![]() ![]() “Reflection turns experience into insight. I was listening to a podcast today and I loved this quote: White tiles update#The in-home and eDesign consultations that I do on a daily basis with clients all over the world is what constantly has me turn around and update my live workshops. The reason my colour workshop is the best is because I have actually been in thousands of homes over the years AND because I’m a decorator too. Oh, one more thing, in order to be really good at teaching colour, you can never give up the thing that got you there in the first place. It is my joy in life to help you have a more beautiful home.Īnd did I mention I don’t judge? Lately I’ve been hearing this a lot “I know you don’t like this, or I know you wouldn’t have done this, but. ![]() You can get lost really fast and get it wrong just as fast.ĭon’t just guess, this is the easiest trick, simply carry around a cream, off white and true white subway tile for easy comparison. When choosing tile, you need to have point of comparison otherwise how do you know where you are? The floor tile should read greige to relate well to this countertop.Īnd which white subway tile is right to work with it? Well you could go with off white or true white. You can see in the image above that the quartz is not cream, off white, or true white, right away by comparing it to the three tiles that represent each category. Learn all about the 5 whites you need to know in my White is Complicated eBook here. I took the liberty of inserting the gradations of white paint colours here, below (the only one that’s missing is blue-white).Īsk Maria: My Husband got one Choice and It’s Wrong, HELP! No wonder so many bathrooms end up a hot mess if you start trying to introduce a combination of patterns, NEVER MIND just coordinating the whites. I wrote about that here.īasically all three of the tiles I was using came from three different factories in China so they are never going to be a perfect match. I learned this when I chose white hex tile, white subway tile and the white end-cap in my master bathroom. You can’t perfectly match white tileīut paint is different than tile. When you attend one of my live workshops, how you learn to choose the right colour AND explain the WHY (your colour is right) is through comparing. Since I always carry my true-white, off-white and cream subway tiles with me, I pulled them out to compare to the countertop and all the different floor tiles we were looking at to identify the whites we where working with.Ĭhoosing the right one suddenly became a snap. We were looking at the possible floor tiles (not shown) she had chosen to coordinate with this countertop (below): I will tell you all about this particular bathroom when I get the after photo, however this tip was too good not to share with you immediately! Always carry 3 or 4 standard white tile colours with you ![]() This week I arrived at a consultation to help my client choose the right floor tile to coordinate with her new countertop. ![]()
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