an actual email to the woman who made our new bathroom tile
Tiles arrived yesterday -
gorgeous of course.
This morning we stood with the tile men -
"you couldn't just buy white square tiles from Home Depot?" they asked -
I boasted, "we had these MADE."
We don't put much space between them they told me - you don't want too much grout, they warned -
I said okay and went out...
Four phone calls:
1. These tiles aren't really square (I know, they ARE HANDMADE)
2. Do they all go in the same direction? (yes, look at the back of them, they work better if they run in the same direction)
3. We can't butt them up tightly against each other! (I KNOW, THEY ARE HANDMADE)
4. I think you'd better come and look!
They look great - uneven just a teeny bit, beautiful color, AND HANDMADE LOOKING.
Enjoy the photos - I'm looking forward to grout...
gorgeous of course.
This morning we stood with the tile men -
"you couldn't just buy white square tiles from Home Depot?" they asked -
I boasted, "we had these MADE."
We don't put much space between them they told me - you don't want too much grout, they warned -
I said okay and went out...
Four phone calls:
1. These tiles aren't really square (I know, they ARE HANDMADE)
2. Do they all go in the same direction? (yes, look at the back of them, they work better if they run in the same direction)
3. We can't butt them up tightly against each other! (I KNOW, THEY ARE HANDMADE)
4. I think you'd better come and look!
They look great - uneven just a teeny bit, beautiful color, AND HANDMADE LOOKING.
Enjoy the photos - I'm looking forward to grout...
Comments
but the uneven tiles would have me a bit nutso.
I can imagine the contractors talking to each other in between phone calls...cursing you in one breath and worried you'll hate it in the next.
And?
If you like your handmade tiles, you should have your handmade tiles. Let 'em scatch their heads all they want.
All I want to say: sorry we're so far away. But maybe, next time, you could get your personal oversea's contractor adn tile man along with your hand made tiles??? UH?
It's adorable.
What color grout are you using?
K would have liked a black slate bathroom with cascading water and river rocks -
the squares are a compromise.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the bench. Nothing like taking a shower sitting down. Almost TOO relaxing.
The nerve of those artisans, with their handmadeness and their craftspersonship!
-J.
P.S. Were these handmade locally or did you find some excellent source somewhere? 'Cause I'm thinking something like this could make my life much easier in the kitchen remodel.
Cool tiles.
We have a bench in our shower. It is the Best Thing.
pretty much the same color as the tiles.