I’m in the minority. I love the Athena, followed by the blueish Iris Gris. Lots of pretty choices.
I am in the minority as I don’t care for the Leilani at all. The rest of them I like.
Photos loaded of the master bathroom and closet as they are framed and plumbed.
Today the tank water heater is getting installed outside in a new shed and plumbed to the master bathroom.
Also, new roof going on today. They only did a small part (studio roof) 2 weeks ago because the roof company couldn’t load the shingles up onto the roof with their big truck and all 200 bundles have to be hand carried up to the roof. Turns out the skilled roofer guys refuse to do that and we have to hire laborers to take 50 lbs x 200 bundles up onto the roof.
I think those ones that are shown as $49.95/sq ft are misleading. The actual pieces are smaller than a sq ft and I can guarantee they are really $49.95/piece and I need a lot of pieces!!
Still going to hit Bedrosian this weekend and check out their tiles. But, they do’t have the waterjet cut marble that I am in love with. Just have to decide if I’m going to go with a simple geometry or try to introduce the ‘flowery’ designs. They may get inset into a larger format wall tile just to cut down on cost a bit
You could do a lei design with the Leilani tiles surrounded by something simpler.
After much deliberation, I’m going to bite the bullet and get the mother of pearl penny tile for all the flooring. Good luck to the tile guy that has to make the cuts on that tile:). The only actual cut will be around the toilet and that can all be hidden by the toilet bottom.
Just measured and I need 90 sq ft… Gulp! So now the rest of the tile needs to complement with all the bling on the floor:). May have to find a simple field tile for most of the walls with a large band of something really cool
90 sft!!! Yikes. Good luck. ? It will look awesome.
That is a huge master closet!
Master closet doesn’t look as huge when all the cabinets get crammed in there:)
CB - your bath and bedroom with their vaulted ceilings looks like our setup here. Painting that was a real joy. Not. 
Down to final decisions on tile.
All the flooring will be the mother of pearl penny tile. I selected a plain white Thassos marble 12 x 24 for the walls of the shower that I will run vertically to give the shower a slight contemporary vibe. The thassos marble has no veining with a very subtle sparkle
I have narrowed it down to the Leilani (which my D loves) and a new wavy mother of pearl that I think has more texture and coloring and more ‘oomph’. Also, can’t go wrong with wave design on the coastline?
Loaded photos of samples laid out together. Unfortunately the photos are distracting because there is glare from skylights in the ceiling (which will not be in the bathroom). Too lazy to move them someplace else to take better photos, sorry!
Tough choice. I think I might get tired of the new one before I’d tire of the Leilani.
The new one is less feminine, but I know that doesn’t matter to you.
If you have time, I suggest leaving both around for a couple of days and checking them out in different light.
I think the new wave tile is a winner. Looks great with the penny tile and just the right amount of oomph.
I love them both, but I think the waves (which caught my eye on the web site earlier) complement the penny tile better. Partly it’s the juxtaposition of the shapes - circles and waves seem to go better together than circles and flowers. Also, the mother of pearl seems more prominent in the waves so pulls up the gleam of the floor.
If you do the wave tiles horizontally, it could suggest beach and surf.
How much of this tile are you going to use, and where is it going again? It’s beautiful but very busy.
I noticed the wave pattern on the website earlier, too, and I think it’s fun. Would you run the waves horizontally or vertically? I envisioned it installed vertically to emphasize the height.
I would like to run it horizontally to suggest ocean waves. I think an entire wall is too much. So, either one, I will create a 2 ft high band of it running horizontally across back wall, just under tall window and stopping at smaller window. It will be surrounded by this thassos white 12x24s. Might put a bit of it on the pony wall on the vanity side. Only want to spend the money where it is a focal point.
But I could be leaning back to a palish blue glass such as the Pure Spa glass
Are you going to cut the ends of the 12x24 pieces to match the curves? Or fill in the curves to be flat on the bottom and top?
Assuming you go with the curves…
It looks busy to me too but it is pretty.
If I can talk my tile guy into it, I would love to cut the large thassos white marble in the curves, rather than have to cut (and waste) the tops and bottoms of the wave tile to make straight lines. This type of marble is easy to work with
I think it will be impossible to cut marble to the shape of the top and bottom of the Leilani flowers. I barely figured out the jigsaw pieces and I don’t think it is a pleasing shape on the edges. So that would have to be cut to a straight line top and bottom.