Coloured grout is more forgiving than white but I tend to go for very large format tiles. You can get tiles of over a metre square now with rectified edges which really cuts down the grout as you can lay them with a 2mm grount joint. Subway tiles have way too much grout for me and create a very busy look.

I really like the lozenge tiles! Personally i prefer the 1st design (basin included). The 2nd is too busy with the tiles around the loo. I do however prefer the bath taps on the 2nd design, with perhaps a handheld on the shower wall (all jn brass)? I might think about taking the floor tiles up the bath. I love a flos pendant but it doesn’t sit right, I also prefer the brass mirror in the 2nd.

Maybe also ask the designer to mock up the boxing in of the loo the whole way across that wall. If the bath could shrink a little you could have a shampoo etc niche under the window above the bath. It is away from the shower but tbh when the niche is close to the shower anything just runs off your hand before it hits your body?!

maybe consider epoxy grout? Darker cement grouts aren’t as grubby but may fade or discolour

I’m another one who has panels in their bathroom. Wouldn’t consider anything else. We are in the process of re-decorating in there and will have Bushboard Nuance panels again.

I like design one. The tile style is very 70s so I like them very much! I have large format tiles in my shower with a mosaic panel, so lots of grout, but after 7 years they still look okay. Some of the grout under the shower had flaked a bit, but we just re-grouted that bit and it looks fine now. When grout discolours it’s usually due to the soap and shampoo products that turn the grout a bit orangey, so the red grout would be perfect to disguise that. Lovely to see a bathroom design that’s a bit different!

@sonia do you mind sharing your bathroom photos?

My bathroom is nothing special and very,very, tiny. I only have tiling in my shower cubicle and as a backsplash to the sink, but here’s a couple of pictures showing nice white grout! 😂. The rest of the walls are just painted.