Must admit that I've never heard the name, but it's from the 60s/70s. My cousin got it from her parents and she sold it to me for 50€ after she decided to remodel her flat. I now know that they go for around 1000€ after recently googling for mother of pearl discs, because a few are missing.
Thanks bimble, I'll look for those !
Yep. We had to make our tile decisions in one session a couple of weeks ago. Husband hadn’t consulted on timings with builders so all of a sudden we had 36 hours notice that we were visiting a shop and ordering tiles. Husband spent the next day visiting local tile shops and doing a pre select and the next day went and chose them all with the builder. We live in Portugal, really poor online shopping here and no local shops had samples. We ordered a lot of tiles!Has anyone ever bought some tiles without spending 100 years looking at pictures of tiles on the internet and then getting free samples that are the size of a postage stamp?
Oh yes. I’ll put some pictures up when I have the chance. In the meantime, let me just say that I’m glad I persuaded her it wasn’t worth getting the ones that were £580 per square metre!
She makes me feel better!
Those are really beautiful.
Oh it's straightforward enough. She constantly reviews all blogs on earth and from this finds beautiful things that are stupidly expensive. I then say "no, find something cheaper" and suggest the bottom bargain basement option. She then finds something I still view as stupidly expensive but reluctantly agree as being only within three times of the budget I had in mind.
www.tiles-direct.com
that is the sample i have! Not working for me at all. Will not give up. Also it is very not urgent, existing floor does its job of being a floor its just annoying.I take it you’ve looked at Tiles Direct? I think that may have been where we sourced those Irish tiles. I haven’t seriously looked for an equivalent to the ones you posted above but a search for “blue star” starts to show some that are nice enough to give me hope that you might find something at a sensible price.
Scintilla Sky Pattern 45cm x 45cm Wall & Floor Tile
Colour: Blue Material: Pre Scored Porcelain Finish: Matt Size (cm): 45cm x 45cm Thickness: 8.5mm Suitability: Wall & Floor Anti slip Rating: R9 N° of Tiles per Square Metre (m2): 5 Tiles N° of Tiles per Pack: 8 Tiles Availability: In Stock
Other than that, I can only recommend google image searches with imaginative search terms!
That’s a fantastic piece of synchronicity!
xx
All the tiles are beautiful.
The sofa is comfy and the room is chill friendly, though I'm still getting used to it as things never quite look as I imagine them. I live a dull, small post-war flat in Berlin and I still miss my London flat a little, which was even smaller but architecturally beautiful. I never totally felt at home in Berlin, the pandemic has taken away everything that's great about the city, its nightlife, its culture and just left what's not so great, at a point when I was still settling in here. So this is my attempt to make my flat really mine so I can feel at home here. BTW it's all based on a vague memory of a British horror film from the 70s, it's the type of place where Joan Collins would murder someone or get murdered with an axe, but then that's me.Reno thats an amazing job, it looks like a magazine room. Is the sofa comfy tho, can you properly chill out in there? You definitely have an interior decorators eye.
kabbes I think you live in a dream house, it looks so beautiful and like something you could only imagine. It also feels that you are creating it with your loved one, like this beautiful home for her, I love that
That’s cool. I live in a post war council house! I’m very proud of it because in my view it’s the perfect home. It’s definitely the perfect size for me and my kids, I wouldn’t want anywhere bigger as you’d rattle round and I’d find that a bit creepy. It’s got a lovely garden tooThe sofa is comfy and the room is chill friendly, though I'm still getting used to it as things never quite look as I imagine them. I live a dull, small post-war flat in Berlin and I still miss my London flat a little, which was even smaller but architecturally beautiful. I never totally felt at home in Berlin, the pandemic has taken away everything that's great about the city, its nightlife, its culture and just left what's not so great, at a point when I was still settling in here. So this is my attempt to make my flat really mine so I can feel at home here. BTW it's all based on a vague memory of a British horror film from the 70s, it's the type of place where Joan Collins would murder someone or get murdered with an axe, but then that's me.
I looked at these for our fireplace, they are very nice.
that doesn't apply to floors does it or does it?
Nope just walls.
I love those blinds Cloo, that pop of mustard really makes them interesting. The whole room has come together really well.
