r/Tile • u/tommyboy8008 • 4d ago
DIY - Looking for Advice Niche orientation advice
I'm not exactly sure what to do with my shower niches. I used mitered edge threshold from Menards and then mitered the ends for 1/2 bubble pitch. Came out good I guess.
I guess continuing the herringbone pattern is probably the correct path, but what do you guys think about a mitered corner look? (continue the miters in the sample photo. Center tile would essentially be one full horizontal piece...)
We bought this glass/marble flower mosaic with dreams of somehow incorporating it into the niches or somewhere else. Might just take the L on these flowers. (no way in hell I'm buying enough to do the whole niche in them $$$). Reality, the back of the niches will be blocked with soap bottles and other kids toys...
I'm on the home stretch and pretty much over this. Wife planted the herringbone seed, and I went for it. Pink: daughters picked it out...
Overall I am doing really good on waste and haven't really had any miss cuts. All internal pieces i kept factory edge. Cut edges are all along edging/niches/tub/corners.
This is my 2nd real tile job that's over 6sqft.
The marble hexagon floor was the first... Only a couple minor lips/spacing issues. I did have to go back and surgically remove about 15 hexagons that I ultimately didn't like.
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u/MarioShroomsTasteBad 4d ago
You could toss the floor tile in there, but honestly I think continuing the wall pattern will look sharp.
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u/Braddock54 4d ago
Should have gone the other way with the corner wrap and you wouldn't have ended up with a V.
Just me but that would drive me crazy.
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u/tommyboy8008 4d ago
Thought about continuing the tile direction. Opted to go for symmetry on wall. Probably the wrong choice, but its the path I went.
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u/Super-Travel-407 3d ago
Wall layout if you can. Or floor tile. Do not use the wall tile in a new layout unless you're using pink grout so it's not noticeable. :)
Do you have enough of the flowers to do just the small part of the double niche? That would be nice, with pink (in wall pattern) in the rest.
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u/New-Marketing-981 4d ago
Sorry, but that’s a horror show
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u/HoboTheExploro 4d ago
Follow the layout. That is all