Neutral or colored tiles?

Hello dear ones,

actually, my husband and I wanted to look at tiles today, but it ended with us leaving the store quite annoyed. Me, because I finally wanted to take a look today, him because he didn’t like my ideas.

We are still looking for tiles for the entrance area and the kitchen. In the bathrooms, our general contractor is taking care of it. There we have dark brown tiles (Prestige XL mokka). In the rest of the living area (living-dining room, upper floor except the bathroom) we chose laminate (Ariosa "Oak Vanilla" by Witex).

I fell in love with the tiles from RAK "Earth Stone," where you could use lighter tiles for the hallway and darker tiles for the kitchen.

Unfortunately, my husband doesn’t like the (quote) "uniform mush" in beige-brown-gray. He wants colorful tiles. But a) there isn’t much selection there and b) I can’t imagine that I would still find that beautiful in a few years.

In my opinion, tiles – especially since they often stay in place for decades – should be quite timeless.

Do you have any ideas about what else is available on the market?

Thanks,
Julia

Oh, you poor things... hopefully you will reach an agreement.

With colored tiles, it's like this: they are very sensitive; you can immediately see the dirt in the hallway when it's wet outside and also every crumb in the kitchen. And of course you are right: you can put color on the walls, but subtly in the tiles.
Our tile comes in different "colors," maybe as a suggestion: 'Atlas Concorde' Trust or Extreme. Every (well, almost every) tile looks different there. Otherwise, the country house style is making a comeback. But terracotta is expensive and delicate.
What I also find nice or original is the checkerboard (10 x 10 or 15 x 15).
My colleague found a tile for the kitchen at Bauhaus: it looks a bit oriental, a bit ornate, several colors, but really original, would also go well with the white laminate, since the base color is white/natural... in 30 x 30... not expensive at all.

Hello Yvonne,

Country house and terracotta are just not my thing at all. They also don't match the style of the house *find*

I looked at the tiles from Atlas Concorde, but they are again beige-brown-gray uniform mush

In the hallway, I could even possibly, maybe, under certain circumstances imagine cement tiles. But they are forever expensive... Although with an old building, of course, they look much nicer. And they are probably really sensitive again.

The cement tiles cost Ü60 and are also thicker (at least 1.5cm)... The ones from AC are just a bit more variegated, maybe colorful for a man Otherwise, I'm running out of ideas now too, since I quite like the uniform soup and only looked at that In the guest WC you can be a bit more daring, but it's about the kitchen and hallway...

Every one of the tiles is top modern from today’s perspective and looks stylish. In 5 years that won’t be the case anymore and you’ll probably be over them. We have decided on completely ordinary white tiles on the wall and on light grey or white (not yet decided) tiles for the floor. The wall will only be tiled as high as necessary, the rest will be painted with moisture-resistant paint. This paint as well as the bathroom furniture and carpets bring colors into the place. Advantage: wall paint, fronts of the bathroom furniture and the carpets can always be replaced or adjusted to taste quickly and for little money. Everything fits with the neutral (inexpensive) tiles. In my parents’ house, the bathrooms were fitted with noisy yellow ceramics and ugly beige tiles 30 years ago. It has not looked good for 25 years, but due to the high renovation costs it stayed that way until 2 years ago.

We chose Arpa tile Storm grey / white. The grey in the kitchen, white in the entrance area. The tiles are super easy to care for and have a texture that is very pleasant for us. A surface that is not completely smooth was important to us, and they were not allowed to be shiny. But that would probably suit you better than your husband. Therefore, suggestion: send him alone, and he should bring suggestions. He will probably soon realize that what he is looking for does not really exist, and if it does, it will be very expensive.