Well hello almost pretty bathroom! As you can see we’ve made a bit more progress in our new loo (sometimes painfully slow progress, but I’ll take it). We had the leftover marble from the kitchen cut to size and installed on the shower ledge and as the vanity top. The sinks are in as well as the faucets and shower head, and we are getting oh so close to a working bathroom. The only things stopping us are the missing toilet, the plumbing under the sink needs to be finished, and the glass shower enclosure, mirror, and lighting still have to be installed.

In the meantime, I thought it may be helpful to chat about our subway tile pattern and share some alternative pattern options. Let me just say again that I love subway tile. It’s simple, clean, white, readily available, and affordable (win, win, win, win).

The traditional running bond pattern, like we used in the cabin, will always be a great choice but I wanted to do something a little different here, so I started playing around with the 3×6 shape in adobe illustrator and that’s when I came up with these alternate patterns, all which can be made with the common 3″ x 6″ subway tile. I chose to go with the herringbone pattern, which is a classic pattern for wood floors (and a million other things), but I hadn’t really seen it translated to subway tile (until I googled it that is, and found a bazillion examples…sigh 😉 (it’s ok I still love it)). The “linear vertical” would work great in a really modern space and I am already thinking I may want to try the “perpendicular” or “windmill” version when we re-do our other bathroom (Lord help us!).

To see all of the renovation progress check here.
To see my bathroom plans check here.

Product Sources: Kohler Purist Shower Head // Vessel Sink // Kohler Purist Faucet // Merola White Hex Tiles // Vintage Credenza // Daltile White Subway Tiles