Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Floor tiles 2Feb 09, 2010 1:13 pm I am finding the tile decision the hardest too. It doesnt help that I keep changing the look I want to go for! Is your kitchen having stone benchtops? If so, do you have to pick from one company? Maybe start with the thing you have most limited choice with and work around that. Paint comes in heaps of different colours so maybe leave that till last... Re: Floor tiles 3Feb 09, 2010 1:39 pm Well the walls are Russian Toffee, the bench tops are Black diamond gloss, white cupboards, red splash back. mmmmmm, need to decide now. We are buying the tiles ourselves and a friend who is a tiler is laying them saved us $5000 Cherie Re: Floor tiles 4Feb 09, 2010 3:36 pm chezza Well the walls are Russian Toffee, the bench tops are Black diamond gloss, white cupboards, red splash back. mmmmmm, need to decide now. We are buying the tiles ourselves and a friend who is a tiler is laying them saved us $5000 Cherie It seems you have strong colours already so I would probably go for a white tile. Have a look at a few display homes and see if you can find something that you like. Most of our colour selections have been inspired by various displays Re: Floor tiles 5Feb 09, 2010 3:53 pm My 'main' tuile selection for the living area/hallway is the easiest decision for me! I'm going a white shiny/gloss colour......everything else is killing me and I cant decide . Mind you I havent even started choosing anything yet as we are still getting quotes from builders. IMO I wouldn't go with a 'feature' type tile considering your other selections look really bold already. A white or lighter colour would look nice. DA approved Waiting on a few more Builder's quotes. Re: Floor tiles 7Feb 09, 2010 6:01 pm I would then do somewhere between white and the russian toffee colour (not that familiar with colours)... I would go towards the lighter end but maybe not bright white! Re: Floor tiles 8Feb 15, 2010 6:18 pm I am going for DARK tiles and DARK grout - after having light tiles with light grout in our current house (that we are about to rip up and replace before we put it on the market) I HATE LIGHT GROUT! If there is one thing (in my opinion) that ages a house more than anything, it is dirty grout! (I think you can seal grout to prevent build up of dirt and make it less porous so i would definitely suggest that if you go with light coloured tiles/grout ) We are looking at having light/white walls and white sheer curtaining layered with black/dark curtaining with a white caesarstone bench top but a warm dark grey splash back to prevent it from being too much of a contrast and making it feel too cold/hard - i love rugs so i will definitely be using rugs in a lighter colour (that can be hung on the washing line and hosed out!!!) We also looked at timber floors to prevent the whole grout situation, but due to the fact that we are yet to have children and we have an inside dog, the timber would get ruined These are just my opinions, but I know when investing a heap of money into your dream home, you'd want it looking new for as long as you can (with little to no maintenance ) Sleven Moved into our Atlantique MkII 36 by Carlisle Homes They make the room much easier to clean for one, reflect more light (if light colour tiles are used), and you dont end up with dust on the top edge of tiles (cause most… 3 7717 CDC Housing Code 3 When to apply Floor Area external face of wall vs Gross Floor Area internal face of wall. Reading thru CDC Housing Code 3, lets take a lot 915sqm.… 0 11663 isn't a garage level with the rest of the house a given? pretty sure they 'came around' long time ago. if you have a flat block, the garage is usually level with the rest… 1 13343 |