@duffwny - if you really want to see what Cloe tile looks like, I suggest ordering a box from Lowe’s or Amazon (Walmart might also have it - I bought a different color of Cloe tile through Walmart last year because the return policy allowed me to take it back to a brick and mortar Walmart store - even though it was shipped to me directly from Bedrosian). Both have free shipping and free returns. Also, when I purchased it - and placed a bunch of tiles out on my kitchen island, it looked like it had less color variation - but when I took a photo of it with my phone, the variation looked the same as in other photos I’d seen posted on Houzz and on Bedrosian’s IG page. The price of Cloe tile has dramatically increased since I purchased it for my kitchen + bathroom two years ago - I think it was about $6.99 sf! Lowe’s has a 90 day return policy (can return to actual store and save shipping cost): Amazon has free shipping and free returns for 30 days (fyi - I have seen the price fluctuate quite a bit on Amazon): This says ”Free 30 day returns” - but then has 90 days when clicked. When I purcjased, I called and was told I could return to a Walmart store within 90 days.

Based on the overall - I would be happy. The general lines (both horizontal and vertical) look straight and the walls are likely not 100% square. White grout was a good choice for the tile variability. Keeping the lines straight on a tile that has this much variability is hard and I would say he did a good job. Note the consistent tile slice on the left and that means he probably had to make small adjustments left / right to make that happen and he did so while maintaining stright vertical lines. Same with the same size pieces he used to end at the time and it's obvious that the ceiling isn't perfect.

@Jennifer Lynn…Love how everything turned out…so beautiful. The before pics help you believe the nightmare of the reno was worth it..lol. I also said that after our kitchen reno five years ago and now we had a dishwasher leak and Im eating those words😂 Would you mind sharing your island and wall color? Did you use polished nickel on the hardware..faucet? Hard to tell in the pics but that’s what we have now and i really like how the black pendants adds a pop to the neutral scheme…would you mind sharing what h pendants are? Great job!

To add to his helpful post, I teared Mapei Eggshell(Refered to as White in this thread) vs Mapei Avalanche and it was clear to me Eggshell blended better. Though Avalanche did match my sw pure white walls better. Ultimately for the most seemless look I went with the Mapei Eggshell, and here are the results. Really happy with it. It's still drying a little so the color might brighten a tiny bit more