Love your wall color. Can you post a pic? Will help us give you better feed back. What is your shower enclosure? How much will the arabesque tile be seen? It sounds like a lot of look to me in a small room and then with an intricate floor pattern too. If you like a maximalist vibe maybe it could work together?

Do you mean penny tile on the floor of the shower or on the floor of the room? If on the shower floor, there won't be enough space for the flower pattern to repeat too many times and the look will be lost.

I have seen loads of poor penny intallations on Houzz. For some reason they are harder to get right than hex. What are your thoughts about black and white hex with flower on the bathroom floor?

Thank you for your quick reply! I had this color in my former home’s bathroom & liked it so much that I painted the bathroom in my new home the same. (Why mess with a good thing?)

The shower floor will be a solid black pan (already purchased.) Yes, agree, the bathroom floor will be black and white hexagon penny tiles, not the round penny tiles. I should have been clearer.

I like a calm look so I thought instead of the popular 3 inch arabesque wall tiles, maybe the arabesque tile should be white 5x6 or 6x6 inch pieces to contrast with the small one inch floor tiles?? I don’t want a busy look so I may just do a black hexagon floor border with a white center. The shower is being tiled first so that I can decide on the floor pattern with the walls in view.

I will take some photos tomorow in the daylight and post them here. Thank you again!

EDIT: photos are up.

No, no, no, no, When you select Arabesque, then items around it must not compete with the shape.

IMO that just too much going on in 3 ft of space.

Thank you for these photos. I’ll be posting some of my bathroom tomorrow.

Photos of my current bathroom now included. Thank you.

If the black square is the shower base, you don't need any tiles for the flooring. It appears to have a textured non slip surface.

I agree with Beverly that arabesque and and penny tile don't go together. Arabesque doesn't seem like a good fit for a rural/lake ranch either, so I would do a patterned floor and keep the shower walls plain subway. Do you like traditional, rustic or MCM? You can go in a lot of different directions with black and white.

Like Beverly said, some of these shower pans are designed to be the shower floor, so check what you have to see if it is meant to have tile installed on it, or if it is the base by itself.

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I must be crazy, but I think you could pull this off. The grout for the arabesque tiles must match the tile color so you don't necessarily see the pattern until you are close to it. Same idea with the floors - white grout so its really the black flowers that stand out. You better have an awesome tile guy!

I know these aren't your colors, but plenty of mixed patterns. Are you keeping that cool vanity? I think the uniqueness of all of that is what could help make it work.

Side note - I would leave the window alone. It doesn't need to be in the shower.

Good luck - Be sure to post after pictures!

No to the window in the shower. Why risk water damage to a window if not needed?

If you are wed to arabesque tiles, Debbi's idea of matching grout is a good one. Otherwise, this the combo of lake cabin plus your vanity, arabesque, and lighting, is going to run the risk of a garish 1970s look.

Note the size of your visible floors space what few repeats of the floral pattern you will have. Is it worth it to have that pattern? I wouldn't do a black border in this size and shaped bathroom. It is going to be very choppy and make the room look smaller.

@BeverlyFLADeziner You are right. The shower pan is non-slip. This will not be tiled. It is the bathroom floor that will be tiled. The shower walls and bathroom floor will not ”touch.” They will be separated by the black shower pan.

@RedRyder Thank you. I took your suggestion and brought these (below) home. The tile designer suggested I go with round penny floor tile on the bathroom floor over the hexes (shower floor will not be tiled) as the round lines compliment the arabesque.

@Debbi Washburn Thank you for finding these photos for me! The second one you posted is what I had in mind. Above photo includes the samples I brought home today with a cookie tray to simulate the shower pan.😁 Yes, I selected the corner vanity as part of the remodel and love its curvy shape.

@Kendrah Yes, thank you for these helpful suggestions. For the bathroom floor, regardless of pattern or no pattern, I plan a black border. Then I thought I’d start with an all white center…of course, this will be the final step after the shower is done. If anything, I would do a sparse flower pattern after the fact, by popping out an occasional white tile (thank you Pinterest!)

If you choose penny tile for the floor, read up on best practices for installation and make sure your tile guy has experience with penny tile. Improperly installed sheets show visible lines so typically sheets are staggered.

If I had a 1945 house, I'd choose a black and white porcelain basketweave tile floor and matching light subway tile for the shower walls. Probably wouldn't have selected a black shower pan as the soap and water spots would drive me nuts and I'd find myself squeegeeing the pan. Arabesque seems kind of "2010 kitchen backsplash" to me and doesn't relate well to penny tile.

I think it could work! I would not do a black floor though. Stay with the white tiles. I like the idea someone had of creating a border pattern . That could be great too.

Your tile guy might not love you for it!

Agreed the curve of the penny would look nicer with the arabesque, but I still would not do it unless your tile installer can show you acceptable pics of a penny tile installation that THEY have done.

Search penny tile and bathroom on Houzz discussions and you will see why. They are much more difficult to install well than hex tiles. If you are adding a border into the mix then even more chance for mismatched lines.

Interesting to learn that you got the vanity specifically for this project. (I assumed it was a remnant from a previous owner and you didn't want to spend more on the bathroom.) I think you you'll get feedback that a lot of your choices won't look good together. I don't think they look great together either. But the most important thing is YOUR vision. It sounds like you have a strong sense of your own aesthetic, know what looks good to you, and I'm glad you are going for it! You are not trying to resell your home. You are making a place that is to YOUR liking.

This is what many of the penny tile installations end up looking like. Mosaics look like they would be easy to install. How difficult can it be to install ready made mosaic sheets? Quite difficult and they are one of the harder tile types to install.

See photos in these links:

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5550089/hi-am-i-being-picky-or-is-this-bad-penny-tile-installation#n=18

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6221317/penny-tile-installation-dilemma#n=29

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5630252/penny-tile-focal-wall-master-bath-install-what-to-do#n=6

I think the hexagon tiles look better with the arabesque. I have no logical explanation but your photo of the options made my eyes think “Hmmm, the hex’s look good with the arabesque…..”

I LOVE penny tile floors but I also know they can get ruined by a bad installation. You need to have 110% confidence in your tile person. And if a border is in the plan, lay it out in advance to make sure it will work.

I appreciated everyone’s input so I wanted to give an update. Aside from installing the new window, my bathroom makeover is complete. I went a different route and am very happy. I’ll post photos below.