Tiles

Today we had the first of three selection appointments in two days - tiling.  Finally we get to do some of the fun stuff, instead of sitting on hold to various utilities companies.  Arranging abolishment of the gas and electricity has been about as painful as I had feared it would be.  But the end is in sight - gas abolishment form has been sent in, and I'm nearly done with the electricity form.  We've met with the demolition guy (funnily enough, he's based about a block away from where I used to live), and received a final quote.

But back to the tiles.  It turned out to be fairly simple, as I've spent plenty of time scouring the internet for ideas and examples, and had a good idea of what I wanted.

For the floors in the bathroom, ensuite, powder room and laundry, we're having a 400 x 400 Portofino Basalt Matt tile with light grey grout.

Floor tile  sample - Basalt Matt 400 x 400

For the ensuite shower walls we'll have the same tile in a gloss, with a white pebble feature tile in the back of the shower niche.

Ensuite tile samples

In the central bathroom we'll have the same floor tile, with a row of the white pebble tiles on the floor along the bath.  The basalt gloss will be used on the bath hob/top/splashback, but I wanted a lighter tile in the shower, as it is walled in on three sides, so for the shower we're having a 400 x 400 Portifino Graphite Gloss on the walls, with a grey pebble feature tile in the back of the niche.

Central bathroom tile samples

The only other tile choice was the laundry splashback.  We went with a standard 300 x 100 cafe grind matt.

So that's it.  The Basalt Matt, Basalt Gloss and Graphite Gloss were all upgrade tiles at $5 per sqm, which cost us about $250.  The pebble feature tiles in the two niches and the row against the bath cost another $200.  So far so good budgetwise - let's hope tomorrow's colour and electrical appointments are as easy.