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Can you use zellige style tile with Shabby chic ,cottage style kitchs?

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Would zellige(moroccan) tile compliment a shabby chic/cottage style kitchen or is a smoother subway style tile the better choice??

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JAN MOYER

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It's a white kitchen. The table and chairs send the cottage vibe, Go get a nice clean white subway tile, 3 x 6, 2 x 8 white grout to match, no bevel. Don't "add" anything to it. Accessories and art will carry your look. Just move on. Test a few at home, stand them up on the counter.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
I need to see the space and honestly shabby/ chic has not been in for quite some time so pics are a must.
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Chris HACKSHAW
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I just call it shabby chic...it is probably more of a cottage style.I will post the pics...
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Chris HACKSHAW
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the floor looks dark here but it is areally light goldish tan .I am looking at a white zellige or a tile by julep tile which is a satin white subway with a glossy white pearl liner between the tiles lengthwise.Advice is appreciated!
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Norwood Architects
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I'm seeing lots of variation in the zellige tiles. That would probably go with shabby chic. With cottage style maybe not as much.
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Chris HACKSHAW
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I am wondering if the clean looking quartz counter keeps the zellige out of the loop.I have MSI Calacatta arno...
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Not getting many opinions...help!I have to pick something soon.Any suggestions welcome.
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I think it's a very casual look but it ought to be really pretty in there. (Your kitchen area is too neat and crisp to think of as shabby!) Get enough samples to lean up against the wall and get a good feel for if it goes.

Love the green in there. Green tile is never bad, you know. And you wouldn't have the pressure of finding the "right white" for the countertop if you found a nice green zellige...
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barncatz
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I think you might get more help if you showed photos of the tiles you're considering. There is zellige tile and zellige type tile and on and on. I don't think your counter rules out that type of backsplash. I'm not liking the sound of a tile with a glossy white inclusion of some type for this kitchen but again, photos??
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
I agree with Jan.
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RedRyder
last year
@JAN MOYER Is right. Keep a permanent part of the house (i.e. backsplash) simple and add "cottage style" in other ways.
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