A TILE DISASTER (sort of ...)

After a run of fabulous decisions where it was like I could do no wrong and I ran with my hair flowing in the breeze upon the silvery joy of Being Right, I’ve hit a bit of a wall.

The Red Star floor tiles didn’t work.  And I ordered £200 worth of them.

 Now, don’t get me wrong, I really like them and the colour's perfect.  But I got them for the kitchen and this is where I fell down: the pattern is small and the floor space is large.  And while I loved the way the colours merged to give a fresh grey/white/red feel, I didn’t enjoy the way that the pattern did the same to my eyes.

I tried them in the downstairs lavvie and it was a completely different story: the tiles looked completely at home and the size of the pattern wasn’t so noticeable.  Instead, they gave a really cool, retro feel to the space. Unfortunately, I’ve already got my heart set on the really fresh red and white of the Rose des Vents which means – urgh – the Red Stars have got to go back.

I’m genuinely gutted because I do like them and also, I hate breaking my golden streak. That sounds gross, but you know what I mean.

In their place, we’re going for the back up which I like but also feel is a little bit ... safe.  I liked the idea of having a funky pattern on the floor in the kitchen which is dated and only getting a new worktop and a lick of paint (lick, lick, lick – HATE that word).  And I hate being wrong.  As I said. Anyhoo.

This is our back up.   It’s from the Colour Flooring Company and is a vinyl floor covering that comes in a roll.  The colour is Antelope.  Will blog more about this company later as was introduced by my lovely sister-in-law who have this in Apple in their kitchen.

To be honest, we’ve had our eye on this for a while and I have absolutely no doubt that it will look lovely.  And the colour was my decision so in some ways, I know I will be returning to the Right.  But I will miss what the Red Stars could have been.

Zazous' French Vinyl Tiles

The tiles from Zazous arrived and I LOVED them.  I'm going to hold on photographing them until the lavvie floor's not still covered in green carpet but just wait because they are MAGNIFICENT (I may be over selling them here but, hey ho). Little reminder below.

Anyway.  Since I got those tiles, I seem to have developed a really quite worrying crush on their mate.  Showing here ...

This is Red Stars.  What I love about this pattern is that it gives an overall impression of colour while having a really pretty dinky little pattern. And ... they're PRETTY. I went bonkers and ordered the whole entire bunch to cover the kitchen floor. I'm a leeeeetle bit nervous because RB's not totally sold being a boy and liking things that are 'Subtle'. And also, they may be a bit boggly, like the wallpaper we used to hate.

Oh pleeeeease be as lovely as Rose des Vents!