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Bathroom Tile

I went about the bathroom tiles the same way I chose my floor tile,  I first pinned all the ideas that I liked.  As you can see, I'm planning on using the light marble in all my tiling for the bathrooms.  Since our condo is small, I want to give the maximum feeling of space.  Click each picture for a link to the original website. 

Love the Marble Subway tile for the walls and the octagon tile on the floors.

I'll be using the same wall tile in the tub area in the master bathroom as the shower in the guest room bath. I'm going with the larger subway tile on the walls since I've been told the larger tiles look better in smaller spaces, and my shower is very small.

Love this!

I really like this look but will probably not be using the crown base molding to save on costs.  

Here's what I chose.

 I went with Floor and Decor for the tiling.  I find that they offered the most options of what I wanted.  

Love this for the walls.

I bought many more boxes of the wall and accent tiles than I needed.  I then took them home and went through each box to make sure I had the shading and coloring that I wanted.  You need to go through your tiles since marble varies so much.  There were many boxes that the marbling was distinct which did not match the wall tile marbling that was softer.  Also, there were many tile pieces that had a lot of green and yellow in them and I did not want that.  I was able to return the ones I didn't want for a full refund.  It's a lot of work, but at least I know I'm getting what I want.

The Lantern Marble tile is beautiful, but very expensive.  I'll be using it to accent the tiling in the Master Bath, but not much!

Check back to see the finished products!

Wood Tile Flooring

When we decided to renovated the condo, the decision was already made on the flooring. A friend of mine had shown me how great her wood tile flooring was at her beach home, and how much it looked like wood!! Real wood floors aren't an option, the humidity and amount of water is an issue. I wanted to make sure keep a light and airy look so it would increase the sense of space, so I wanted a lighter color.  These are some of the pictures I pinned to help me remember the colors I liked.  Click each one to see where the original pictures originated.

When I finally made it to the store, this is the color that I decided on.  

I needed to see how it would look with my bathroom tile!

French wood Larch at Floor and Decor.  I loved this and it seemed to be most similar to what I wanted.  From my own research, I had found I should get the larger planks and the rectified edge.  I also had discovered through the installation to always go with the darkest color in your tile for the grout.  

Here's the sub flooring before the wood. 

You can see how the lighting affects the lightness of the color. 

So far I love it!!!

The Progression of Opening Up the Kitchen

In this case the pictures need to be worth the thousands of words I could use about the opening of this kitchen.  I don't know why they closed off rooms in the 1960's, especially with the great ocean view this one will have, but I guess one day they'll say we were crazy for our design styles.  

You can see the progression of the opening of the kitchen.  First the walls.

We started to open up the walls, but there was some miscommunication about wanting a bar vs. a peninsula in the kitchen.  I just wanted it as open as possible.

Now you can see it open with the wall completely removed.  So much more open.  We also knocked back the hallway and removed a guest room closet to give more room in the hallway to have seating at the kitchen bar.

After many consultations with the electrician and air conditioning contractor, we're up--the ceiling that is.  A lot more open feeling by only having a dropdown ceiling of about 7 inches to allow for can lighting and wiring.

Here's a side by side comparison. This really tells the story!

Who would want to block this view?

Idea Board

So here are a few of the plans I have for the condo.  One of the benefits to buying a foreclosure property was that the entire place needed to be redone.  All appliances (yes, even the air conditioner), flooring, and walls were destroyed.  We got to start over which was always a dream of ours.  So now where to begin.  Here are a few of the ideas that I had via Pinterest.  It will be interesting to see which ones work for our new place.

Rule 1--I want this condo to have a Palm Beach Vibe!!!

Wood tile flooring is what we want.  This is the color I would love. It will be throughout the condo. 

I love the white on white.  It's a small kitchen so the bright white should help give a sense of space.

     

Love this beveled subway tile-and the cornice too!

Quartz countertops for the kitchen and baths.

   

This is how I would like to have shower enclosure look with the half glass wall in the guest bathroom.

Love this tile combination.

Dreamy master bedroom ideas!!

True heaven at the beach, your own personal washer and dryer!!