White walls with grey floor would look great, I think the matt tiles would look fine with the gloss cabinet. Love the above image of the metro wall tiles and wood effect floor tiles

Grey tiles will date and in my opinion can look incredibly boring. I went for white with dark grey floor tiles and would do so again. If you can, tile floor to ceiling all round.

Thanks for the all ideas. I am sold on white tiles, probably matt and a grey floor. I like metro tiles but also like the idea of using a large tile. I will try some more samples. Anyone used tiles from b and q

I went for large rectangular tiles and hung them the other way - portrait rather than landscape - which has given the shower a really modern and different look. They are a sort of mottled bronze and are only inside the shower. The wall above the basin (half set in the surface and with cupboards under) and back to the wall loo will be mirror up to the ceiling; the rest I've painted in one of the brighter colours in the bronze tiles. Everyone goes "wow!" and in a good way! Good lighting makes a difference - downlights shining on the tiles really shows them off. I got the idea from a high end bathroom showroom - it's worth visiting any you can, for the inspiration.

If you were to put the basin where the shower is, and vice versa, and turn the loo round 90 degrees you could set the loo and basin into cupboards/back to the wall units and get a long run of surface for putting stuff on and it would look fab. It makes a big difference if you put the loo flush plate on the front of the unit, not on top, so the whole of the surface is available (apart from where the basin sits).

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good luck with all and remember, pictures when done.

Re your tiles: definitely stacked and portrait rather than landscape; it's very effective and adds a wow factor for no more work or cost.

It worked wonderfully in my shower room - also quite high and very small overall.