Nesting step one: changing out the flooring
One of the wonderful things about living in Spain is the tiles. Carpet is almost unheard of but tiles are everywhere and are mostly beautiful. Our new apartment has marble tiles throughout the main living areas and bedrooms but the kitchen and bathrooms were done in light tan tiles. We knew from the very beginning that we would switch them out (since we have similar floors now in our rental and you can see every little thing on them. ANNOYING!).
We had a bunch of different contractors come out to do estimates and finally decided on one. Then it was time to decide on the tiles we would use. There are a ton of different options and we knew that we wanted something that would be easy to take care of and keep clean. In the kitchen I wanted dark floors to contrast with the walls and the cabinets we will have installed soon. Here is the tile we decided on. It is dark brown and looks almost like wood (yep it is a tile).
In the bathrooms we wanted a sort of rustic look. We went to a few different stores before we found some reasonably priced tiles that fit what we were wanting. Next we had to lug the tiles (all 14 boxes) out to the car and up into the apartment. Having an elevator is such a blessing! Here is the tile going into the bathrooms:
The contractors are scheduled to come on Thursday morning to get started and the work should take a few days. Here is a before shot of the kitchen. As you can see it is light and doesn't really pop with the white walls.
The second picture is of the bathroom. Again, boring. Plus these old tiles would be impossible to keep clean. I am not someone who plans on mopping every day. The rustic tiles will hide a lot of sins. Plus they are anti-slip.
Okay and here is one more bonus shot. This is the view from our 9th floor balcony. There is a long, beautiful boulevard right next to us and everything is all ready for more construction (if and when the economy picks up). There are green spaces and places for kids to play. On the other side of our building are the pools and sports courts. We also have a fountain right next to us and we discovered that the noise reaches our balcony and is quite relaxing. We are in the penthouse and enjoy the view : )
We had a bunch of different contractors come out to do estimates and finally decided on one. Then it was time to decide on the tiles we would use. There are a ton of different options and we knew that we wanted something that would be easy to take care of and keep clean. In the kitchen I wanted dark floors to contrast with the walls and the cabinets we will have installed soon. Here is the tile we decided on. It is dark brown and looks almost like wood (yep it is a tile).
In the bathrooms we wanted a sort of rustic look. We went to a few different stores before we found some reasonably priced tiles that fit what we were wanting. Next we had to lug the tiles (all 14 boxes) out to the car and up into the apartment. Having an elevator is such a blessing! Here is the tile going into the bathrooms:
The contractors are scheduled to come on Thursday morning to get started and the work should take a few days. Here is a before shot of the kitchen. As you can see it is light and doesn't really pop with the white walls.
Okay and here is one more bonus shot. This is the view from our 9th floor balcony. There is a long, beautiful boulevard right next to us and everything is all ready for more construction (if and when the economy picks up). There are green spaces and places for kids to play. On the other side of our building are the pools and sports courts. We also have a fountain right next to us and we discovered that the noise reaches our balcony and is quite relaxing. We are in the penthouse and enjoy the view : )
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