My kitchen is getting its tiles

February 28, 2009 | Posted by Wendy

My friend and colleague from my old job, Pete, recently completed a tiling course and has started taking on tiling jobs alongside his teaching work. He agreed to tile my kitchen, and I am so pleased with how the tiles are starting to look. I think the blue and white looks gorgeous. I love the unevenness of the tiles, which (as I keep saying) are not quite the £350 a sq mt tiles I fell in love with, but I love my cheapo tiles just as much. Really. They are the most gorgeous shade of blue, with random shading and an uneven surface and edges, giving them that handmade look at a bargain basement price.

Of course, it takes the skill of a good tiler to make them look fantastic. They didn’t elicit this much excitement while they were sitting in their tatty cardbord box.

Here’s Pete doing his stuff with said tiles:

tiler in action

And more tiles went up:

almost tiled

The other side of the kitchen didn’t get left out:

more tiles

I thought you might like to see how the kitchen was a few months ago when we bought the house. It was desperately in need of a little great deal of attention. Just in case you’re interested, the wine bottle was half-full and left by the previous owner. Honestly.

: kitchen before

: kitchen before

Pete is back tomorrow to finish off and do the grouting. After that, the kitchen is just waiting for an oven and hood, some drawer fronts and some plinths. Oh, and we’ll be moving our furniture out of storage on Thursday, so the kitchen will get its fridge freezer and dishwasher.

Yay! It’s starting to feel like home!!