Where’s the door into the room?

I think I see it at the bottom of the pic, I thought it was a towel rail.

Sorry yes, bottom of the room

Any windows?

Anyone? No advice at all?

Are you thinking about floor to ceiling tiling on all 4 walls, or will some wall space be painted, Sarah? Knowing this may help people give advice.

Not extending the floor tile to the ceiling, just grey on the floor and white walls. Feature will be subway 75x300 just not sure which wall to do this on, if it will be too busy doing two walls (back and bath wall) and whether to do plain gloss or textured gloss subway (herringbone)

All other walls will be 300x600 matte white

I find it hard to visualise but suggest use the feature tile on the bath wall. I probably wouldn't use the subway tile in the shower area, purely from a cleaning factor - too many grout lines for mould to grow on! With the matt tiles elsewhere I would be a gloss feature tile. Are you thinking white or carrara look to match vanity and to tie in with ensuite?
Assume your 300x600 wall tiles will be stacked and not brick bond so that grout lines match floor tiles? You may want to consider whether you want all tiles to line up as I don't imagine you can line up the grout lines on the herringbone pattern to match other walls/floor. Depends whether not having the grout lines match would bother you.

Thanks Liz :-) I will have the grout sealed either way, I have tiny children who only use the bath atm so shower won’t get too much use anyway at least for now, we will prob outgrow the house in a few years! So cleaning not too much of a factor. Was also thinking the 3x6 in brick pattern as I prefer it, but not too worried about grout lines matching up .

Thoughts on plain vs textured subway?

This is an example where the herringbone is used as a feature. It works well. I have seen it done in faux marble against white subways laid vertical. Very classy. Sorry not grey in an Aussie Hamptons, not clean enough. Grey is the mission brown of the ‘80. Go for a clean colour of water - very pale green or blue. Grey on a bathroom floor shows every mark as dirt. Been there and spent too much time each day cleaning the floor.

I prefer plain over textured subway, but then I also prefer lined up grout lines... the control freak in me! Go with the tile you like the most.

It is a family bathroom with quite a lot going on. I don't think you need a feature subway tile. You already have a marble benchtop, shaker style cabinetwork, and timber accents so you don't need a feature tile as well in a small room.

If I understand you correctly you plan to use two types of white tiles on the wall which is a bad move, unless they are made by the same manufacturer and the colour is identical. If the white tiles are even slightly different in colour it will look off. I would keep it simple, not use a subway tile as they are being overused and will look dated in ten years, and stick with just the larger wall tile.

Keep it simple,

Best of luck,

Dr Retro

of Dr Retro House Calls

Your bath and vanity are enough features. You can herringbone your tiles on wall behind bath and vanity but keep the one white tile on all walls

Thanks so much everyone for the input. For reference , this is an idea of what the herringbone feature may look like (except mid-grey stone/concrete look tile on floor)

The plain white matte tiles I have found are super white, so don’t think it should be too much of a problem especially since the subway will be gloss anyway

(Second photo is a bathroom I found with the same layout, only ours will be bigger especially on the back wall)

Also now thinking of just doing the white walls with marble herringbone niches (they are quite big/long niches) maybe this would be a simpler way to create a feature?

Ahhhh I hate picking tiles!

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