It can either look really dramatic or too dark, depending on the size of the room as well as your other components. I've attached a couple of images of our work using dark tiles, the smaller bathroom we have surrounded the bath with dark tiles but then balance it with an extra large mirror to bounce the light around the room. The larger bathroom we have taken the floor colour way onto the wall but used a different texture on the walls for drama. Hopefully this gives you more of an idea but you shouldn't to nervous of the room being dark, it's where you can create a contrast as well as textures. Look forward to seeing what you go with in the end.

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HI there! If your looking to save money, then perhaps look into a stainless steel or ceramic walk in shower tray instead? This negates the need for waterproofing / screening / membrane etc and they can look really awesome! Some top architects are using stainless steel trays with timbers and dark tiles and it looks amazing!! Your bathroom looks great with your current tiles on the floor and the beautiful timber joinery frames so I think stainless steel would work in really well with this. If you want to do a proper walk in tiled bathroom, perhaps talk to Warm Up. They do fully tiled walk in showers as well. (not just underfloor heating) and are pretty well priced for what they do. Or companies like the below, this way you get a fully waterproofed, warrantied system. https://www.warmup.co.nz/heating-products/tiled-shower-solutions/ https://plumbingplus.co.nz/products/newline-devon-walk-in-tile-showers-chrome/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwov3nBRDFARIsANgsdoEDYdqIeqSs3rRrHYbLz_EYd94uS6q8F14DoAar6b_Q_b9piXPpNugaAg3cEALw_wcB If you do decide to do a tiled walk in shower, I would recommend doing a completely different tile, rather than one that looks similar. It always ends up looking like you have tried to match and not very good so best to go with something thats clearly different. Perhaps a mosaic or a white 300x75 brick effect tile? Artedomus have some great ranges https://www.artedomus.co.nz/mosaics?gclid=Cj0KCQjwov3nBRDFARIsANgsdoGNwkaKMFgFIbGReFg8qFVIzMZjG5MPPsiLxKmAz9rdvsIa-TIfWRgaAucgEALw_wcB All the best with your renovation :)

after tiling to the ceiling in my high ceiling old bathroom i've decided that "next time" i would prefer to keep the tiles in line with the top of the architraves around doors and windows...tiles are there for a long time and so many tiles make me feel like i'm in a public bathroom and although i love the look of the new bathroom i miss the opportunity for some colour and/or texture with paint or wallpaper that can be changed so much more easily, cheaply and more often that extra high tiled walls