Week 3 of the One Room Challenge is here! If you want to start from the beginning you can go here I’m still in a go with the flow mode as I patiently wait for items to arrive. In this amazon prime sort of world, it’s hard when you have to wait more than a couple of days for something to arrive. Things are moving along for the powder room, but I’m still missing the main components in the main bathroom!!! Please let the shipping gods be in my favor. One hiccup we had to deal with this week was a little tile switch up. Originally I wanted to go a little retro on the floor and use a combo of blue and white penny tiles or hexagon tiles to make a polka dot sort of pattern. Sadly the penny tiles in white and blue and the hexagon tile in white had 6-8 week lead times. Originally I thought it wouldn’t be an issue to just go all blue with the hexagon tiles, but the more I looked at it the more I started to feel like that it might be a bit too much color. I know, can you believe it. Me, thinking it’s too much color. I wanted the space to still look glam and chic and something that I loved for years to come.

I’m lucky enough to be working with The Tile Shop on this ORC, which has been amazing. So, I headed to my local The Tile Shop to figure out a solution. I’m lucky enough to have a location nearby which is super helpful when you have a crazy time crunch. I met with the store manager Liz Libretti from the Westbury, NY location who walked me through all of my options and I was able to make my final tile picks!  They carry everything you could need for a tiling project. I was able to pick up the tile, trim for the shower alcove border, grout, spacers, sponges, a niche cut out for the shower area, and even the marble threshold for the doorway! They literally have it all!!!!!

So, here is what we originally started out with: Even looking at it now I still really like it, but I just started about 10 years from now Camila. She would probably want something a bit more neutral as one of the tile options in case she wanted to do a wallpaper swap. Now to swap the shower tile or floor tile?

When I did a walk-thru of the store I realized a didn’t want to do a white or marble in the shower area. It just seemed too neutral for me. The color options in The Tile Shops’ Color Market collection were still making my heart pitter-patter and I knew it would make the perfect splash in the shower area!

I wanted something with a bit of glam for the floor area. I was drawn to Ava with Victoria marble mosaic tile and I liked the mix of the shapes. It looked classic, but not boring at all. It still made a statement.

I also really liked the Victoria Hex Mosaic tile, but I have used something like this for a couple of clients in some variation be it marble or cement. I do love it, I just felt that at the end of the day I should do something different. I went with the top option!

Option 2: When I went into The Tile Shop I was immediately drawn to this marble mosaic tile. I loved that it was a bit different from what I have typically seen yet it was still classic looking and could go with whatever wallpaper I like in the future. I still couldn’t get over my love for their Color Market Lima De Persia tiles. It required a swap for the shower curtain fabric and I loved it even more.

Option 3: I was stuck on option 3 for a while. I really loved the orange fabric I found for the curtain panel and did enjoy how nicely it played with the Color Market Wonderland tile, but it started to feel too safe.

What’s your favorite option? I went with….OPTION 2!!!! The tile has already been ordered and I should be arriving any day now!!