Idea

[John Dirks Jr]

Sticky blue poster stuff to aid in making tile layout decisions.

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[Richard Moore]

Here you go John...

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A bit crude and doesn't quite line up, but might give you a better idea.

To me, it seems a bit busy with all the diagonals, and then the piece above the mosaic strip looks too wide. But, hey, what do I know?

[John Dirks Jr]

Thanks Richard, that puts different perspective on it.

This design is not to scale. The accent tiles will be about 4' above the floor in the real plan.

[Jim Katen]

It's too busy for your house.

Lots of do it yourselfers make the same mistake, trying to get too fancy with borders, diagonals, offsets, etc, etc. It's like a little girl who gets into her mother's makeup kit. (Or like a home inspector who designs his own website with 53 different fonts.)

Use high quality materials and careful craftsmanship. If you want something special, make it subtle. Avoid copying any of the generic displays at the big box stores. Make the tile look like it's part of that house, not part of a magazine advertisement for a do it yourself tile store.

[kurt]

God, thank you. I wanted to say something, but am not as tactful as Jim.

It doesn't look good any way you place them. Ditch the diagonal thing. De-brown a little, maybe consider something other than brown.

There's too many options to get caught up in something that looks like a Menard's display motif. Look at more magazines and rethink it.

[Chad Fabry]

I put a accent course in my shower. I regret it every time I take a shower. When I have time, I'm going to carefully chip it out and install an ogee molding.

[Inspectorjoe]

Maybe it's me, but I think the existing tile looks fine.

I should post a picture of the original gold foil wallpaper in the main bath of my 1970 house. It's in excellent shape.

[Erby]

That pink toilet paper holder reminds me of the square blue toilet I found a few years ago.

[Jim Katen]

That pink toilet paper holder reminds me of the square blue toilet I found a few years ago.

It's Spongebob's toilet!

[Jim Katen]

Maybe it's me, but I think the existing tile looks fine. . . .

I like it too. Although it's not for everyone . . .

Honestly, when that house was built, the guy who installed that tile never dreamed that it would still be there 50 years later.

House's change, and that's ok.

[John Dirks Jr]

I appreciate the opinions on our ideas. Preferences vary, that's obvious. We like the earthy browns. It gives us a feeling of warmth, especially with the right lighting. We didn't copy any designs that were on display anywhere. Also, the design I showed was compressed. The final product will have much larger fields so the pictures I showed might give a false impression.