Horus Art Tiffany Crackle Bianco - alternatives

13 years ago

Well... I thought I had my backsplash tile, but when I got it home the 3 x 6 tiles didn't match the 3 x 6 bullnose tiles - so back to the store they went. The tiles are a very nice white with a very slight cream to them, which goes great with my BM Cloud white cabinets. The bullnose had a definite gray tone to it. The store is going to try to see if they can order the bullnose tiles and regular tiles from the same dye lot, but there are no promises. I live in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area and can only find the Tiffany tile at 1 store in the Toronto area. At another store they carry Horus Art Cristalli, but they cannot get the Horus Art Tiffany. Actually, the Cristalli that they have is a 4 x 4 tile and they cannot even get the 2 x 6 subway. It's crazy.... The stores have actually told me that Horus Art gives exclusives to certain product lines and product sizes. It's very frustrating. When I go online I see so many stores in the United States carrying the Tiffany tile, but shipping to Canada is going to cost as much as the tiles themselves, heavy sigh. Fortunately, I have a little time before I actually need the backsplash tiles. I'm trying to get as much done as possible before I'm traipsing around in 3 feet of snow, LOL I've tried to email Horus Art in Italy, but their email bounces back. Also, got in touch with a rep in the United States, but he said he wasn't familiar with the Canadian region. I probably should have asked him if he had an email address for Italy, but he really wasn't that friendly. :( Maybe I got him on a bad day. I realize I could just avoid the bullnose tiles, and use the plastic trim available, but I just don't think it looks great.

Anyway, to make my long story short assuming my store cannot get the Tiffany crackle bianco, I thought I would ask the wonderful GW'ers if they could recommend a white subway crackle tile that is not too gray, or too green....etc. etc. - just a nice white with a hint of cream. I definitely don't want a cream tile, just a white with hint of warm colour to the tile.

Many thanks.

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beekeeperswife
13 years ago
Well, after searching on google for an old thread of mine, I finally found the name of a tile that reminded me a lot of the Horus Art tile. It is an Italian tile. It was priced really great. This was the tile we were going to use with our Cloud White cabinets, but then I won that contest and the rest is history.

The tile has a slight gray undertone to it and I really liked the way it looked.

It is by Vallelunga Rialto. Here's a photo of the sample board I had at my house. There is a gray board too, but this one is a white, but with the gray undertones. See if you can find a place near you that might sell it. I'd call around. We found this a Mom&Pop kind of tile place. I have seen it online.

Colors in photo aren't the greatest:
cbrfd
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13 years ago
Thanks beekeeperswife. I remember the tile you won and it's gorgeous! Actually, your whole kitchen is gorgeous. For some reason any of the tiles I've brought home that have a gray undertone look really dirty next to the cabinet. When I spoke to the kitchen company, they said that the cabinets are actually called Flurry, but they also refer to them as Cloud White. The sample cabinet that I have actually has CC-40 on the back of it (which of course is Cloud White). They said because the cabinets are spray painted they use a different kind of paint but they said it is very very close to Cloud White. This may be why the gray undertone in the tile looks dirty when held up to the cabinet. Out of curiosity does the tile that you won have a gray undertone because it looks fabulous with our cabinets.
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beekeeperswife
13 years ago
I don't see any gray undertones in the white tile. It really does work with the cabinets though. I finally relaxed and realized I never would find an exact match, they just had "to go" together.

Good luck!
cbrfd
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13 years ago
Thanks beekeeperswife.

Update: I just heard back from the tile store and they said it was going to take 6 - 8 months to get the bullnose tiles! I also found the correct email address for Horus Art in Italy and have asked them directly if they have any other stores that carry Tiffany or even the subway Cristalli in the Toronto, Ontario area.

Would still love to hear of other suggestions for backsplash tiles.
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13 years ago
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