Daltile Restore Bright White next to Kohler White Cast Iron Tub?
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Comments (45)Hi! The big window in the shower is part of my 1985 tract house and appears to be a problem for most homeowners in my neighborhood. The original installation was prone to leaks, with water penetrating the inside of the wall. Many neighbors use a shower curtain along that wall, but I wanted to have an unadorned window. We gutted the room, and hired a local "vinyl" window company to install the picture window. It's dual pane with patterned (Industrex) glass. The interior of the window was not rated to be used in a wet environment. The installer caulked areas he thought would be vulnerable. There is no way to know if water is going inside the window, but to my eye I think it's doing great. My tile installer used "old school" techniques, putting wire lath up with layers of mortar which he leveled perfectly. The tile is perfectly square and sits flush against the window. Along the bottom edge, he used sheets of vichithane (sp?) which is a sticky rubber product. He over-did that area to make sure water never entered the wall. The marble sill sits on top of the waterproofing system. A window in the shower is great and I love the design, however, I can't shower at night with the light on. I have no problems with a "peep show" as long as I shower in the morning with the light coming in from the outside. Hope that helps! P.S. The local window company convinced us they manufacture windows, but I suspect they are the same as big-box store retrofit vinyl windows. The rest of the house we used Renewal by Andersen and they're much better....See MoreDo you need to match toilet and tub to cream or white vanity
Comments (5)I have a basically all white bathroom: white Hydro Systems tub, white ("cotton") Toto toilet, white Daltile Navelli Carrera Star tile, white Ralph Lauren ("grand") paint, white Restoration Hardware Hutton vanity with white/gray carrera marble. The whites are all similar, but differ slightly. The fixtures are slightly whiter than the tile, which is slightly whiter than the wall color, etc. Personally, I started with the white tile and worked from there. I went with white fixtures without comparing the colors, but then checked the color of the vanity, the marble, the wall color, etc. I think layering whites or whites and creams can look beautiful (even sophisticated). Can you get a sample of the cream vanity and take it to a plumbing show room to get an idea of how the colors will differ? Can you add other touches of cream to the room with paint, tile (or accent tile), or linens? From your description, it sounds like you have a good mixture of crisp white (fixtures maybe? wainscoting) and warmer tones (tan or beige tiles, wall color). I suspect that because you have a mixture and not just a single element of warm or cool tones, it will look great. You could also search online or use sites like Houzz.com to try to find similar color combinations to see if you like them....See MoreHas anyone used Daltile K101 Kohler White?
Comments (1)We installed a Kohler white cast iron shower pan in our guest bathroom, and used Daltile Modern Dimensions tile in Arctic White #0190 on the shower walls--they look very good together. I would imagine a Daltile "Kohler white" tile would have to match a Kohler tub even better or at least equally well. FWIW, we used the same Modern Dimensions tile with a Toto Cotton White tub (and Porcelanosa Bari Blanco tile in another bathroom with same tub) and they look great together as well. HTH...See MoreThoughts of a Tub that will Match White Tiles
Comments (15)This is a longish post about Matching, so feel free to skip it. For a male I score very high on those discernment tests where you have to put the swatches in order. I don't know if it's because I can pick them up relatively easily, but subtle mismatches don't bother me all that much. I am doing a series of rooms that are completely monochromatic except for the floors, which are wood and the ceilings which are white. This is to create "background" because there will be a lot of stuff on the walls and books, but even the drapes and bedding match the walls. (And they are honest to god drapes, too). Anyway, the bathroom is the same. Kohler Ice Grey fixtures, Kohler Ice Grey tile of two different dimensions, with a darker grey floor and a white ceiling. This room will get wallpaper. But here are the things that "match" Kohler cast iron bathtub Kohler vitreous china toilet, with plastic seat Konler cast iron undermount sink Daltile Semi-gloss 4x4 tile in Kohler Ice Grey Daltile Modern Dimensions 2x4 tile in Kohler Ice Grey Corian Pearl Gray solid surface vanity top, shelves, custom inset toilet paper holder, custom wastebasket. (This technically is not a "match" but it is very close. Robert Allen Ultima fabric for shower curtain Here is the thing about things that match, is that sometimes they don't match, and sometimes they do. The Kohler Tub and sink are black cast iron underneath. The clay body of the Daltile Semi Gloss and the toilet are white underneath, the clay body of the Daltile Modern Dimensions is brown underneath, and the acrylic toilet seat and the Corian are a solid color all the way through. The tub and tile seem to match on the surface but it looks darker in place compared to the semigloss tile. But in some lighting it looks lighter because the surface of the tub is more reflective than the tile. The tub and the toilet and the toilet seat seem to match on the surface but sometimes they don't exactly because they are different materials. The two Daltile lines of tile do not match exactly because one is brown underneath and one is white underneath. The Corian is not a "match" it is a nice blend, but the recessed toilet paper holder and the shelves appear to match the tile completely. But the sink looks definitely darker directly against the Corian, even though the sink seems to match the tile. The fabric matches the tile when it is held up vertically but not laid on it horizontally. The fabric matches the grey color in the wallpaper, but when you look at them together from a distance it matches the ground of the wallpaper which is more of a champagne color with a little brown in it. So you can drive yourself crazy if you want it all to match all the time. I think it is Mariette Himes Gomez who has actually worked out how to use up to four or five different shades of white on the four walls and ceiling of a white room to make all the walls "match" and present a flat white room instead of one that is slightly different on each surface. I also remember my mother buying suit separates and the sales person saying that they were having trouble because some of the skirts and pants were not great matches with the jackets and they picked out something that looked like a great match in the store and when she took it to her tailor and saw it in the natural light, they had matched a black jacket to a dark blue skirt. (But it looked better than some of the two blues together in the store lighting). I guess it's what people are sensitive to. I had a friend who was upset because of tile and tub not "matching" but the obvious (to me) seams in the drywall and the uneven eggshell paint application was something she didn't notice at all. I also worked with a client who was sensitive to things like that but never noticed that one of the windows in her new build was 4-6 inches off, and then in the next house I did she never noticed that every single window in her house was 8 over 8 except one was 6 over 6. Even though the odd one was not far from two of the correct windows....See MoreHolly
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2 years agoOk here are the pictures, along with the basketweave on the floor. I do love how it turned out, although part of me wishes I had a bit more contrast between the walls and the floor. But I’ve been staring at it for so long that I think I’ve become overly critical. :)
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