Tiling is hard work! Especially when you choose to stack tiles. Brick or subway style would have been much easier for our shower (I think). If we ever do a stacked tile again the shower will be built to the size of the tiles to avoid making so many cuts.
We used glossy white 4" x 12" ceramic for the walls, 1.5" Carrara marble hexagon tiles and Carrara marble thresholds.
First we added the floor tiles and drain. Love them!!
Then we added the marble thresholds. I know most people add these last but in our case it was important to do them first as It would effect the tile spacing on the large full wall.
A helpful hint when dealing with marble. Use a wet sandpaper as fine as possible to polish any unfinished edges. In our case we had to cut the marble to our correct size and polish one end. Thanks to the associate at The Home Depot, Gerard Square for giving us this (and many other) helpful tips.
Once we had the marble in we could begin the tedious task of tiling all the walls. It was particularly painful because of the stacked pattern that we decided to use. We choose to have the full tiles starting on the outside of the shower with the cut pieces in the corner. We started with the tiles direct above the ledge. All the other tiles would have to match up to these ones.
And this is where we are at today. We still have to touch up the walls and paint around the shower. We also have to caulk all the seams and paint the tub deck (white). The glass has been measured and the template has been checked. So we're hoping maybe next week the glass will be installed.
Since our renovation was unplanned and only for the shower we had to try and Connect the new tiles with the old charcoal grey tiles. Honestly we would have loved to ditch the grey tiles all together and start fresh however it was not in the budget and technically nothing is wrong with the existing tiles. So we decided to work with what we have.
We choose to use the tiles stacked because we thought it would best match the other grout lines already in the bathroom. The Carrara marble blends the white and Grey together. We choose to retile the front of the tub surround as well so that the tub and shower would both be white and the new shower would better integrate into the room.
We have a few additional updates that we are working on. We should be able to show you everything once the glass has been installed. We can't wait! It's been one month of only taking baths.
