Pebble Tile

It's very easy to picture Pebble Tile in a California bathroom. The organic, textural quality seems perfect for one of those comfortable, laidback homes you see in, say, the Chron's Fall Home Design Magazine (fourth house down, perhaps?).

The natural pebbles in the Pebble Collection are from Indonesia, and are hand-sorted for flatness and thickness. They're then individually pieced together and bonded onto a mesh backing to produce interlocking pebble tiles and borders of various sizes.

When installed, the result is a completely seamless field or border. There are 13 color options, with lovely names like Polished River Rock, Ocean, and Skipping Stone. They're priced at $16 per 12" x 12" tile.

The Standing Pebble Collection's pebbles are stacked on end. They're available in 10 styles, for $12 per 4" x 12" tile.

At Oakland's Style Bath & Kitchen.

(Edited from a post originally published 04.26.06)

Comments (8)

It's beautiful, but how easy would it be to clean?

Take a look at Natural Stone Outlet (I bought some backsplash tile there) - the prices are $6-$8 per linear foot and the shipping is free.

http://www.naturalstoneoutlet.com/standingpebbles.html

Also, the John Bridge tile forums were a huge help to me when I installed my own tile:

http://www.johnbridge.com

I'd search the forums - the pros who post there have stories about installing just about every kind of tile and stone, and are eager to help.

I love natural stone but it is a bad idea for a shower. It would be a nightmare to clean soap scum and hard water off of. Super high maintainence. Uhgggg :(

January. Just how much do you think that a hypothetical Indonesian stone sorter would earn if he/she wasn't sorting stones? I think you really need to study up on the relationship between poverty and jobs.

I don't see why this would be bad for a shower at all - all the sites I've seen say you seal it so it wouldn't be any worse than regular tile.

I can't wait to have this in my shower some day. So luxurious!

In 10 years this will look dated
in 30 it will be retro/funky.

What goes around - comes around...

I got this same type of tile from natural pebble tile .com for about $8 delivered! They were also really helpfull when I had installation questions.

I have also ordered a similar product from StrataStones pebble tile.

I love them both...the shower in your picture looks great!