Bath bubbles

I'm leaning toward the mother-of-pearl tile after all - I'll try to photograph it again, for those of you following from home. It's not iridescent; it's just white and swirly and shimmery, like actual pieces of shell - coquilles rather than oysters.Still mulling over what to put with it - gold or silver or wood-like slivers of stained glass. I think I want to be nontraditional and use a medium-dark floor in the bathroom, something in the brown or blue-grey family.

If the Sanijet tub of my dreams won't fit (still waiting to hear back from them on that) I could be happy in a slipper tub too - and they come as narrow as 25". Even with airjets.

And how about this for a light fixture? It's called "Lilypad" by Possini Euro, and there's a wall sconce version too.

 

  Meanwhile, there's another unit for sale in the building that had its first open house today. I like my layout better - though they made some clever choices with theirs. But they have the exact same bathroom, down to stupid pipe-chase next to the toilet, and they managed to make it look good. They didn't change the tile or tub - they just reglazed.