Help with Cloe Edging
Hi! I’ve decided on Cloe for my backsplash, but have a hard time making a choice for the edge and I have to let my contracter know soon. Should I do the matching edging (it will cost about $1000 more), or go with white schluter? There is a lot of exposed edging in my kitchen and the new backsplash will have the same footprint as the old.
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Comments (395)@Christina Olson- THANK YOU for posting pics of your kitchen! I have the same Sherwin Williams Alabaster on my cabinets. I have been tormented trying to get a similar off-white tile or tile that has shades of white and off-white that are similar to SW Alabaster. I had reluctantly chosen Cloe in white glossy rectangles but your pictures have reassured me that white Cloe tiles will work. I am using stainless steel countertops for the perimeter counters and a porcelain slab for my island that is a composite of beach tones- sand, sea-shell orange brown, blue, blue-grey, & copper in the mix of white & off-white - See picture. I love my slab since I got a copper farmhouse/ front apron sink which goes over blue island cabinets. See- picture. I plan on tiling the entire kitchen countertop to the ceiling around my windows so there are no painted walls in the kitchen (cabinets go to ceiling). After reading additional posts, I will buy extra and filter out the tiles that are too grey. I have seen some Cloe white tile boxes with predominantly grey tiles and I have seen other Cloe white boxes that have more off-white variations....See MoreBedrosians Cloe tile spacing/grout
Comments (72)@Lisa Perez You only need to seal the grout, not the tile. Cloe is glazed tile and sealer should not be applied. You are sealing to protect the grout from stains and discoloring and make it easier to clean. It should be done every 6-12 months, depending on how heavy use and washing. If you don't want to see the grout, Custom Brand bright white is a better choice than grey. Make sure you use the matching tile caulk and not grout where the countertop meets the tile, otherwise it will crack. Given your white cabinets, white grout will give you the clean white kitchen look if that is what you are after. Not sure what your benchtops will be, however, with farm sink and black hardware, the modern farmhouse look can certainly call for contrating grout. But in my opinion, is not as classic and may date faster than all white. If you are worried about keeping it clean, the very lightest greys also are close match to the tile, I used Ash in our laundry room. It almost disappears, but I did not use the whitest tiles and omited them. (I posted photos of both above, but photos are never true to life). But almost all the greys available will give you contrast and you will definitely notice the grout more, and the tile will not be the star. It is a different look and doesn't seem to be what you are after. It also depends on how much natural light and what kind of artifical light you have if you can pull off a grey and not have it pull too much focus. If you have tile left, I suggest you make a sample board and try a few different grout options. and hold it up so you can see what it will look like. There is no turning back once you start. If you don't have time or resources for that extra step, go with white (Custom Brand Bright White) and seal it well and often, especially behind cooking zones. Good luck....See MoreCloe tile trim / edging
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last monthMegan S.
last monthHere is a full kitchen view, does this change your answer at all? It will go along the far side by the oven. The mixer corner is to the left of this picture, and the coffee bar is behind me in the dining room.
cupofkindnessgw
last monthlast modified: last monthDo you plan to have a standard 18" backsplash? It seems to be closer to 21" or 24" as currently tiled.
Yes tile all the way up to the hood behind the stove. Are you planning to tile the entire wall with the Chloe? If so, go all the way up and tile around the window too.
Check out the kitchen of @itsourcasa - it's gorgeous! I believe her backspalsh tile is pure white. It's available at Floor and Decor. Her kitchen is stunning... one of my favorites.
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last monthlast modified: last monthI agree with RedRyder.
Add up the $1,000 you save by using the schulter edge, plus add in the $ saved by skipping the tile on the bar’s two side walls and the one side wall by the white mixer.
Now put all that $ towards tiling the range wall up the ceiling. Hey, I can rationalize anything!
On the sink wall, I would just tile up to bottom of the upper cabinets. If you lower the bottom shelf down in line with the bottom of the upper cabinet, then the tile stopping underneath the shelf will look more intentional.
Something like this… the window size if off, but hopefully you get the idea.
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last monthThank you everyone for the suggestions! I like the idea of going to the bottom of the hood, but then my next question is if it is weird to go up higher than these windows? Right now it stops at the windows. If it went up to the height of the hood, it would stop about the same place that the bottom shelf starts. I'm replacing the shelves with floating shelves so the brackets aren't a concern to me.
Another fun hiccup, for some reason my cabinets are cut to go around the tile. If I tile up higher, I'm afraid this little cut out will look weird. If I keep tile height as is, it will just nestle in that little cut out, but if I go higher I'm afraid it will stand out and look weird.
And some FINAL fun- my house is over 100 years old and most of the walls are plaster. The plan for the edge walls is repair behind the tile with drywall (?) to have a flat space to apply new tile, but it is another whole complication to repair the plaster to have it look acceptable where the tile currently is.
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