love it or hate it

[Spud]

I would like to start a new thread called" love it or hate it" ,we all have jobs where the customer has got weird taste or asks for some unusual setting out its just a bit of fun so i will start the ball rolling with 2 jobs one fired earth mosaic which is £400 a sq m which my wife hates and the other a padana tile called ishia beige which wifey loves and i hate ( bored of brown and beige bathrooms ) i will not be offended if you hate them but please post pics as it should be a bit of fun thanks Gary

 

[Olz]

I like both TBH gary, but id image the fired earth could become a bit overpowering in larger areas.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Sorry Gary I like (love is for the wife) both!

The mosaic looks better from the distance shot and the detail in the shower area of the other tile would look good closer up - you can never satisfy everyone.

But good work and a good thread.

I'll try and find some photos to post - trouble is Victorian floors tend to have that effect - Love/Hate (or not liked as much as polished porcelain):mad2:

Timeless John.

 

[Spud]

here is another one which needs an acquired taste i cant wait until these dark drowns and beige tiles go out of fashion we will all be very busy when they do lol

 

[Olz]

Sorry mate, i like them aswell, al murad have just started stocking them near me so i expect to be fitting some anytime soon.

 

[Dan]

I like the fired earth tiles but I think in that area it makes it look a bit dark? perhaps 'dark' isn't the word. The beige and brown look very smart but I'm with you, there's a lot of beige and brown about. I think the dark brown ones look very smart, I could imagine that bathroom being owned by a bloke who lives and works in the city.

 

[Thespanishtiler]

reminds me of the "dirty protests" at the maze prision

 

[andy-p]

that mosaic is hideous but i quite like the padana , tiles these days are far better than the ones i was fitting in the eighties , if only i had some pictures of em but alas no camera phones then, and your right gary about brown and beige maybe 80/90% of tiles im fitting are so...

 

[Colour Republic]

Not a fan of the mosaic - too 70's/80's for me, maybe looks better in the flesh?
Like the padana but don't like the almost victorian suite in that setting
Love the last one but dislike the casement windows which ruin it for me, that extra detail would have finished it off. - not your fault i know!

Am I being too picky?:lol:

Good thread, thanks for sharing

 

[doug boardley]

a couple that I particuarly disliked, both villeroy and boch and hard as hell to cut!

all the clutter probably makes this look even worse, I think maybe if grout was lighter colour it would've improved it, but maybe not lol

 

[Spud]

nice work doug but you are right hideous tiles :yikes:

 

[Olz]

The worst ones i've ever fixed were 600 x 300 porc with a fingerprint ridge patern pressed into them about 3mm deep and finished with a nice chrome coating. They were horid and a nightmare to grout. Didnt take any pics, didnt want to crack the lense.

 

[Spud]

really love this ceiling and freize course at the train station bar/restaurant in Newcastle must be the reason there are so many good geordie tilers

 

[White Room]

That quality

 

[Spud]

I am constantly looking for things to inspire me to become better at tiling I took these pictures in las vegas, Ceasars palace hotel floor and fountain in the entrance and the star pattern is from berlutti shoes in ceasars palace mall