Hanging house in the Southwest Palatinate - Our House Construction 2.0

I really like the small tiles and the patterned tiles for the hallway!

For the tiles in the rest of the rooms, you mention a strong surface texture; personally, I would consider how easy they are to clean. Especially in the utility rooms, things can get quite dirty sometimes, and if you then have to scrub everything with a toothbrush because the cleaning cloth doesn’t reach into the grooves, you’ll probably lose your enthusiasm for the color or the pattern...

On the other hand, that's also the case in the OG where the bathroom is. Difficult question.

It is indeed a difficult question in this case, which unfortunately only you will be able to answer "correctly." Because if it were up to me, I would have laid parquet both in the office and not chosen a wood color for the bathroom. Firstly, the wood tones actually "clash" (parquet / wood-look tiles), secondly, you might get tired of seeing "wood" everywhere sooner, and thirdly, from my point of view, you can create better contrasts in the bathroom with more neutral/darker colors. But ultimately, it's all a matter of taste and depends on the overall composition with furniture, etc.

I just wanted to express that your selection seems coherent on its own, but you would most likely like the bathroom tiles better than the ones in the office... ;)

Yes, we’ll have the office tiles offered to us as well, but it’s more of an emergency solution. We have an appointment with the interior fitter today. I hope he has a brilliant idea. I don’t dare to use parquet in the office; we’re heavy and we roll around on it all day. That can only cause damage in the long run, no matter what wheels we use, that’s my fear. But I’ll ask the expert right away. And bringing a third type of flooring into the house with vinyl also seems strange to me.

The wood-look tiles are otherwise the right choice for us, I think. In the old house I always liked them very much. And the harsh transitions only bothered me at the stairs, where the wood colors were similar. Back then in the bathroom we had very dark wood-look tiles and in the hallway a much warmer, lighter tone, and I didn’t find that disturbing at all but very harmonious.

I’m actually not a fan of tiles that look like tiles. I find that somehow uninviting, I associate it with basements or doctors. The ones for the vestibule I find appealing and it’s only a relatively small area. In the storage room under the garage tiles make the most sense and I also find them okay visually, but I’m rather emotionless about that and we chose more budget-conscious there than in the rooms that are important to us.

In the old house I let myself be influenced by the sample consultant not to take wood-look tiles for the hallway/utility room, because he also said wood-look tiles vs. other wood flooring in the living room wouldn’t look good together. I regretted a bit afterward not choosing wood-look because the anthracite tiles seemed a bit too dark to me eventually. But I don’t know if wood against wood would have looked better. From the feeling of living and my taste for country house / country / cottage stuff I’d prefer wood everywhere. Or I need to browse Pinterest looking for “cottage flooring”. :D

Back then, we had very dark wood-effect tiles in the bathroom and a much warmer, lighter tone in the hallway, and I didn’t find that disturbing at all but rather very harmonious.

As long as there is contrast, everything is fine!
However, I had assumed that the wood-effect bathroom or office tiles shown couldn’t be that far off from real parquet? In that case, it would rather clash and get on your nerves.

As long as the contrast is there, everything is fine! However, I had assumed that the bathroom or office tiles shown in wood look couldn't be that close to the real parquet? In that case, it would rather clash and get on your nerves.

We went to look at the other floors for the first time yesterday and the parquet we had in mind is actually only available in one color tone. So it's basically a price-performance thing. We could get it with what is likely only a very small additional cost. Other types of parquet they offer are mostly significantly more expensive. The good: We like the color tone and the parquet in general extraordinarily well. We were allowed to take 3 leftover boards for appraisal right away. That's where the photo comes from (Me and my wood - in the car :D). The bad: The color tone is actually much closer to the bathroom floor tile than I expected. I had imagined the parquet darker (which is what you imagine when it is described over the phone).

The parquet is really great. And on a large area, it looks even better ;) So you can already enjoy the anticipation ...