Bathroom Tile Search: Desperate and running out of stores to visit!!!
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Comments (4)I don't know where you are, but B&W tile in Riverside (and Gardena), CA has reproduction tile. I've been to their Riverside store, and I seem to recall seeing tile with that kind of texture to it. I recommend calling them (their website doesn't show any glazes, just tile shapes) to ask. The Riverside store is (951)715-4630. Here is a link that might be useful: B&W tile...See MoreBathroom getting tiled NOW- Schluter Strip alternative?
Comments (29)https://tile-assn.site-ym.com/store/ViewProduct.aspx?id=3484938 The link I posted above which is the same link from 10 post's ago for the TCNA Handbook is what you need.(Tile Council of North America) If you are intending on walking your GC through this instead of getting a professional all the responsibility falls on your shoulders. Your GC is not competent enough to be taking on this project. If he was he would have researched the proper methods prior but instead he argues with you. You are making the choice now to be the GC. I think you are making a big mistake but it's your shower. Best of luck and I hope it all works out for you....See MoreHelp choose vanity, tile etc for bathroom
Comments (22)The Seta porcelain is from Italy (link to my local tile shop where I bought the tile. It is available in 6x24 and 12x24. I'm using the 6 in a herringbone in the master bath (under construction and not yet grouted). Sorry, there are no lights in there. The 6x24 tiles were $7.49 sf. The photos don't show the real color. For some reason the photos look brown, but in person, I assure you that the floor is as silver as the marble shower. A side note on the overhead lights -- our building code won't allow those over the tub. I have a SolaTube centered above the tub. There will be wood window grilles/muntins in the sashes. The vanity is Restoration Hardware Odeon in a single extra-wide with a Carrara Marble top -- the top and sink came with the vanity. I bought during a sale and it's gorgeous.. (My husband died last year and one of the most difficult things each day was seeing the extra sink, so I went with one sink) 12x24 laid in a straight angle, instead of diagonal. This is my laundry floor and it is grouted with Mapei silver epoxy. Also under construction, so no lights. It is very light silver and the weblink I provided accurately shows the silver color. I debated porcelain vs marble in the shower. The price, $12.99 sf, was the same for the Bianco Carrara Gioia 3x6 honed, and porcelain beveled subway. I didn't want marble on the floor! The floor in the shower isn't installed yet. The shower floor will be Paso Shiny Grey 1x1 at the very expensive price of $17.43 sf using Mapei Warm Grey epoxy grout. There's no link on the website for that one....See MoreStill working on bathroom design (tile). :(
Comments (16)"As I am spending all this time in the tile stores I see/hear people pop in, seemingly for their first visits, look at the tile boards, debate 5-10 minutes, and then order tile!!!!! It is unreal! how can it be so simple for them!"-wow. I remember feeling so lost exhausted and tired in one of the huge stores in LA..and some woman came up to me and asked me "I'm so overwhelmed..can you help me pick something?" have no idea why she approached me..maybe because my jeans were in the laundry and I wore something nicer? lol. or maybe just out of desperation. because nobody's helping you in these huge places. I told her "I'm sorry I can't..I wish someone would help me))" It would be nice and interesting to help of course but I felt like dying between all these tiles and stones..like they're there to crush me or something. had to get myself out of that store asap. too huge, too overwhelming..nowhere to sit..i felt like i was going to faint. this poor lady probably felt the same way. I'm trying to think why it's so beautiful in the nature and sometimes so hard in the interiors-to marry some very different things. when it's about these finished hard surfaces. maybe because our variation is very pre-set? it's too much but too little, at the same time? I know I'm not making much sense..I'm just thinking aloud. The view out of your window really intrigues me. Maybe not just colors come into play but the overall feel? our walls etc are too plain too sleek..can't compete with the snow? Snow's white but also ever changing..has depth that's hard to get with tile..it's never really just white even though it's an icon for white..? (My DH also used the word "cave" a lot lol. )...See Morelisab2362
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