Adventures in Tile: the half bath

 One tiny room has never felt "just right" and that is the half-bath. You can do a lot with small spaces, those are places you can "make a statement" or "an impact" if you will for less money and less commitment than a large room. But it has taken a while to finish it. The walls had been white, then aqua blue (horrible) and then white again. And then to decide on the flooring... at least it wasn't going to be terribly expensive to tile!

Trying some things out. The large marble-look wasn't quite our "thing." 

We tried several other tiles and configurations of tiles and in the end the gray squares won.

Dry setting to check for fit and cut accuarcy. It was decided to give them a "border."

Tiles set! You see how much nicer it is to frame them with a border.

Tile was then grouted.

It turned out well!

But now we thought we could do something bold, such as paint the walls a dark color. We chose gray.

Do you know how hard it is to match gray???

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And the color changes when you turn a light on or off, and whether you are in Lowe's looking at it or at home. 

It was called "Mark Twain House Ombra Gray." Not because we like Mark Twain but because it seemed to be the one that matched the tile. For a little while it does match, if you aren't looking too close.

The floor turned brown when I got this room painted. Grr. Not only that, I discovered the difficulty in painting dark over light: there are parts that just don't get covered of the previous paint and wall texture. Unless I take a watercolor brush in there and fill in all the white wall spots. 

Will this wall get yet another coat of paint? This isn't the last you will hear about this little room!