Tile Shopping

Our new favourite pastime. Not. What a decision to make. You've got to get it right. The pressure! I'd love old, beautiful re-claimed tiles, but they're not so easy to find and if you do discover them in good shape, which is the key, they're expensive. I dreamed of polished concrete until Mr Kelly handed me the estimate. Back to the tile stores.

So here are some possibilities. Nothing is definitive, save one. I lined them up for comparison. Henny deliberated, "I'm not sure, I kind of like the one in the lower left hand corner." I replied, "Good. They're the ones that have already been laid on the bedroom floor!" (To be fair, they're completely hidden under cardboard for protection during building works and we haven't clapped eyes on them for ages!) But it is confusing, the different choices from the various suppliers, trying to keep within budget, and when nothing is screaming out "I'm the one!"

The lavender ones are strong contenders. I don't know if they "do it" for you in the photo, but they are lovely and subtle in real life, and surprisingly neutral. We've held them up against almost every colour under the sun!