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Modern bathroom decisions Part II: materials
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Posted by staceyneil (My Page) on Fri, Nov 6, 09 at 12:38
| (Cross posted to Home Decorating)
Thank you so much for your layout input, folks!! Now I have one last fairly major decision I need to make, so hoping you might like to chime in.
In the last 2 days I've changed my mind about using the honey onyx mosaic tile... I fell in love with a fabulous calacatta gold mosaic. I don't have a photo of it, it is a unique sort of random pattern, basically in the 1.5" x 1.5" size range but with a lot of slivers and cut-off corners. Beautiful, and still pulling in some warm golds and greys. So that's going on the shower floor, and probably in the niches. I guess the shower curn will be made of 12x12 calacatta gold tiles cut down and bullmosed. Same with the niche shelves.
The floor is a lovely 12 x 24 porcelaing tile by Iris called Oyster Brushstroke. Off-white (sort of grey/beige) with a lightly varied, matte/textured surface.
The walls in the shower, behind the tub and sink are a very WHITE glass mosaic. It is not blue-ish like my pictures show, more a clean bright white with no color variation but some surface dimpling which I hope will keep it from being too uniform. This material is really pretty non-negotiable, since I found an incredible deal on it ($2.50/sf). I can't afford to use anything else because I need so much of it! I am putting my $$ into other bling materials with less square footage instead, I think.
Vanity and wall cabinet by toilet will be mahogany, on stainless legs with 2 white porcelain sinks like Ronbow (semi-recessed.) Faucets are Kohler Purist. Toilet is Toto Aquia III, tub is Kohler ARcher drop-in.
Here's my dilemma!!!!!
Should the tub deck be tiled with the same floor tile..... or should it be tiled with 12 x 12 calacatta gold marble tiles?
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RE: Modern bathroom decisions Part II: materials
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| In my opinion and from what I've seen, the tub deck is often the same as the wall. I think it would look nice this way b/c visually it would be seamless. Or you could do the deck in the white glass mosaic and the surround of the tub in the calcutta. But I think to be true to a modern sensibility if you stick with one tile. I vote for the glass mosaic. Good luck. it's a beautiful bath. We too are going with the Purist faucet but in Smile. |
RE: Modern bathroom decisions Part II: materials
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| Interesting. My architect brother voted for the white glass mosaic as the tub deck, apron, and wall surround as well. The tile store lady, however, voted for the floor tile. She said it will be a lot easier to keep clean, which makes sense. Oh- I am so torn now!! |
RE: Modern bathroom decisions Part II: materials
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| I vote for the glass mosaic for seamless look as well. Even when I read your description of the mosaic on the wall etc I was thinking about how cleaning could be a lot of work. But, if you've chosen the mosaics there anyways, what's a bit more of cleaning? With that, you will admire the look and fall in love with your bath everyday! Seems like it's going to be a fabulous bath. Hope you finish soon; cannot wait to see finished pix. |
RE: Modern bathroom decisions Part II: materials
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| Thanks folks. We are leaning towards doing the tub deck in white mosaics as well. That keeps the floor tile ONLY on the floor, and the only calacatta marble is the cool mosaic on the shower floor, and the shower and bathtub wall niches. My only dilemma with that design is what to do on the shower curb (where the frameless glass wall and door will be). Lots of folks here, including Bill Vincent, think a solid curb is much better. But I really can't see a material that works for this design!!!!! I see lots of showers in magazines and on line with glass mosaic curbs, so I just don't know... :( homey_bird... we're hoping to get the tile done around Thanksgiving, so perhaps I will have finished pics sometime around Christmas? (probably am jinxing myself by saying that. Our kitchen/LR/Dr reno, started in April, is STILL incomplete because this bathroom mold problem necessitated shifting focus mid-project. Argh.) |
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