Tagged: tiles
A project x
There’s a project gaining traction, think space and do-ability: An office pod in the garden. It’s been mooted before – it almost happened last year, but the husband was between jobs so it wasn’t the right time. But the green light is now on to start thinking, planning and budgeting because I’ve worked out over the years, the more time you give to these three, the less it all costs because you work out whats important. And what’s not.
The pod will need to be heated and although I love the romance of a proper stove, I believe in London, with concerns over air pollution and consideration to our neighbours, a cunning side step to an electric copy, like we did in the cellar will be the way to go: It will provide the visual representation, the heat, but none of the negatives.
Besides there’s always the joy of what goes round the stove..a small area to tile means flex in choice!
At present is a toss up between the modern approach of concrete tiles with large, dramatic patterns.
Or – and I was reminded of this option after seeing this picture of Alexandra Tolstoy’s cottage and splashback – a blue and white delft option.
Wouldn’t it be lovely if you could create your own? Pictures of coded memories??
(All pics Pinterest)
Decisions, decisions…
Laters, Kate x
Inside out x
We celebrated all that is great about the summer last week with a safari supper in our street – everyone met for drinks at the start, then we all divided into different dinner parties with each course at a different house with different people. The whole thing was a joy. The house we started at had just renovated their garden, removing worn decking and replacing it with black and white geometric tiles, not only did they sit beautifully against the green of the garden, they totally blurred the line between inside and out.
(All pics Pinterest)
A rather delectable statement.
Laters, Kate x
Scales x
When’s a tile not a tile?
(All pics Fireclay tiles)
When it can think out of the box?
Laters, Kate x
Old and New x
Kasia Zareba designed the Fossil porcelain collection based on inspiration from the imprints of fossilised plants . The deceptive simplicity, the lack of symmetry and the feeling of movement all lead to a bullseye hit in the design stakes.
(All pics from Pinterest)
Definitely one for the lust list.
Laters, Kate x
Smoking x
Remember Granby? They haven’t stopped evolving since winning the Turner Prize last year. Even better, much of what they do totally feeds into the Future Candy trend – that perfect sweet spot of imperfection.
These are their unique ceramic tiles created by smoking in a BBQ for 12 hours with sawdust, newspaper and banana skins.
The effect is tantalising, like you’ve taken something light and let it go daaaaaark.
Thank goodness for moral depravity.
Laters, Kate x
Back-splash x
There’s still a long way to go, but I’ve learnt in this house renovation game to always be ahead of the curve in the decision making – there’s nothing worse than the pressure of time forcing a choice, so the current obsession is kitchen splashbacks.
Question: Did you choose your favourite based on the actual splashback…or which kitchen you preferred? (casing point, the pic above..nice tiles, shame about the curtains…)
Laters, Kate x
Maison Bentley Style 