The tile store experience did not go well
yesterday. I walked around and around, looking for something I could afford. Then I spoke with the person at the desk. She took me around and flipped through some of her stacks and stacks of samples. Then she asked me what I was prepared to pay for mosaic tile for the backsplash. I replied, she blanched, and then kinda ended up wandering away from me and talking to another store employee.
It took me about 5 minutes to realize that she was politely telling me I couldn't afford to shop there. I waved a cheery good bye
and headed for Lowes - where I had originally intended to get my tiles.
The staff there were very helpful and polite but all the tiles I liked were discontinued
or not available in the colour
I had selected. I finally suggested the staffer go help someone else and began wandering. Then I started looking up at the displays of how some tiles were being used.
Black and white! I would design my own backsplash using matte 2 x 2 inch black and white tiles and use 4 x 4 and 3 x 6 glossy black and white in the shower enclosure. And the floor would be black, flecked with mica-like particles. AWESOME!
In the past I would have headed directly to the grocery store from the fancy tile place and bought and choked down a dozen big cookies in my car, consumed with shame and embarrassment.
Not now!
Dagmar (the tile
)