Advice please lovely tilers - Tile Advice

[macten]

So I'm in the middle of a PITA bathroom (may do a full post when I'm done) but at least the end is finally in sight.

The main field tiles are these:



Because of the riven nature being a pain to keep clean the wet area is the
smooth version:



I've set out so the shower glass profile will be drilled into the vertical grout joint so as to hide the transition from riven to smooth.

The other wet wall is looking like this:



My question is 'What would look better above the door - smooth or riven? '

 

[WetSaw]

Riven for me so only the shower is smooth.

 

[macten]

On the little wall I've taken the smooth all the way to the architrave (a little beyond the glass) to avoid slithers and match the cuts I've planned for the window wall. With that in mind would you still go riven?

 

[Concrete guy]

Another vote for riven from me also.

 

[WetSaw]

On the little wall I've taken the smooth all the way to the architrave (a little beyond the glass) to avoid slithers and match the cuts I've planned for the window wall. With that in mind would you still go riven?

Yes.

 

[One Day]

Smooth for me please.

 

[Wayne Brown]

Riven is my opinion , i would have removed that paint sealed and tanked the wet Area walls but each to their own I guess . kop

 

[One Day]

I'm pretty confident that is tanking you're mistaking for paint!

 

[macten]

Maybe he’s never seen blue tanking

 

[macten]

The lady of the house doesn’t care. The hubby isn’t that bothered but if he had to choose he’d sway towards smooth and I think it should be riven. But now impish has made me doubt myself (him being a trusted advisor and all that!)

 

[One Day]

My first reaction seeing the picture and I usually trust my first thought on aesthetics.
Think about things like this too long and I end up confusing myself!

 

[Bond]

Riven.

 

[Waluigi]

Most shower screens are under 2 metres and assuming that the ceiling height is at least 2.4M, you’ll see the transition between riven and smooth above the shower screen on the left hand wall, so the right hand wall should be the same. The small amount of smooth tile against the architrave won’t even be noticeable.

 

[judge]

Paint it ..lol

 

[widler]

If the wall tiles are smooth next to them, then smooth, or am I missing something.
Why have you not tanked the patches , that’s a failure going to happen right there,water will penetrate them areas, tiles will fall off and the world will end.