CHOOSING UPGRADES IN A NEWBUILD - BATHROOMS

After going back and forth numerous times, I have pretty much finalized the bathroom finish choices for our new home. We anticipate we will have to confirm our upgrades with our builder sometime in October or November, so there's lots of time to change our minds again, but I think this will be it. We decided to splurge and upgrades to quartz countertops for both bathrooms. We also decided to upgrade the cabinet level, which surprisingly is not that expensive, and gives a much higher end look to the bathroom. We saved by choosing included floor/ wall tile options and cabinet hardware.

I also took some pictures in the design center of what the real life versions of the finishes look together. The lighting wasn't the greatest, so the tiles look a bit beige, but in actuality both tiles are quite neutral with regard to the tone of the grey.

Ensuite:

Main Bathroom:

THE DESIGN PLAN - MASTER ENSUITE

Given my newfound love for white spaces, I have decided to go all white in our Master bathroom. We will be upgrading to the same cupboards we chose for the kitchen (white, shaker style style) but with a standard, included knob. Another upgrade are planning on ordering for the bathroom is quartz countertops. Caesarstone is our builder's supplier, and the current contenders are: "Misty Carrara," and "Organic White."

   

Caesarstone - "Organic White"               Caesarstone - "Misty Carrara"

Organic white is a beautiful crisp, clean white with a slight barely noticeable "bubble" pattern and "Misty Carrara" is slightly off white with a grey pattern. It doesn't look exactly like marble, but it's one of the more "marble like" quartz countertops that I've seen - besides "Frosty Carrina" which we will likely have installed in our kitchen sometime after we close - when we can afford it!)

Also undecided is whether or not we want to pay extra for upgraded floor and wall tiles.  I am leaning towards upgrading the floor tiles and going with a standard wall tile because I think the floor will make a bigger impact on the room. All to upgrade the floor tiles will run us about $300, wheras the charge for upgraded wall tiles is $400 - so that helps to make the decision easier. The tile I'm thinking of getting is called  “New Byzantine" by Olympia Tile and for a ceramic tile, it looks pretty similar to marble. The below image makes the tile a bit more blue than it actually is (it's more grey in person) 

Olympia Tile - "New Byzantine" in Azzuro

The wall tile I'm thinking of coordinating the above tile is either a plain white tile, or something like "Belinna" in Grey by Anatolia Tile (which is "standard" and not an upgrade). The tile has a bit of a sheen and somewhat resembles marble. There is also a coordinating floor tile, but it is quite shiny which I'm not sure if I like for a bathroom floor and the reason why I'm leaning toward the abive upgraded tile 

Anatolia Tile - "Belinna" in Grey

Below is what the finishes I'm leaning toward look like together.

Take care!