Tuesday, June 9, 2015

New Entryway Tile


Over the years, every house endures a new stage of life - be it through new occupants or renovations alone. We bought Holtwood House both for and in spite of all of the idiosyncrasies that come with those various life stages. It's funny, but walking into the house on that first tour, I looked down at the original, 1960's grimy, avocado green glazed ceramic tile in the entryway and I think it struck me as "cool". Original details usually pique the interest of a buyer like myself who was looking to purchase an older home. It wasn't too long after purchasing that I started to rethink that cool tile - partly because it never really looked clean, but also because I was trying to work in a lighter, more modern palette and the dark, dated tile in the entryway always bore such a challenging contrast to all the progress around it. 


We battled it for 5 years, largely based on budget and other renovation priorities. We tried distracting away from it with colorful artwork and covered it up with rugs and furnishings. I actually even painted it out once in my most epic DIY fail to date (please don't even think of doing this - just don't) and inevitably had to scrape all of the paint off it to live with it yet another year.  I have to admit we even thought about coating over it with feather finish to give it an industrial warehouse type look. Obviously I was getting a bit desperate.

Once we decided that we would finally make this a priority in 2015, we waffled between a colorful polished concrete and tile - eventually landing on the latter. We shopped various tile styles and budgets for our roomy 100sq. feet of entry and eventually made the decision to purchase an inexpensive plank style from Home Depot. 


We played around with different layouts right there on the showroom floor and in the end, decided to lay it in a herringbone pattern. A light gray grout complimented it nicely and will save us from scrubbing out stains that will eventually come in an entryway had we gone with a bright white.


What a difference it makes walking through the front door or looking on from adjacent rooms. It brightened up our tunnel-like entry so much. I also can't help but be amazed at how all of those furnishings that once clashed, now settled in and became part of the overall landscape of the space, the way they were always intended to.

*Tile is Marazzi 'VitaElegante Grigio' available at Home Depot
Grout is 'Delorean Gray'
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celine@aquahaus said...

Girl yes!!! That looks so incredible. Like Elle magazine. OMG!!

Lianna@theresnoplacelikehomemke.com said...

OMG looks fantastic! Love the herringbone. I think I would be scared to try such a pattern!

Anonymous said...

Erin you did a brilliant job, it looks so fresh and beautiful. I love the color of the wood…just a perfect hallway.
Maybe in the near future, you would like to bring some color to the space and why not doing this with a special rug? So let me share with you our rug world: http://feltballrug.com/inspiration . Over here you can find even our social story of these unique carpets: http://feltballrug.com/meet-the-team/ I hope you will enjoy the video and our work :)

Domicile 37 said...

Wow, that is NICE! I love a good Herringbone pattern. Pinning!

Domicile 37 said...

Wow, that is NICE! I love a good Herringbone pattern. Pinning!

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Mama's Garden said...

Do you happen to remember which light gray grout you used? I'm using the same tile and was going to choose something lighter (driftwood), but your darker gray grout is stunning. I'd be grateful if you could remember the color name.

Deborah said...

I love this tile and have it in my laundry room! We are now looking to expand and need more tile but it is discontinued at Home Depot. Anyone have any extra that I could purchase?

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