What I Buy Wednesdays

Let’s talk about tile. 

The two upstairs bathrooms are being remodeled as we speak. Mindy’s bathroom—I guess it will forever be known as that even though she doesn’t live here anymore—is going to be black and white. Remember, I’m going with a French farmhouse vibe and using pictures from our France trip. The bedding and window treatments are black and white toile. So black and white tile just makes sense. I also wanted it to be shiny. We have this tile in the rec room bath and I love it. 

I like shiny floors, so I knew I wanted shiny tile.  I told Christy that if I couldn’t find what I liked in shiny, then I would just use this again. But, I would really like to have something different.

I really liked these two, but the one on top wasn’t shiny at all. The one on the bottom was a smaller scale and round, but only the black penny tiles were shiny. It was okay—and I probably would have “settled” for that if I hadn’t seen this:

You can't tell it from the picture, but it's all shiny. I'll be using a medium grey grout, so it will look pretty much like you see it here. It's kind of an optical illusion. The tile above is definitely black flowers with a white center, while this one is white flowers with a black center. Or some people might see just polka dots. 

All of it is shiny! I love it. The shower is going to be this shiny black glass tile with a niche made with the floor tile.  I've picked the 3"x12" (center one).

The tile for the other bathroom was easier to pick out. I didn't really have anything in mind, so it was easy to find something. It's when I have something in my head that is a problem. I want what I want.

This tile will be on the walls and is 8". It is a subtle teal color in person.

Here is everything together. The large, rustic looking white will be on the floor with the little penny tiles on the floor of the shower and in the niche. You can't tell it from this small piece, but the little white pennies are outlined in the teal. I'm wallpapering this bathroom. 

This is happening:

This is my view from the kitchen. Usually, I'm looking out over the garden and pool. Now it's dark. The reflections you see are what's behind me in the kitchen and dining room. Makes it kinda dark. It's all because of this:

They have made a chute of sorts to get the demolished "stuff" out---big stuff like the vanities and tub. There's a linen closet coming out too. They put a dumpster in the driveway. There's going to be a lot of hauling. 

This has already been a lot of work and we're not even finished with everything we need to do to prepare for the new carpet. Then, when it's all finished, it's going to take a lot of work to put the rooms back together. We're overwhelmed! Oh, the mess...

You'll just have to stay tuned for further updates!!