Thanks suzan30! We fell in love with it when we saw it (the other colors are stunning as well!), but were also concerned about such dark tile in a small space (hadn't been considering dark tile at first). It is Glow tile (color is Cosmos) from Atlas Concorde (distributed by AKDO?). Ours are the 12x24's, if you can't tell in the pics, but it does come in other sizes as well.

Hi Merimom, We are just finishing up our natural cherry kitchen with Montauk Black slate floor tile. We installed Piracema White granite on the coutertops. As you will see in the photos, there is a lot of dark gray veining and waves in the granite. I am technologically challenged and can only attach one photo to my messages so you will see several posts. Best of luck! MJ

I love your beach cabin and location! Your door color is great, too, and you don't need to do anything different about your cushion or pillows. ETA I'm going hunting at a flea market in a few hours for a rustic coffee table for my future front porch - something like yours would be a great idea. Friends of mine are giving me a couple of rocking chairs that they'd gotten for free, but which don't work at their place.

Just want to wish you the best of luck finding a good contractor and handyman. I've known of people importing their constructions crew from Sacramento and paying for lodging for length of the build due to frustration with poor work ethic Tahoe contractors. 25 year South Tahoe resident here. Been through several major renovations on original house and added several new rooms and a 2nd story to same house. All night mare experiences. I have yet to find a half way decent contractor and forget about a dependable handyman. I've been on the look out all these years...not been successful yet. We had to build up since our coverage had exceeded the 30% coverage allowance. Not able to pay the heavy fines in order to exceed coverage and also not able to buy other empty parcels to then give to the conservancy to stick into their "not-buildable" stock pile, up we went instead of out. We still had fines to pay but we settled on an agreeable amount in exchange for removing our deck to make our 30% coverage numbers crunch better. If the laws are still the same with TRPA, if there is a will and a well funded bank account, there is a way you could add onto to your cabin by building out, instead of up, but it will likely cost you. Sounds like building out is more feasible vs up. If you find a good contractor or handyman, please send me the name and #. : )