Jan 10 2008
Set Backs
We are well underway with our lovely home at this point when my husband got a call from our builder saying that the tile we had picked for the kitchen was discontinued and we needed to go back to the flooring store to pick something else. We just couldn’t believe it! We called the decorator at the flooring store and asked if she would check on our tile and see if they had enough in stock to do our floors. She said that she had already checked and they didn’t. We would have to come back and pick out different tile. I was very disappointed. The tile I had chosen had a smooth surface and most of the tiles in the store had a textured surface. It’s the style, you see. Well, I have seven dogs and a dog door planned for the future. Textured tile has a tendency to hold the dirt in its crevices and make the floor look dirty. We must have looked at every tile in the store. It was going to be a really hard choice. We finally decided on a tile that had a relatively smooth surface and was still the color we felt would look good with the other choices we had made.
Our builder had the tile and all was right with the world. Or so we thought. I got a call from the cabinetry store saying the stain color we had chosen for the kitchen cabinets was discontinued and the new stain was redder than the previous one. We went by the flooring store and got a sample of the new tile and took the ride to the cabinetry store. The new stain was perfect with the new tile. It had worked as if it had been planned. So as it turned out, everything really was right with the world.
Where I made a mistake at this point was the grout I picked out for the kitchen floor. It’s too light. It shows dirt and the only way I can get to look clean is to pour straight bleach on it and then scrub with a scrub brush. As you can imagine I can only get the energy to do this scrubbing once every couple of months. If I had it to do over I would chose a grout that is darker and wouldn’t look constantly dirty. Or, I could just let it turn black!
