A Tiling Day

I spent almost the entire day looking for tile. Who knew there was so much to consider? The width of the tile vs. the width of the accent pieces. The colors of the tub, wall, floor, etc. And the worst part is the tile makers no longer think mud caps are necessary because they are not used in new buildings. Oh sure, they make them in plain shiny colors, but I like the look of a textured or patterned tile and would like to use that. Since my house was built in the 70's, it is either mud caps, or a gap between the tub and wall that he has to fill with mud and try and make it look good. Of course, the tile we like is only .26 per 6x8 piece, not too shabby! But DH doesn't like the accent pieces. The accent piece he likes is a lot thicker, and it would mean getting porcelein tiles at 83 or 88 cents for a smaller 6x6 tile. When multiplying it out by all the tile we need, that's four times the cost!

We bought samples of all the tile we liked, and we're going to look at the five mud caps we could find that have some sort of pattern to them this week.