A little mistake

When I came home on Tuesday, I was very excited to see our powder room wall tile.  BUT, then I said to Joern, "Of course, you know it will look much better when the grout is in."  I didn't know why at the time, but something just looked off.  On Wednesday, when I got home, the majority of the subway tile in the shower in the kid's bath was complete, and again, I said "It should look better when the grout is in."  But I didn't have such a good feeling.  Here, you can see why:

It looks off, right? 

So, I went home and checked my pictures, sure enough:

Check out the installation pattern.  Yup, they are installed in a brickwork pattern, NOT in a grid pattern.  That explains why the tiles didn't look right to me.

UGH!  I don't know what's wrong with me!  I have come to every situation armed with 1,000 photos just how I want each detail in our home.  And then, I forget to show Cute Tile Guy just how I want my subway tiles installed!  OH MY GOSH! 

The worst is that I can't leave it.  I can't just say, "its okay," and walk away.  It needs to be fixed, at least in the powder room, but possibly the shower as well.  I talked to Joern that it was important that Cute Tile Guy be made aware of the problem, because the kitchen was next, and I'm pretty sure it would be harder to redo the backsplash in the kitchen, plus its a waste of money and time to keep redoing our tiles.  So, Joern had to talk to Cute Tile Guy.  Turns out, he feels just as bad as I feel. 

Joern and I were discussing it all last night.  Cute Tile Guy is right, the tile in a grid pattern looks like a swimming pool- which in my head translates to it looks horrible.  It has to go.  I brought up with Joern how I can't believe I didn't advise him how the tile should be laid, and then Joern also brought up the fact that Cute Tile Guy asked how I wanted all the tile, except for the subway tile.  So, it looks like we are both in error.  Joern told him that I want at least the powder room reinstalled.  Not sure when we'll be doing that, but it needs to go.  We're running into a little time problem though, because Cute Tile Guy is finishing the master bath next week, and the plaster guys are starting next week.  It may not be possible to redo the powder room before the plaster guys need to work. 

I guess in all, if this is the biggest problem, it isn't so bad.  But slighlty aggrivating.  Hopefully, it will be fixed sometime this winter.