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Photos of existing bath, the tile you want in the shower, the 2 vanities on order, the new hardware, the quartz for the countertop, new sconces. Also floor plan for the bath.

If you only tile one shower wall, what would be on the other 2 shower walls?

Yeah, what Suki said. You sort of lost me at "fluted wood porcelain tile"...

Context is key and unfortunately your description does not offer much for us to help you with. Other than losing the fluted wood look tile..........................

Simple and light for floors

You may be OK with the added cleaning, but are you OK with such an overdone and poorly done bandwagon?

If you have to use the fluted tile in the shower, at least install it vertical, so it will be easier to rinse out the crud that will accumulate in the grooves.

Buy a sample fluted tile and put it in your current shower, safely attached to the wall at ankle height. See how long it takes to show mineral deposits and soap scum.

Wood-look tile can look realistic when installed where real wood is plausible. Since no one would use real wood in a shower, it would look unrealistic there.

Thankyou for all your comments. I did upload some additional pictures as suggested. I will be installing the tiles vertically. If I did just one wall, I was considering this on the other walls.

I think you will regret the fluted wood-look tile. What a nightmare to clean in the shower.

Shower tile is so expensive and labor intensive to change bc of waterproofing etc - because of that I am in the go safe camp - I’d skip the accent wall in there and just pick out a lovely classic tile that supports other elements in the room - if you want some drama, what about a striking countertop? so easy to change down the road if you tire of it

Consider your fluted wood tile as a full height backsplash at the vanity area

I agree with the other poster - you would never use wood in a shower. So, why use a wood look tile?

While we don't know the actual floor plan of the bathroom, from the photo taken from the doorway, the space appears somewhat small. Minimize the number of tiles used in the reno- so no accent wall of tile in the shower or in the doorway niche.

Use the same tile for room flooring and shower floor (smaller size of same tile) and a coordinating (not contrasting) tile for the shower walls.

There's no need to use tile in the entry niche since you said there wouldn't be a sink in that vanity, but if you must put tile there, have it be the same as the other space.

Ditto the other comments that a wood-look tile doesn't look appropriate in a bath.

I think your shower turned out beautifully. I’m considering similar wood look or fluted. How’s the upkeep/cleaning of your vertical wood tile been?

Thank you! Zero issues with cleaning! It can chip on install, make sure your installer is careful with that. Once installed though, it’s beautiful.

I think your bathroom turned out very nice! May I suggest one small easy to do tweak? Your baseboard and door trim white is very bright white compared to the off white vanities. You could either match the vanity color or better yet paint the base and trim to match the wall color. It would really elevate the look!

Yes I can see that in the pictures. Technically, the trim and cabinets are supposed to be the same colour but cabinet paint I find never quite looks the same. I think the difference is more pronounced in the pictures but I will definitely consider painting the trim the same as the wall colour. Thank you for your suggestion!