A few thoughts about the stone we picked for the shower. I wanted full sheets of color backed glass or high gloss acrylic panels. Unfortunately at $1000 per panel X 3 panels + shipping of $500 I was unwilling to spend that kind of cash.
So we went to lowes. And I realized I wanted the glossy surface however I could get it. I also wanted large tiles and I love marble AND they were on sale. Lol. So while holding a marble tile I was highly disappointed in the selection of small scale tile. I didn't want something large that might crack easily on the floor. So while looking around I thought this polished river rock looked awesome next to the marble. 😍 so that's what I went with. Then while looking at this polished River Rock on Pinterest for grout color ideas I found all different colors and hated all but this dark grey grout. So... I went with dark grey.
Hanging tile sucks. I'll just say it first the walls were not totally square so we ended up having to cut slivers of marble to fit the gap on the 1 wall corner that wasn't square. I'm sure it was a nightmare. The husband did the cutting.
I used spacers and leveled it all while installing. The tiles were 98% level and flat to the walls. The next day when I went to check it a LOT of them had shifted some even coming away from the wall 🙄😕😟 yes I left the spacers in over night. Not sure wtf happened but eh it is what it is I'm not pulling them out and doing it again at this point.
Grouting also SUCKS! The big tiles weren't so bad to grout and clean off. The river rock was a bitch. The bright shiny stones have little cracks and crevices and of course the grout stuck in all those and was generally just a huge pain in the ass to wipe clean. At the end we gave up and went to bed. After working all day today we both came home and tackled the shower to remove the extra grout that hardened to a cement like covering. We used a spatula to scrape the biggest part off and then I grabbed the buffer for waxing the car and used it to buff the stones. It's mostly done. Hubby installed the shower head and all that's left is sealing the stone and grout and caulking all the edges. Oh and installing the door 😍
