Well, that’s it.
We’ve had our last colour appointment - eeeek - one final step coming up - contract signing - double eeeek.
So this morning, we ventured off to Port Melbourne to visit National Tiles for our colour selections. And 40 minutes later, we walked out proudly holding our tile samples.
Similar to our internal colours, we have picked a small selection of colours to use in the house which get used throughout.
Up first - we have our large floor tiles. They’re a light grey (which work really nicely with our dark carpet), and are the oversized size which, according to our consultant at National Tiles, makes the space look larger. These are the floor tiles used throughout.
In the wet areas, we have two colours of tiles - a cream (which looks white when not surrounded by other near-white colours) and a chocolate brown. And our subtle addition of colour is a funky red glass tile.
Let’s take a look:
Cream (Wall)
Chocolate (Wall)
Grey (Floor)
Red (Feature)
Side-by-side
In the ensuite, we have the grey floor, and one wall of the shower is cream, and the other wall is chocolate. On the cream wall, we have a feature on the back of our niche in small red glass tiles. These tiles are glass, with a painted red back, and look stunning in the light as the depth of the glass creates the most fascinating highlights and shadows. And then, on the splashback to the vanity, we have the cream tiles.
In the main bathroom, we have the grey floor again, with the bath frame and one wall in chocolate, and the other wall cream - so we have chocolate surrounding the bath with a cream splashback (which continues to the cream wall in the shower), and then chocolate on the other shower wall. And once again, a cream splashback.
In the laundry, we simply have the grey floor and the cream splashback - subtle and simple.
Our kitchen and entry passage simply have the grey floor.
Our grout colour is an ivory off-white colour, which is going to be used throughout.
To top it off, on sharp edges (corners of the niche and edge of the bath) we have a matte steel rim, matching our shower frames.
The cream and chocolate tiles are identical in size - long rectangle shaped tiles - and in all instances will be horizontally positioned creating nice long perspective lines.
So… the question is… is it built yet?
Just make sure you are happy with the dark floor tiles and dark carpets. We have very dark carpets and dark kitchen cupboards. We always wanted a chocoloate/dark polished porcelain tile throughout… for over a year. Then through much consulation and advice from friends and total strangers who were wandering around display homes, who had also had the dark combination.. they all said in unison.. “don’t do it for god’s sake”.
Try to picture Nocturnal Oak (dark brown) kitchen, bathroom & ensuite cabinets & drawers, dark brown floor tiles and dark brown carpet…. in the end we realised it was a bad mix!
So we have chosen a wonderful lighter coloured floor tile, 600mmx600mm for the floors throughout the house, and believe it offers longer term appeal, plus will not provide a barrier in 10 years time when we may be looking at resell! (I already want a bigger house!)
Good luck with it all, I’ve subscribed to your feed (MW just thinks that is to do with eating something lol)… so I’ll be taking an interest in your journey.
Jason Rhodes.
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