Hello everyone,
a quick question for those of you who have already completed building your house. Was there a moment when you thought, "Oh no, what did we actually choose here? This doesn’t look at all like we imagined it would?"
We are currently having some doubts about the tiles in the hallway. Maybe that will change after the painter has finished and the furniture, especially the staircase, is in place.
How was it for you?
Best regards
Herr Stein
a quick question for those of you who have already completed building your house. Was there a moment when you thought, "Oh no, what did we actually choose here? This doesn’t look at all like we imagined it would?"
We are currently having some doubts about the tiles in the hallway. Maybe that will change after the painter has finished and the furniture, especially the staircase, is in place.
How was it for you?
Best regards
Herr Stein
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saralina8712 Jun 2020 12:00Pinky0301 schrieb:
That’s not unusual these days, right? In our last house, we also had anthracite inside. But now we are going with white. I thought so too – which is why the reaction surprised and confused me even more.
It seems it’s actually not chosen that often overall.
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HilfeHilfe12 Jun 2020 12:12Only the sockets are different
everything else can be fixed
everything else can be fixed
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Smialbuddler12 Jun 2020 12:20After making a rushed decision, we ended up chiseling out all the grout joints of the floor tiles in an entire room because, honestly, it just didn’t look good. The effort was a lesson for us.
I find tiles particularly difficult to assess in advance in terms of their overall effect. It’s not so much about the individual tile you see in the showroom, but rather about how the tile size, color, and texture work together with the pattern of installation and the grout color and width. You simply can’t preview this combination exactly as it will appear, so you need to use your imagination. In our case, the grout color was too light, creating a very pronounced grid pattern that dominated the entire room. Now, with a grout color several shades darker, the floor looks very harmonious.
I find tiles particularly difficult to assess in advance in terms of their overall effect. It’s not so much about the individual tile you see in the showroom, but rather about how the tile size, color, and texture work together with the pattern of installation and the grout color and width. You simply can’t preview this combination exactly as it will appear, so you need to use your imagination. In our case, the grout color was too light, creating a very pronounced grid pattern that dominated the entire room. Now, with a grout color several shades darker, the floor looks very harmonious.
I also found this the most difficult part. You stand there in the bathroom showroom of the general contractor, surrounded by a huge tile collection, and have to choose something. I would have preferred several tasteful bathroom design lines that could then be adjusted in detail. We asked ourselves all the common questions that often come up here: how high to tile, where exactly, which laying pattern, whether to use the same formats for floor and wall – it’s complicated. Even 1000 Pinterest images didn’t really help. The Villeroy & Boch bathroom planner allowed for a pretty good visualization. I would like to start over and change a few things – but it’s too late, the bathrooms will be finished next week. Hopefully, they will look good...
We were fortunate to be able to inspect the same tile installed by a private individual at their home. Otherwise, we have mostly been dealing with changes in product ranges. For example, the Dornbracht bathroom fittings, which I would have really liked in "dark brass matte," are no longer available, and the fabric I chose for the vertical blinds is also no longer offered...
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