I think herringbone would look nice, but that basketweave looks fantastic!

The only time I have a problem (and this is for ANY size niche) is when it's an exterior wall. Especially up north, that can cause a cold spot in an area you want to be nice and warm for when you get nekkid! :-) Beyond that, though, there's no reason against having ANY size niche, so long as you have nothing in the wall cavity getting in the way (that can't be rerouted).

Thanks Bill. Actually our niche will be on an interior wall, so I guess we won't have that issue. The other side of the wall is our closet, and cross fingers...hopefully there is nothing else in the wall cavity to get in the way.

Love a large niche! We used granite left over from the countertop to make the shelves. The back of the niche is the same tile as the rest of the shower, but in a smaller format. We let the bottom shelf stick out just a little to provide a foot perch for leg shaving.

The one thing you shld think about (bc the accent tiles are expensive) is whether you want to spend that money and then use it in a niche where it gets covered up with plastic shampoo bottles. Kind of defeats the purpose. You may want to do an accent strip with the accent tile and then put a niche below it and/or hide one on the shower wall that isn't as visible ( such as a pony wall if you have one) .

Thanks for the suggestion dvarnell, but we are planning on doing a large niche(about 60" tall) with only the bottom ledge and no additional shelves, so you will be able to see the majority of the niche mosaic. We typically only have three bottles in the shower (shampoo, conditioner, and bodywash) and a razor so the large niche is more of a tile accent wall but serving as a niche as well.

Here is another online sample of a large niche, except this is much deeper than what we are planning on doing.
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