White Hexagon Floor Tiles - What Color Grout Did You Choose?
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Stacey Collins
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Choosing tiles is tough -- did you match your floor and shower?
Comments (22)As for ease of cleaning in a kids' bathroom, I personally would go with a midtoned floor with midtoned grout and larger format tiles to minimize grout lines. Actually I think the lightness of the floor tile isn't as important as the grout. One of my quite fastidious friends with no kids really regrets the white grout on her white tile bathroom floor. The tile is ok to clean up but the grout shows all. I would not hesitate to choose a different (lighter) tile for the shower walls. I wouldn't paint the walls in the rest of my house gold to match the hardwood. In my powder we went with a concrete look light grey floor tile that was available in both polished and matte. The polished looked VERY different from the matte, so different that I'd hesitate to use them both in the same room. If I'm honest, the polished was the more beautiful but we went with the matte for safety's sake with the large format....See MoreWhite subway people, what grout color did you use?
Comments (18)I don't have the practical experience to offer, but we'll be in the same boat when we finally reach the backsplash stage. So I'm glad you started the thread. I'll be watching the responses with my little notebook out! I *think* I'm also leaning toward a light gray grout so that tiles have some definition, but nothing dramatic or that registers 'black grout'. Since I can't offer advice, I will offer these owls. I'm pretty sure DH and I look like this when trying to figure out any question involving colors and slight variations in color: If two pails of grout and a board will tell you what will make you smile, I say go for samples. :)...See MoreNeed help after grouting tile...Grout color covered white tile...
Comments (27)Yvette Im sorry your upset, It does look lighter in todays photos to me. You have very poor photo quality and in truth you are comparing a Showroom floor with white marble or glass contrast relfecting and a complete different lighting schematic to your tub alcove. There is some solice in lighting. This is repeated on these forums time and again. Stone itself comes in dye lots and VERIES drastically. Stone wicks moisture, from thinset substrate and grout as it cures it gets darker before it lightens. Some thinsets can take 30 days to fully cure, some portland grouts do normalize over 7-10+ days. and there is a dozen things that can go wrong with hand mixed and installed grout. I cannot see close enough the details of your install but I can tell you I have had to watch sales people at tile shops like a hawk in that they are usually not a person to take advise from. Can you be 100% certain they sold you the proper color/brand or did they sell you something similar to sell you something. ? You should have more recourse if you Payed a tile professional to source and purchase the materials themselves grout included and if you have a contract and stayed hands off. One thing homeonwers dont consider when they get involved with these things is the importance of putting all the liability in the contractors hands to afford recourse. People that do the shopping finding deals choosing materials, and then hiring labor have little to no recourse so i hope thats not you.. I suggest further patience and see how it lightens, play with lighting and start to focus on other aspects of your room.....See Morewhat color grout for this black and white floor tile?
Comments (18)I'd do black floor, grey shower. A white or lighter grout WILL end up looking black'ish eventually in those high traffic areas. I can't tell you how many houses I looked at that had two toned grout; the high traffic areas had dark brown while the edges of the rooms would be light tan. You won't have to get down on your hands and knees with a toothbrush trying to clean the white/light grout saving your knees and back for years to come....See MoreStacey Collins
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