A good quality sheet vinyl floor is going to give you the durability and cleanability you're looking for. It will last forever. There are lots of different choices of colour and pattern and you can probably find a remnant at a good price. You say you need something durable for the wall too? Do you mean the walls in the shower, around your bathtub, or the walls in the rest of the bathroom? A company like Bath Fitter offers an easy care solution which is seamless (for the bathing/showering area) but a good quality paint should be fine for the rest of your walls.

highlight tiles are really not in fashion. it was 5 - 10 years back. i would suggest go with the bottom less distracting simple design throughout. carry dark floor tiles up 3 inches on the wall as skirting. ensure the centre line of your shower fixture and its wall controls lie in the centre of the tiles. that would be your starting point. rest will fall in place. ideally the ceiling height should not be more than 8 feet. if its more you end up with an uneasy proportion. either do gypsum false ceiling at 8 feet or stop the tiles at about that height and paint the rest of the wall in dark grey or purple and have pendant light that throw light below 8 feet. good luck.

Hello there, You could scoop them out with a flat trowel and scrap cement backing with that as well. But it won't be much of a success and you will lose around 30-40 %. You could DIY broken tiles mosaics as an art ; frame and fix it on the wall itself with an appropriate glue. Or search for other DIYs on youtube. You could replace them with decals as described @cornerstone studio , but there's a catch ; high heat areas could deform and de-glue the decals as well. There are many projects possible with broken tile mosaic. Just search and follow an easy one. Regards, Aurum Ideas and Spaces Bhubaneswar

Hi, I think full wooden tiles will feel like pathetic. Try disparate like combinations of glossy and wood tiles or like 2 walls and floor with wood tiles and other 2 walls light colored glossy tiles to break the monotony.Thank u.