Everything was set for the following day, we had 200 miles to travel with one stop being Tile Outlet. The only problems, what colors are going in which rooms AND what was ACTUALLY going to be tiled. No problem... Time to panic!
It was 4'Oclock and we were talking about the expedition we had planned for the following day. Then Matt brought up the question that sent us spiraling into panic. Do you want to tile a walkway from the foyer to the kitchen? I started worrying that would make the living room look too small. Would the walkway be wide enough. Where do we stop the tile and pick up carpet for the bedroom? Do we tile the dining room now? We are not remodeling the kitchen for a while so do we hope they still have the tile when we're ready for that?
And the biggest question - What color tile do we get?
This was too much. I called for back-up - My friend Kim. Matt and I love her style and trust her judgement. She heard the panic in my voice and took pity on us coming to our rescue. I can make decisions if I have parameters, but I didn't know what they were. We walked her though the entire place and she took it one step at a time. She asked if we wanted to lay the tile "On Point" or "Square". I asked, "What's 'On Point'?" I give her credit, she didn't laugh. Of course I knew what it was, I just didn't know that's what it was called. I started out firmly in the "Square" camp, using a brick pattern. Once she pointed out how much grout you could see when it's laid "Square", I jumped camps over to the "On Point" side. Although she couldn't tell us an exact tile color she gave us the tips to matching it to the room. She said there was definitely enough room to tile the heavy traffic area and we could buy all the tile now and tile the kitchen when it was time.
While she was there she also modified our color palette slightly with alternate shades of one's we had picked out as our "White" (Actually light cream) would look blue in the daylight. These are things I hadn't known. She helped us pick out the main colors and highlights for each room. When we were done, she had successfully talked us off our ledge. We actually felt capable of tackling our tile decisions.
If you are having trouble with your decorating ideas, I hope you have a "Kim" in your life you can call. She was a life-saver!
Here's the bathroom tile we picked.
Here's the foyer/walkway/dining/kitchen tile
Each tile has different shades.
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