, you can download an image of your bathroom to FloorandDecor.com website which has the 'Visualizer' feature for you to use.

Here are two different types of Walnut Travertine

Thank you for the like.

You don't have to use marble, any white tile. We got honed marble so we could use any cleaner but any marble will etch. Looks great anyway it's such a nice stone.

I looked more closely at the photo, white threshold I described. And the pebble does look good. We also have the white walls like that.

We have a small house/bath and the same color for shower floor appears more expansive. In your case with the walnut floors everywhere is a different story.

Thank you for the input. I think I may hit a local spot next week to find a wall tile for the shower.

IMO bathroom tiles are best when not a bunch od mixed stuff I like12 x24 porcelain tile on both bathroom floors and shower walls with the same tile only smaller for the shower floor. This keeps that most of the space space simple and allows wall color , accessories to change with no isse for the tile not working . I do not like travertine and slate in the same space ever . In you casr the same for the tub surround too. You could possibly go much large tile if you hav a great tile setter who has experince with large format tile but keep it simple you will love it a lot longer

Nobody was talking about putting travertine and slate in the same place. But thank you.