Previous owners of this house had good taste in tiles - as already mentioned, I quite like the 70s style red ones currently in the kitchen. The main bathroom has blue tiles that I can't get excited about - but equally, can certainly live with.
The ensuite bathroom's tiles are tricky - we like them and they aren't broken so would like to keep them. However, we plan to replace the corner bath with a shower enclosure & the loo & basin with white versions. This means spaces that will be tile free.
A box and a half had been left behind - not quite enough.
It seems nuts to re tile a bathroom when we like the current ones for the sake of a couple of boxes, so we've been looking for them online.
No match anywhere for the barcode or any of the information on the box - but on the back of the tiles, it says "Novabell White Collection". Much more success!
No UK stockists nearby (that I could find anyway), but there is a store in High Wycombe that deals with Novabell so we are going to pop in on the way to Baby Sister's on Saturday to double check & place the order.
It's not going to be cheap to have them shipped from Italy - but much cheaper than re tiling!
Not quite the 3 week lead time I was expecting, but as it's not due until the 19th November, at least we'll be able to get the room ready!
We had to choose the tiles and flooring in minutes in order to add them to the interest free credit deal - which was surprisingly amenable and squabble free. For both, we ended up switching from what we'd chosen from the brochures.
I have also decided that I'm going to salvage what I can from the current tiles - I do like them in a very 70s way but there really aren't enough in good condition to keep as the main kitchen tiles. I do have some ideas though.
We have a possible home for the worktops - a friend has been eying them up for his workshop.
The current flooring though is beyond recycling - much as I approve of cork!
Now this may not look like a milestone, but it is an important ingredient to the house-home project! I struggle to do housework, DIY, unpacking, laundry, cooking, gardening and many more things without Radio 4 keeping me company.
I can't find my little portable anywhere - but as the aerial had snapped halfway down & the battery was failing to hold charge, I decided to invest in a replacement today. I'm not nice to the radios in my life - they get dropped regularly & have been spattered with paint.
Hence this really basic purchase that's hopefully me-proof!
