Now you probably already know that we’ve been building a kitchen extension for some time now, but Mr. Wonders has been building it on his own so it’s no wonder it’s taking a while.
It’s the floor tiles that I’m here to talk about today. We spent ages looking for just the right tile for the kitchen and in the end found a perfect 60 cm by 60 cm porcelain tile from Porcelain Superstore. Although the tile is called Nexus White, it is in fact quite a pale grey and emulates the look of polished concrete.
The below photo shows the (filthy!) reality of the tiles going down over the underfloor heating:
Does anyone here remember Petrocelli? It was a 1970’s detective program in which the lead character – Petrocelli was building a house but it never ever got finished. In fairness, I was born in the early 70s so I have no idea why I know this. I can only assume that my parents watched repeats! But when I think of our kitchen extension, I often think of poor Petrocelli and his half finished house!
Again, the next photo looks a bit grim, but (bear with, it gets better!), all the tiles are nearly down and it’s just the edges to go.
Next we are starting to look cleaner and less like a building site:
They really are very large tiles with a 10.5mm depth and even just one is very heavy so you can really feel the quality of them. If you have bifold doors or just want to continue the inside theme outside, they do have the same style but in 2cm thick for outdoor tiling.
Finally the kitchen cupboards arrived and were fitted, just in time for Christmas!
Finally, here is today, how beautiful, clean and fresh does our kitchen look? The tiles are fabulous, large and easy to clean (which we need in our house with kids and cats!).
I will leave you with one last picture of the cats loving the underfloor heating (ignore the mess and concentrate on the happy cats!):
Many thanks to Porcelain Superstore for helping out with this post. As always, all opinions expressed are my own.
