Tile woes

I've been teaching Evie about finding the area of shapes, so the price of tile shouldn't have been a shock to me.  And yet, when we went to the tile store yesterday with the quantities that Justin the Tile Guy recommended, I was totally horrified by the prices.  The prices seem a lot cheaper when it's per square foot! 

Our shower is enormously huge.  The shower alone is about a third of our tile cost for the whole house.  It's David's baby - one end is supposed to be a drying/robing/snacking/newspaper reading/coffee bar area.  All professionals involved have commented on the size.  Enough.  We know it's big.

Here is a possible find for our kitchen backsplash:

 

 



Evie likes it vertical, Noah likes it horizontal.  Justin says it looks "bathroomy".

Look here for a good ideabook on kitchen color palettes.

Houzz kitchen color palettes