The renovations at my Cape Town apartment are moving along, although it has been a hugely stressful time trying to keep an eye on things happening the way I would like them to from so far away, and taking the 2 hour drive into town a couple of days a week selecting tiles, countertops etc. I feel like the rush is just not enough time to make proper choices - everything is decided under pressure because I only have a few hours in the day to drive from place to place finding something that will work in my tiny space
Kitchen reno‘s in particular are very stressful! I was so glad when we were done with ours. It looks great so far. I’ll be curious to see what you pick for your tile.
@narayani@ludwigsdiana@corinnec Thank you. Yes it is a major renovation. I couldn't avoid it as the previous tenant whom I managed to evict just before lockdown had caused so much damage with broken floor tiles in the kitchen, and he had ripped tiles off the walls in the bathroom, as well as wrecked the bath, and even cracked the toilet. Not sure if it was due to careless misuse of my property, or deliberate malicious damage.
@beckyk365 Thanks Becky. I actually wanted the same marble tile that I put in the feature wall of the bathroom (yesterday's pic), but apart from the fact almost everyone said that marble looking tile was too "bathroomy" for a kitchen, I couldn't use it due to the very limited space. So I returned those tiles and bought simple white subway or metro tiles 20cm x 10cm (about 8" x 4") with bevelled edges, to be laid in a brick pattern. My countertops will be mid grey coloured stone
