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Beth H. :

You can do a white quartz. or a marble (mirror w/wood frame. notice the accessories) or a charcoal quartz would be pretty a honed one like this^ do the black hardware, black faucet. for lights, bring in nickel or nickel/black. what is the shower faucet? Gold would actually be pretty since the wood tones are warm. bring in some pattern w/a backsplash tile, or even a printed rug. I really like this black/white print tile. this would be so much better on your floor w/the black pebble on the wood vanity. like this one are you doing any type of design behind the vanity, on the wall? what about the lighting? mirror? have you thought about doing a diff floor tile for outside the shower? You could go w/a black slate or porcelain done in a herringbone layout. it will give you a bit more pizzazz w/just the black and white If you can, choose a wall mount faucet. with a small vanity, the wall mount gives you more counter space. BTW, make sure to seal your black pebble tile PRIOR to install. (I like Miracle 511 or Aquamix. if you get the enhancer sealer the black will look like it does wet) You take a rag dipped in sealer and carefully coat the top of each pebble. yes it takes a little while, but trust me, during the install and grouting process the cleanup will be much easier and your pebbles will look really good. don't let the sealer drip down the sides. Also make sure your installer knows how to lay these. a lot of the edges need to be laid one by one or have to be cut. Make sure you don't get the dreaded "grid layout" This is a horrible install. the pebbles are too far apart. also make sure the grout doesn't have divots during the wiping process. those divots will hold onto water and discolor over time (I've done many of these pebble installs myself, so trust me w/the advice) another one where you can see the lines or 'grid' marks. when you lay them in a row, you'll get the grids. to avoid this the installer has to off-set the sheets and do a lot of one pebble at a time to obscure the lines. this is a nice layout, although this pebble wasn't sealed prior. see how the stones hung onto all of the grout? seal the tops of the tile first so the grout won't get stuck in the small fissures in the stone. Since you're doing black stone, do a charcoal grout. not black. The darker the grout, the more likely it is to discolor. If you want a grout color like this, go with a light gray. These were sealed prior w/an enhancing sealer. Use Mapei FlexColor CQ in charcoal and make very sure the clean up guy knows how to use it. you must clean up promptly (two people need to grout and wipe) doing small areas at a time. Also, very little water must be on the sponge. I'm telling you this now so you'll now and avoid problems down the Road. These pebble tiles are nice when done correctly. if not, within a year your shower floor will look like poo.

Reply to: You can do a white quartz. or a marble (mirror w/wood frame. notice the accessories) or a charcoal quartz would be pretty a honed one like this^ do the black hardware, black faucet. for lights, bring in nickel or nickel/black. what is the shower faucet? Gold would actually be pretty since the wood tones are warm. bring in some pattern w/a backsplash tile, or even a printed rug. I really like this black/white print tile. this would be so much better on your floor w/the black pebble on the wood vanity. like this one are you doing any type of design behind the vanity, on the wall? what about the lighting? mirror? have you thought about doing a diff floor tile for outside the shower? You could go w/a black slate or porcelain done in a herringbone layout. it will give you a bit more pizzazz w/just the black and white If you can, choose a wall mount faucet. with a small vanity, the wall mount gives you more counter space. BTW, make sure to seal your black pebble tile PRIOR to install. (I like Miracle 511 or Aquamix. if you get the enhancer sealer the black will look like it does wet) You take a rag dipped in sealer and carefully coat the top of each pebble. yes it takes a little while, but trust me, during the install and grouting process the cleanup will be much easier and your pebbles will look really good. don't let the sealer drip down the sides. Also make sure your installer knows how to lay these. a lot of the edges need to be laid one by one or have to be cut. Make sure you don't get the dreaded "grid layout" This is a horrible install. the pebbles are too far apart. also make sure the grout doesn't have divots during the wiping process. those divots will hold onto water and discolor over time (I've done many of these pebble installs myself, so trust me w/the advice) another one where you can see the lines or 'grid' marks. when you lay them in a row, you'll get the grids. to avoid this the installer has to off-set the sheets and do a lot of one pebble at a time to obscure the lines. this is a nice layout, although this pebble wasn't sealed prior. see how the stones hung onto all of the grout? seal the tops of the tile first so the grout won't get stuck in the small fissures in the stone. Since you're doing black stone, do a charcoal grout. not black. The darker the grout, the more likely it is to discolor. If you want a grout color like this, go with a light gray. These were sealed prior w/an enhancing sealer. Use Mapei FlexColor CQ in charcoal and make very sure the clean up guy knows how to use it. you must clean up promptly (two people need to grout and wipe) doing small areas at a time. Also, very little water must be on the sponge. I'm telling you this now so you'll now and avoid problems down the Road. These pebble tiles are nice when done correctly. if not, within a year your shower floor will look like poo.

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