Ripping the border tiles in half allowed the border to be a nice design element without over powering the design. We chose this tile (read my notes below if you’re thinking about using this in your home) and laid a border around the perimeter of the room. I’ve always loved herringbone laid floors…it’s such a classic and elegant look. I shifted gears and started entertaining the idea of a herringbone floor in here. 6 tiles in one room is just not enough, or at least not enough for what I wanted. My first idea was to use large slate tiles laid in a very classic offset pattern, but when I brought home the samples to my 30 square foot bathroom, I realized that choosing a material where one tile was 5 square feet was not going to get me the look I wanted. Want to see what projects I’m working on now? Follow me on Instagram! I didn’t originally have our main floor powder bathroom on the renovation schedule this year – there are a lot of other spaces that I’ve been itching to do first – but when we redid our floors, this bathroom succumbed to “project creep.” Even though it was kind of an unplanned project, I have been having so much fun flexing my creative muscles in this space. This is the small herringbone tile I used for the hearth.Ĭheck out the rest coastal bathroom reveal here….Disclosure: Some of the links provided are affiliate links, which simply means I may earn a small commission (at no additional cost to you) if you shop through one of my links. If you love the herringbone pattern but don’t want to mess around with all those cuts, consider the mosaic herringbone I used on the hearth – they come on mesh sheets that you can easily lay by the square foot.
It would be WAY easier to lay the tiles square with the walls and not have to make all those triangular cuts around the perimeter, but I loved the idea of repeating the fireplace’s herringbone pattern on a larger scale.
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What do you think about the large scale herringbone pattern?įiguring out how to lay these 6″x12″ tiles on the diagonal takes a little extra thought, but once you measure, mark, and install the first row you’re good to go. …before installing them, using 1/16″ spacers so the grout lines would be minimal.Īfter a quick Instagram poll – white grout or gray grout? – I went with gray and love it! Thank you to everyone who weighed in on that decision! Some of the tiles had more grey to them, so I dry-fitted them to mix up the colors a bit and figure out the triangular cuts…. Lets just say I could have bought two wet saws for what I have paid in rentals. Once again I rented wet saw and now I’m lamenting the fact that I didn’t buy a wet sawthree tile projects ago – the saw rental of 4 hours goes by in the blink of an eye and I ended up keeping the saw for 2 days. I opted to just cut my tiles in half for a chunkier herringbone pattern (and less labor!) When I was poking around in the flooring aisle, I couldn’t get over that these 12″ marble tiles are only $3.99 a square foot, substantially less than most other marble tiles, and I remembered this fantastic idea from Elsie at A Beautiful Mess.Įlsie had her tile installer cut 12×12 tiles into thirds (4×12) and the outcome is SO gorgeous.
With the mirror in mind I decided a larger scale floor pattern was the way to go (with the bonus of less grouting!).
I considered using small or medium hexagons, small subway tile like I used on the surround or the small herringbone mosaics on the hearth, basketweave, or some other pattern – there are so many beautiful marble tiles on the market – but I felt like the small mosaic tiles would be kind of busy with the pattern and texture of the oyster shell mirror.
I did tons of research online and in stores looking for a white marble tile that I absolutely LOVED the color of, and played around with all sorts of patterns. If so, I’m excited to pass on this little tip I learned to work pricey marble into the ollllld budget. Ask me again in 10 years, but I really feel like the design of a room could be completely changed up without having to rip out marble tile – it’s neutral and has that timeless, old-school quality. Marble is such a classic material, and also the colors – white, oyster, gray – are perfect for our house. The Big Plan is to replace the kitchen floor with hardwood eventually, but for the bathroom I had my heart set on marble ever since I remodeled the fireplace. When I took on our bathroom for the One Room Challenge, it had 15-20 year old wood-look linoleum on the floor – the same flooring that runs through our kitchen and abuts real hardwoods in the adjacent dining room and family room.
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