Beige Fluted Accent Shower

A shower wall in beige large-format tile with a dark vertical fluted strip running from the floor to the ceiling. The same fluted material appears again as a band behind a trough sink with two brass faucets.

What to look at

The accent strip is the detail to look at. Its edges meet the beige field with straight, even joints, and its width was chosen to fall between fixtures, so none of the shower hardware is cut into it. In the vanity photo, the same band repeats at a height that lines up with the top of the sink. That repetition ties the shower and the vanity into one room.

How work like this is set

With big tiles on a wall the layout is decided before the first tile goes on. We find the center of the main wall, balance the cuts at the corners and keep the fixtures on tile centers or joints. Thinset is back-buttered so there are no voids behind the tile, which is what keeps large tiles from cracking when someone leans on them.

If you want something similar

If you want a shower like this, start with the structure: the pan, the curb and the walls behind the tile. Then choose the tile, the niche location and the fixtures. Send photos of your shower and approximate size and we will tell you what the job involves. We work in Lakewood and nearby, and the matching service is Bathroom & Shower Tile.