Best Grout Color Or Large White Tile For Bathroom Floor

4 tips from the pros about choosing grout color.

Best grout color or large white tile for bathroom floor.

Carrara white is a grayish white. In one of our houses we decided to do white grout on the bathroom floor. With lighter grout it all blends in and the tile design is harder to view. Cabinetry and countertop are white too but i ve already picked a nice blue green wall color and some fun colorful decor and accessories.

Because of this we have rarely used white grout on floors since. It s always exciting to pick out new tile for your bathroom renovations or kitchen remodeling. Delorean has more of a lavender undertone. Both cement based and epoxy grout are available in a wide range of colors.

That s the same exact grout color warm gray everywhere in the picture above although it looks grayer when it s next to the white subway tile and lighter when it s next to the dark floor tile. Even tile contractors can have difficulty with epoxy grout so it s best to get a pro with experience installing with epoxy for best results. It looked so good with the carerra marble tiles. For this bathroom we recommended doing darker grout in the shower as water rusts white grout so fast.

Tile spacing plays a major role in the overall look of the grout so take into account the size of the grout space before deciding if you need a bold or. Carrara is not a bright white. Agree about mixing the two different materials. Disagree on the white grout.

For the white subway tile on the shower walls i selected a white slightly off white grout and for the marble basketweave floors i selected the closest color match to the color of the stone. Putting white grout w carrara marble looks off. Here is a bathroom i tiled in cararra and used delorean grey 9on the walls and on the floor. When choosing tiles the grout color is often overlooked.

Where harsh chemical are used sometimes multiple times per day and left on the floor without. Turns out white grout can start to look pretty dingy even if you seal it. But if warm gray isn t what you had in mind for a particular project there are a ton of other colors to choose from that mapei makes. The ultimate choice depends on your own aesthetic tastes and what goes best with the tile you have chosen.

It s easy to get stressed when looking through tile samples because your tile choice will have a big impact in your home. Keep in mind that white grout can be challenging to keep clean in a busy messy bathroom especially if you re choosing grout for tiles on the bathroom floor. Then for the main bathroom floor we recommended blending it in with the tiles as the design flowed from one tile to another so we didn t want the grout to stand out. Another option is to keep it traditional by using a grout similar in tone and color to the white tile.

This modern bathroom features the classic design of the white glossy penny round mosaic tile everywhere from the floors to the walls but the porcelain circles pop with the contrasting gray grout.