I finished up the base of the shower. For the base, I switched to a 2″ square, white tile that had a flat finish, to make it less slippery. I also turned the tile 45 degrees. Because the walls are not parallel, there would be no way I could get the grout joints to line up properly.
Once it’s grouted, the grout lines don’t show up much. I decided to stick with white grout in the shower, but for the floor, we’ll use a grey — I think.
Then I started laying out the hexagon tile for the floor. [That makes it sound like I didn’t leave this project alone for a month…]
We’d already decided that we are going to use black tile to make a border, or pattern of some sort in the floor tile. I like it for two reasons: First, it has more of an old Victorian decoration quality. Second, patterned borders catch your eye, and take it away from any flaws or imperfections. Deciding on a pattern, though, is not easy.
I like the whimsical quality of the pattern above left, but is also has an animal tracks feeling…
Then I thought: Maybe it would be nice to do a very simple border, and put a pattern in the center of the floor
Hmmm, more on that later…
Here’s another thought: a double border. We like it, but it uses a lot of black tile. I didn’t buy nearly enough to do this in the laundry room too. But they may exchange some sheets of the white for black.
More ideas, trying to reduce the amount of back tile.
After trying lots of different patterns, I started to go back to my initial pattern. Instead of running the animal tracks all the way around, how about just doing a pattern in the corner?
Hmmm, how about a pattern in the corner, with a dotted border? No.
The following six are my favorites.
What happens when I get carried away with hexagon patterns?
