Critique my choices? Tile, etc.

[dr.girlfriend]

For our master bath renovation...I'm thinking this tile:

Shower wall (but laid brick pattern):


Here's a pic from a bit of a distance:



This floor tile -- it is darker grey than it photographs:

Distance:



Close-up (more accurate for color):


For laundry/mudroom floor:  This tile


but laid herringbone style...here's my attempt to lay it out on the floor at the store:

I'm hoping it'll look like this...this is real marble but in the same size laid herringbone:


Thoughts?  I'm going for a very restful, mellow vibe, so I don't want a ton of color or pattern.  The shower tile has V4 variation in color, though, which I like.  The shower floor (and niche if we have one?) will probably be this:

[fryjack2]

I like all of those.

Sometimes too many patterns take away from the restful mellow vibe -at least for me- but what you have chosen doesn't do that.

[sandandsea]

I like it! My only concern would be having such a light mud room floor. Is there a reason you don’t want the wood look tile there too?

[dr.girlfriend]

Apr 28, 2019 22:50:08 GMT -5 sandandsea said:

I like it! My only concern would be having such a light mud room floor. Is there a reason you don’t want the wood look tile there too?

Mainly for variety.  :-)  The rest of the house will be wood floor, and I wanted something a little different.  I don't like any darker tiles.  I'm calling it a mudroom, but it's not actually the entry point for the house...it's a room kind of just off the entryway.  So, we'll stash backpacks and coats in there probably, but muddy shoes will stay by the door.  The front door is a little cut off in this pic but it's at the very bottom left.  It will be the dog's main route in and out of the house through a doggie door, but I'm hoping a runner rug will help with that.

[nicolewi]

Would that mudroom tile be slippery?

[dr.girlfriend]

Apr 29, 2019 9:11:08 GMT -5 nicolewi said:

Would that mudroom tile be slippery?

It's actually kind of textured, not glossy.  I was wondering about that.  Of course then I thought that maybe the texture might hold dirt more, but hopefully if it's porcelain it'll still mop clean easily.  Maybe I'll buy one tile and experiment with it a bit.