Help me! Shower sill

curly2024z

11 months ago

last modified: 11 months ago

Help me with shower sill color. My bathroom vanity is green with champagne bronze faucets and Metallica mirrors. Pine floors. Green wall tile installed this week. I will be using black plumbing fixtures instead of gold. Hard to find gold in configuration I wanted and gold disappeared in green tile so went with black. Enclosing shower with glass doors with black hardware.Here is my dilemma....contractor has brought black granite for shower sill and niche base. Is this going to look to stark? I am not sure it will be cohesive with the vanity side. Wondering if I should run out in the morning and get a white or cream piece to use for the sill. My vanity top is viatera clarino quartz.

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dani_m08

11 months ago

last modified: 11 months ago

First - your vanity color is nice + your floors are pretty!

HOWEVER - I'm sorry - but I also think that those Ming green marble fan tiles do not belong in the niche. I think it will ruin the look of your shower. First, the green color is too bright compared to the muted colors in the wall and floor tiles.

Personally, I would have made the niche so that it = one of your shower tiles. That way all of the grout lines would match (no slivers/odd cuts needed around niche) and one piece of wall tile would work on the back wall of the niche.

You still could use the wall tile for the back of the niche - or if you really want to use a different tile inside the niche, I'd use your penny rounds - and use the same material you purchased for your curb to outline the niche + for the bottom shelf (I think you purchased white?). I also would have the vanity countertop match the white used for the shower pieces.

I was going to use my floor tile inside my niche - but at the last minute decided to just run my wall tile through the niche (niche was custom sized in order to line up with grout lines). I think using the wall tile was the right decision. However, I know some people like to add an accent tile in the niche - the problem here is that the accent tile selected doesn't match the other tiles used in the shower (plus, introducing a third tile into the shower is not a good idea - especially since the pieces for the top of the curb + bottom of the niche will also be a different material).

You stated that you were only using pieces for the curb (shower sill) + bottom of niche - what are you using for sides and top of niche? It would really be best to use the same solid material all the way around the niche.

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curly2024z
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11 months ago
curly2024z
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11 months ago
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JAN MOYER
11 months ago
last modified: 11 months ago
Use the counter material for the threshold and niche base . You are showing a green tile for WHAT "wall," the vanity wall? The niche? The penny tile is shower floor? Why is that not already in place?! What is the waterproofing?!

The niche has no reason to be highlighted with green tile, repeat the shower wall tile on the back of niche.

Bottom line is I see no reason for the green tile.......anywhere. Return it and paint the walls. It's too much going on : )

The vanity "green" is an accent to neutral. Paint, towels art add more green......no to the green tile both for color and shape.
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thinkdesignlive
11 months ago
^ditto^
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JAN MOYER
11 months ago
I don't want to pile on......but

What were you going for here?

The pine floor is very nice with the green vanity, The counter and penny tile with shower walls? Fine

The "Metals"

I'd want the lav faucet to match the shower plumbing.

You want a brass accent? Use it for cabinet hardware and mirrors, and towel accessories.

The mirrors? Share no flavor with ANYTHING except they are black.

And again......what is the waterproofing?
millworkman
11 months ago
" And again......what is the waterproofing? "

Jan, I see the Kerdi in the back of the niche and on the curb so that would be the waterproofing. Assuming all detailed properly behind the tile but who knows at the least they have a quality waterproofing system.
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JAN MOYER
11 months ago
^^

I still never trust walls first, shower floor last..: )

Got hung up on those little green tiles too lol
curly2024z
Original Author
11 months ago
last modified: 11 months ago
curly2024z
Original Author
11 months ago
Thanks to all. Ordered quartz curb this morning, so not using black curb. To clarify, the shower pan is schluter and walls are goboard. The floor was done first as it should be. The shower floor is covered since they are working on the walls now.
millworkman
11 months ago
" I still never trust walls first, shower floor last..: ) "

Cardboard over the tile floor JAN MOYER. We need to assume the detailing is correct but at least the OP has a fighting chance as opposed to many we see here.
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JAN MOYER
11 months ago
^^^

OOOhhhhh yeah. Remind me eye doctor appointment lol: )
curly2024z
Original Author
11 months ago
curly2024z
Original Author
11 months ago
The shower is the only place using tile. The shower is recessed across from vanity.No tile at vanity. Penny tile on floor. Niche to be the feather accent pieces. Larger tile on shower walls. Bathroom floor is heart pine. This is a country home, not NYC. Things are constructed correctly it is just design choice was off. Got it covered! Ordered a quartz sill this morning. Thanks for the input!
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JAN MOYER
11 months ago
Still no , her

"Niche to be the feather accent pieces."

Sorry, nothing country there either: )

Save some $$ and return the insignificant and not needed.