I love your selections and see them as warm/neutral tones. Why are you thinking gray? While I would hesitate to paint the room a cream color, something a bit darker would be pretty, tho make sure it is not white/yellow based. If you are entertaining blue, SW dutch tile blue would be lovely with those colors.

I have questions. Why not use the Daltile in Biscuit since it is still available.

i am assuming your floor is unpolished?

Why nit see if the polished will still coordinate ?

Polished and unpolished look very different but because they are from the same tile they match.

My shower. Floors look much lighter than the walls but no doubt they go together.

If I am missing something, another option would be to find muti toned tile.

Bedrosian in cream or the Montauk.

eld6161 I have considered using the biscuit tile in another size. I need to see how they coordinate, made over 20 years apart. Our current floor tile is what I would call a matte finish. I'm really trying to see if I could come up with something that makes it look like the floor tile is intentional.

I was considering a color, like a blue tile or something that contrasts, and then using a biscuit tile in a pattern. Fireclay has some examples of what I'm getting at.

For example, use a biscuit square tile and mix in a solid color subway tile in a pattern. I get hung up on visualizing the biscuit color because I tend to think it looks better in white.

Or, picture this in a blue and biscuit color palette.

Or doing it more tone on tone like you're suggesting, but I do worry about the floor tile looking flat and like it's from another era (because it is) against tiles that look more modern with different sheens and tones.

Also, when I look at the options I shared above from Fireclay, I worry they don't go with the other elements that I've chosen. Which aren't yet set in stone and could be changed, I guess.

Paula, I'm mostly looking for tile I can work into my bathroom shower to coordinate with the existing biscuit-colored floor tile. The reason I suggested the paint color is that I find those blue/green/gray tones make the biscuit tile look less yellow, which is my goal. I haven't chosen a paint color yet, it was just an idea of the direction I was going with the vanity finish, mirrors, wall color, etc. But I'm really looking for ideas on shower tile to go with the existing floor tile.

Have you gotten quotes for demoing the floor and replacing it? If so, what percentage of your over all budget will it be? I completely understand needing to budget, however, it seems a waste of new fixtures, vanity, and shower tile to have it all driven by 27 year old floors. I'd rather save until you can afford a new floor as well.

Even if you stick with the biscuit floor, I wouldn't get a biscuit tub. It is going to clash with a white toilet, white sink bowl. You will just be perpetuating more of what you dislike about the floor. Also, your vanity selection has too much yellow in the wood to pair with a biscuit floor.

If you were starting from a blank slate, what would you want your bathroom to look like? What colors and what style?

Kendrah We have a Kohler biscuit toilet that is being kept. We have biscuit colored sinks and will get new biscuit colored sinks with new countertops. We're keeping the existing vanity, and I'm refinishing it (I do this for work). We're not moving any fixtures and only want to tile the fiberglass shower and replace the non-working jacuzzi tub with the Kohler tub. We're planning to sell in 2-3 years. This is the only part of our home that hasn't been updated, and we only want to get rid of the fiberglass and the non working tub, so what I really want my bathroom to look like isn't that important. I want it functioning, clean, and refreshed.

palimpsest

Thanks. I just ordered samples of the Daltile color wheel classics in biscuit in various shapes, some matte and some glossy. The Keystones look much yellower online, but I'll see what the color wheel looks like when it arrives and go from there. Original owners in our neighborhood said it was biscuit, as someone had leftover tile in their garage, and it was noted on the plans for their homes. We ordered the Kohler biscuit toilet about 8 years ago, and it coordinates well with the tile.

Thinking I may go all biscuit but vary the shapes for the shower, and then I need to decide on a paint color. Probably harder than choosing tile.

That bathroom, with that color tile, should never have been painted gray, but someone couldn't resist the very bossy and 15 year long "Gray Trend".

chispa I have no idea what color it is. We bought the house 10 years ago and have done nothing other than replace the toilet in this bathroom. The trim is very white, which I think is worse than the gray. I was leaning towards more blue/greens, but the tile is a hard color to make look fresh.

Lots of gray recommendations here, so who knows! https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-best-paint-colours-for-an-almond-bathroom/

You are selling in 2-3 years? You are only replacing tub and shower walls? Toilet and sinks are biscuit too?

Why are you even trying to do a colored or patterned tile layout? You are over thinking this.

Get the same biscuit tile for the shower and call it a day.

Color match the wall and ceiling paint to biscuit, that way you won’t have another color that contrasts that clashes with biscuit. Hang art to bring in color or interest.

Your lighting and mirror choices already look like out dates modern farmhouse decor. Nothing wrong with them if you love them but they are not going to make your bathroom feel refreshed in two years. Leave the large mirror.

We're replacing the shower, tub, and countertop with sinks. The cabinet mirrors are being hung (the only items already underway). Unlike the large mirror, I don't find the mirror medicine cabinets outdated at all, so that is not a concern of mine. I was asking if anyone had ideas on a colored tile that might coordinate with a biscuit/cream/tan color, like this, not to contrast or clash, but to coordinate. That is all.

First question I have is what is outside of the bathroom - what colors do you have in the rest of the house and how are you planning on making this room look like it belongs with the rest of the house? ?

Your keeping the biscuit floors, toilet, sinks and tub.

You are selling in 2 to 3 years - so every dollar you spend on your bathroom is going to bring back 50 cents when you sell - the other money is being gifted to the new owner.

That said, I would not spend more than absolutely necessary. The broken jacuzzi tub has to be replaced. Anything broken has got to go. Anything overly warn or in bad shape needs to be refreshed.

Have you found a countertop that works well with the tile floor?

I wouldn't replace the mirror or lighting or faucets.

I would get rid of the side mirror - medicine cabinet.

To reduce the yellow look of the tile you need to avoid colors that contrast with the yellows.

Nothing too bright white, nothing too clean and crisp and nothing too blue. Blue and yellow are complementary colors and blue will make yellow undertones appear more yellow.

My niece bought a home with antique white cabinets in the bathrooms with biscuit color flooring and shower tile. She loves blue and wanted the bedroom painted Wedgewood Gray, which is pretty blue. It made the cabinets and tile scream yellow. Since her bedding and area rug has both blues and greens I suggested trying October Mist in the bathroom. It tied the two rooms together without making everything in the bathroom scream yellow.

I would paint the trim either to match the biscuit or a lighter tint of the biscuit. Where are you located (in general) and what is your target market? Much of the country is much slower than adapting trends than the coasts or certain metropolitan areas and people who do not follow design are also not very trend driven. People for the most part will be happier with a neutral palette than they will be worried about the trendiness of the light fixtures or mirrors. Trends come and go but most people do not throw out light fixtures every five years.

Jennifer Hogan

Much of my house is neutral with blues here and there. Incidentally, I realized my laundry room is kind of biscuit/cream/tan with a white washer/dryer. It was done some time ago and is fine. I don't even know what colors are in there. Kitchen is white dove cabinets/blue island/walnut on island and shelving. The powder room on the first floor is actually BM Brush Blue and has the original Kohler biscuit sink and a new Kohler biscuit toilet we installed. I actually think the blue made the biscuit look almost light cream in that bathroom. We have 4 bathrooms. They all have Kohler biscuit fixtures. The primary bathroom is the only one with biscuit tile floors. The faucets in the primary are also needing to be replaced as they are cheap, and one is broken. Since we're replacing those, getting a new tub (and faucet), we're likely going with polished nickel. The rest of the house is neutral/hardwoods throughout, except the basement, which has brand new carpet and LVP in one room and near the basement door.

Regarding the mirrors, they are going in. The side medicine cabinets have come out. The mirrors were $49 each from Pottery Barn Outlet and retail for $600 a piece. I'm not concerned with money spent on them, as they were a bargain. The tub doesn't work, we've never used it, so it should be replaced. The fiberglass shower is awful looking and has a curtain hanging as the previous owners removed the glass/brass door, but the track remains. It is an eyesore.

As for countertops, something neutral, but not white. The place we've had countertops made is excellent at steering us in the right direction, as they did with our kitchen and an outdoor pavilion we had built. In the end, I guess I'm leaning as neutral as possible and changing what isn't functioning.

palimpsest We're in the north east, a suburb of a large metro area. Our neighborhood (small, only 25 homes) attracts families with younger children. It's been turning over slowly since some original owners started downsizing. Most homes sell for near or just over 1 million. So we're trying to eventually sell a home that has functioning fixtures at minimum, but not trying to renovate extensively as we've done A LOT in our time here.

I guess I am going to go as neutral as possible and hope the biscuit tile I ordered coordinates, and then maybe do a classic subway shape in the shower.

QUESTION - you are removing a fiberglass shower surround - will you be installing some type of solid surface shower pan OR will you have a custom tiled shower pan?

"I was considering a color, like a blue tile or something that contrasts, and then using a biscuit tile in a pattern."

Do biscuit tiles have a yellow undertone to them? I know that almond tiles do.

"I'm trying to make the tile not come across too yellow."

Blue is the complement (opposite) of yellow = placing blue near almond—a creamy, yellowish-beige—creates a high-contrast effect. This contrast can make the yellow undertones in the almond appear more vibrant and pronounced, rather than softening them. However, I don't know if biscuit tiles have a yellow undertone also.

Regarding the possible paint selection - you added the below link from Kylie M - it is for paint recommendations for almond bathrooms. Again, I don't know how close almond is to biscuit. I've only had white sinks/tubs/toilets.

Lots of gray recommendations here, so who knows! https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-best-paint-colours-for-an-almond-bathroom/

Did you look at the colors vs. the name of the colors that Kylie M recommends for an almond bathroom? I clicked the link because I was surprised that Kylie M would pair a true gray paint color with almond fixtures/flooring.

Here are the colors that she recommends:

SW Mega Greige:

BM Smoked Oyster:

SW Urbane Bronze and SW Porpoise:

She also mentions other paint colors related to the ones she recommended above - some have "gray" in their names - but if you pull up the color, they aren't "true grays."

Based upon your photos, biscuit seems to be more of an off white (and closer to white than to almond). It would be helpful if you matched a paint color to your tiles/tub/sink if you want to receive possible shower tiles that will look nice with your floor/sink/toilet. Right now, it seems like it's difficult to suggest anything other than using a Daltile Biscuit tile.

If you decide to use a Daltile Biscuit tile, you could add interest by using a different pattern for installation. For example, if you purchased a rectangular tile (below is Biscuit K175 which I understand is matched to Kohler Biscuit fixtures):

The above shows just a few of the installation patterns that you could use (they are ones that are being used more often today).

If you weren't planning on selling in the next few years, I would probably decide on something other than the above to use = something more fun/colorful? The above is a safe choice for resale. You could also find a tile that looks like stone that coordinates with biscuit - but has other colors than just solid biscuit.

The biscuit does not read as a yellow like the almond, most biscuit finishes read a little more taupey than the almond.

It's really all kind of relative if all the fixtures and tile are biscuit. They are just going to read as an off white if they are not contrasted with bright white porcelain or trim. They are going to be the baseline neutral rather than white being the baseline.

Most homes sell for near or just over 1 million.

This bathroom will be gutted by the new owners no matter what you do to it. You've already sunk $ into what will be ripped out and you will not recoup the value.

I'd stop while you are ahead but seems you want to barrel on. So do a matching biscuit subway tile and biscuit tub. Throw on whatever paint you wish. Call it a day.

Kendrah

It's really OK. I promise this is costing you nothing. I'm not sure why you seem so offended, like it's going to come out of your own pocket. Not one person who has moved into the 3 homes that have turned over in our neighborhood in the past 2 years has gutted a bathroom, and they were all original, but had functioning fixtures! And if they do gut it, so be it. For the next 2-3 years, I'll have a much nicer functioning bathroom to enjoy.

Thank you to those who answered the question I originally asked.

Barreling on...

This is actually funny considering all of the comments. I just looked at one of the neighbors' homes that sold last year, and they updated their shower, but kept their builder biscuit floor tile and painted everything BLUE-pale walls, darker, purply-er cabinets, but blue!!! What are the chances?! :D

When looking at the rest of your home the biscuit makes sense. Your kitchen cabinets and trim are soft, creamy whites, not stark whites.

The blue in your bathroom and the blue and green in the wallpaper is dark and contrasting well with the biscuit.

Your neighbors bathroom is a lesson on what works and does not work.

The blue gray cabinets are dark enough to make the biscuit look like a soft, creamy white.

The light blue walls make the trim, door and floors look dingy, yellowed, what my mom would have called "old tooth colored".

In your own home the bathroom that you finished has beautiful dark navy paint and the beautiful greens and blues in the wallpaper that are less saturated and darker than the biscuit colored sink and toilet.

Jennifer Hogan

I agree that the neighbor's light blue makes the tile look more dingy, while the darker color makes it look soft and creamy.

And yes, there is nothing white or stark in my house. It's all very creamy and neutral with pops of blue throughout. I am actually glad for this thread, as I'm now liking the idea of a monochromatic future bath.

As recommended by many trying to match Kohler biscuit fixtures, I'm going to try BM White Down. I have White Dove on my kitchen cabinets. Dove Wing on my kitchen walls. Something similar in my laundry (I can't remember what colors I used in there, it was pre-kitchen reno). So I have a lot of, kind of, "tone on tone" areas, and I think it will work well with the rest of the house.

Interestingly, their tub, toilet, and shower tile look white, rather than as biscuit-ish as their floor. Do you think they skipped biscuit in those areas and just went with white or is it just the coloring from the picture on my screen that may be reading it differently? I also find listing photos to be way overexposed most of the time.

They kept their mirror, original lighting, and made a real pop of color with the vanity. I think the vanity color draws your attention away from all of the near miss neutrals and is a good choice. The matching artwork lifts your eyes up too. I bet not a single person who looked at this home paid attention to the floor color in this bathroom.

Tone on tone should work and will flow with the rest of your home. Test the white next to the floor and trim to make sure it works with both. The other option is to use the same white as your trim. Another option would be a green similar to the green in the wall paper in the other bathroom, or you could use the same colors as your other bath for your towels and accents in that bathroom.

I received the Daltile biscuit tile samples. I ordered a few shapes and ordered both matte and glossy.

I eliminated using the glossy. I didn't care for that, and my floor is matte. The new tile matches my nearly 30-year-old floor tile quite well. I think it's slightly lighter but very tone on tone. They only had certain shapes available in samples when I ordered, so I'm still deciding on a shape for the shower walls and floor.

I was considering adding a colored tile accent in the shower. Similar to this photo. But then, I'd have to replicate it elsewhere, perhaps. I will also have tile around the new tub so I can repeat a tile trim there.

Also interestingly, when I held the biscuit tile against my BM White Dove kitchen cabinetry, it coordinates fairly well. I may consider painting the room this color to tie into other parts of the house. I'm still going to try BM White Down, too.

This is a link to someone's home who shared pictures of White Down with White Dove Trim. Thought it may be helpful for you to see.

https://imgur.com/a/S3epiDd

I would order samplize samples of both colors before deciding. Trim and cabinet paint is sometimes a little different than the wall paint, and usually has a glossier finish than the walls which makes it appear whiter/lighter than ess shiny sheens..

I am not sure I would add the accent color unless you are using it to tie to decor in an adjoining room or another element in the room.

Jennifer Hogan

Thanks for the white down/white dove photos. Very helpful. I think the white down will go very well since the white dove is a little lighter in person.

I don't really have anything in the adjoining rooms to tie into an accent tile, and I'm not in love with it, so probably keeping it simple is best. We're heading to the countertop fabricator next week to see options for the solid surfaces (countertop and tub deck). Thinking of keeping it simpler there as well, but also don't want the space to be one bland biscuit.

You have the cabinet which I thought you were refinishing in a wood tone and then you will have your towels and a small carpet or two, a vase or something on the counter and your fixtures.

It is a small space and won't need much color to keep it from being a sea of neutral.

I think it is going to mimic your kitchen - mostly off white with a touch of black and a touch of wood.