Wood Accent Bathroom in Worth
About This Project
A bathroom in a Worth home that combined beige marble-look large-format tile on the walls with warm wood cabinetry — a material pairing that reads warm and natural. Our scope was the tile work: walls and tub surround. The cabinetry and fixtures were installed by others, and we coordinated the tile installation sequence with their work.
The tub surround required attention to how the tile terminated at the built-in tub lip. We ran the wall tile down to within 1/8 inch of the tub surface and filled that joint with matching silicone caulk rather than grout. This is the correct detail at any tub-to-tile interface — the tub and wall move independently, and grout at that joint will crack within a season or two. Silicone flexes and holds the seal.
The large-format wall tile was set in a 1/4-inch offset stagger pattern. On a beige tile with a soft marble vein, this pattern keeps the layout from feeling rigid while the vein direction gives the wall a subtle sense of movement.
What We Did
- Cement board substrate prep, liquid waterproof membrane on tub walls
- Large-format beige marble-look tile in 1/4-offset stagger on all walls
- Tub surround tile with silicone caulk at tub-to-tile joint
- Floor tile direct-set on slab, beige sanded grout throughout
Project Details
| Service | Bathroom & Shower Tile |
|---|---|
| Area | Worth |
| Materials | Large-format beige marble-look porcelain, 1/4-offset stagger, silicone caulk at tub joint |
| Scope | Residential — walls, tub surround, floor |
| Timeline | Multi-day install |
