Monday 16 March 2015

My Kitchen | Part 3 - Tiles

If you look at these pics (below) it may not look like we've had much progress in our kitchen reno, but in fact we have. You can see the from these earlier posts that all of the old kitchen cabinetry has now gone. I no longer have an oven, a dishwasher, or a washing machine. I'm actually coping OK without an oven, as we have set up a mini kitchen in the living room with a microwave, kettle, toaster, slow cooker, and electric frying pan, and the BBQ is outside. But the loss of the washing machine with our family of five has hit me the hardest. Thank goodness for my Mum and Dad around the corner!




Last week our electrician, Davyd Auckram - Bay Cities Electrical, and our plumber, John - John Riggs Plumbing, were busy doing their part. They're both great guys, and I can highly recommend them - email me if you want their contact details. We also had our hot water cylinder removed and an infinity gas water heater installed, which did mean no hot water for a day - eek!

Today the builder, Glynn Pritchard - GCP Construction Ltd, has started, which is exciting because it means we should have walls again soon. Next comes the floor sanding, and all the while our kitchen is being built by the talented guys, Rick Martin and his righthand man Ben, at Sunshine Joinery.




In my last post I was looking into our option for benchtops, and I can report back that we have chosen an engineered stone with a marble look. Now it's the tiles for our splash back that I'm trying to decide on. My first choice was a small marble hexagon tile, and I still love these, but unfortunately they may be outside of our budget.




I really love these cube tiles, but they're from an Australian company, which means shipping complicates matters.





These cube tiles from Tile Space are pretty gorgeous, but they only come in gloss and I was thinking of going matt. They looked great in Alex and Corban's Block kitchen though, so I haven't ruled them out yet.





There is a similar tile found at Tile Space which does come in a matt white, called Rhombus. It featured last week on the TV programme Our First Home, but you can see it's a lot bigger, and possibly too big for our kitchen splash back.




Perhaps this matt white hexagon tile is the one, it is, after all, the same shape as my first choice only a little bigger. If you're wondering why I'm not considering the good old subway tile, our cabinetry features wood panels (vertical lines), so I want to introduce a more contrasting shape in the tiles.




Here's another hexagonal option from Porteous Tiles which looks pretty fab in pink and red. Hmmm... what do you think?




I talk about this as our "kitchen reno", but really we're tackling the kitchen, dining room, and laundry all at once. It's pretty huge and explains why we're living in a mad house at the moment. Spare a thought for me with my dining table in our living room, our console table holding the mini make-shift kitchen, the pantry in the hall, the dishes in the bathroom sink, and now with the arrival of Cyclone Pam, most of our outdoor furniture has also been crammed inside.  Good things are a-coming (I keep telling myself!).

6 comments :

  1. Quite frankly, all of those tiles are awesome. Will any of them look dated long term? Hexagonal is probably more classic and will go the distance, however geometric and cube tiles are pretty gosh darn cool. The ones on my first home looked great, do they do those a little smaller?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks for your thoughts Lara. I'll let you know how I get on with my choice. x

      Delete
  2. Have you considered pressed metal? I thinking that's what we'll use as I'm worried about the tile grout changing colour.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Good idea Becky. Pressed metal looks great in the right kitchen x

      Delete
  3. Looking forward to seeing your cabinetry choices as I'm going through the same dilema! I've chosen a tile quite similar to yours so I'm feeling confident :-)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Great. I got to see the kitchen today, so I'm really excited. It still needs the front of the cabinets, painting etc, but nearly there :) x

      Delete

It's lovely to hear from you. Thanks for your comment. Best wishes, Vic xxx

Blogging tips