I need bathroom design help

[ponyhairs]

So, we are building a new guest bathroom and renovating our primary bathroom.  I finally decided on the tile for the guest bathroom (and if you have any suggestions for floor tile I'll take them).
The back wall of the shower is going to have this tile 3/4 of the way up  with these large subway tiles on the wing walls and up to the ceiling  and these small white subway tiles on the shower floor .  This vanity  this light fixture and this faucet 
I know the orange is a bold choice, but it's my daughter's favorite color because it was my H's favorite color and I wanted to bring a little bit of him into her bathroom.  

Which brings me to the primary bathroom.  Other than the light fixture above being the same for both rooms and using this faucet, , I am totally lost.  I want to stick to fairly neutral so that I don't hate it in 5 or 10 years, but also don't want it to be too boring.  I prefer sticking with cooler tones like moody grays and brighter whites, over warm, earthier tones.  I have been toying with purple, but in this family 
I LOVE this tile  but feel like it would be too dark in a whole shower and the room won't have any natural light so I don't want it to be too cave-y.  I have been looking at large format tile for the walls because I hate grout lines, but most of the matte versions I like are too warm and I feel like polished feels too 80's.  No marble because this bitch is lazy and the upkeep is just something I will never do and I'm also on a budget.
I hate this.  I hate making these types of decisions.  I'm so sick of thinking about tile and colors and cannot wait to be done.  Please help me.  I feel like I just need a good jumping off point with at least a color scheme to work with.  

[adelbert]

Honestly I think that gray tile is great and if you love it, you should use it. If you keep everything else a white tone I also don't think it would be too dark and that takes care of your color scheme. I also really like the more narrow tiles in gray tones as well. Not sure if that is your taste.

[nymama917]

I love the bathroom for your daughter! I just came in to say I was worried about having dark tile but I just re-did my master shower and did navy tile. We don't have a ton of natural light but it looks awesome and it's definitely not too dark. We have a light paint color and the dark tile is a little funky and fun. So dont' be afraid of it!

[wasabi]

Feb 23, 2024 4:55:53 GMT -6 adelbert said:

Honestly I think that gray tile is great and if you love it, you should use it. If you keep everything else a white tone I also don't think it would be too dark and that takes care of your color scheme. I also really like the more narrow tiles in gray tones as well. Not sure if that is your taste.

The tile on the left is amazing

Omg my brain doesn’t work. I meant the right. But I love the left too so oh well lol

[wasabi]

(I’m sorry I’m not a lot of help) I like the grey too, and I love the purple. Have you decided on a vanity? I’m really liking the light oak if you want to do something other than white



Although I don’t think I’d do grey with that.


I also love that orange tile! It’s gonna be so fun.

[ponyhairs]

Just an update, the amazing orange tile is now out of stock until the end of March  so we can't use it, but I found this design that I love instead.  It's going to waterfall diagonally down the back of the shower wall.


For the master, I have actually been pining away over this tile and finally decided to just bite the bullet and spend the money and use it.  
  it's glass tile and I love how it changes color depending on how you look at it.  The whole back of the shower wall will be in this tile and then I'm going to do a couple of rows behind the vanity as well.
The side walls are going to be large gray subway and I'm going to do a matching grey hex for the shower floor.  
 and this is the color vanity with gold hardware (faucets will be gold as well) and the countertop .

[adelbert]

Ooh that gray glass tile is fantastic!!

[clucky]

See you have an update, but as a fellow hater of grout cleaning, I wanted to comment. The orange is lovely. We ended up going with Onyx panels in alabaster. It has matching silicone to seal the edges and is installed on regular drywall. It is my favorite part of our bathroom update. We went for solid, but there are other options, like subway tile look or inlay option. We clean with window cleaner. So easy. My parents have a shower pan. They have mentioned the bit of scrubbing on the texture, but would choose it again.