Ikea White Glossy Kitchen - Tile & wooded floor colours

ReadySteadyGo · 02-07-2012 08:31PM #1

Help - going crazy here!

A Standard 3 bed semi d converted to open plan downstairs (kitchen/dining and dining/living walls removed)

White glossy Ikea Kitchen.

Tiling planned in Kitchen area and continued in hall and small under-stairs toilet.

Wooden floor planned in living and dining areas.

Large 3m wide join between kitchen tiles and the rest of the open plan space

Thinking of just white walls.

What colour would look good for tiles (kitchen/hall/toiler) and wooden floors (living/dining)?

sas · 03-07-2012 09:25AM

This will really come down to personal preference.

As regards timber flooring, oak works really well with high gloss white in my opinion.

Tiling is a little trickier I feel. I like large format (600 * 600) high gloss porcelain tiles and I like high gloss kitchens. I don't like high gloss tiles with a high gloss kitchen. A matt floor finish would compliment it alot better. As regards colour it's somewhat up to you.

A light grey tile might look well. Something in an offwhite with a greyish vein (imitation stone) through it would look well too. We have a combination matt white and shiny grey (not gloss, hard to describe) kitchen and the interior designer we got advice from recommended natural stone. Price ruled it out so we chose a porcelain as similar to it as possible. We're very happy with the result. This may be one of those times where you're going to have to scour magazines\websites.

An aside but as you've chosen a contemporary style of kitchen, it would be advisable to tile it in a basic pattern like a chess board i.e. no diamonds, edge tiles etc. With high gloss there is enough going on in my opinion.

Have fun with this and take your time, retiling is a huge job so better to get it correct.

LaChatteGitane · 03-07-2012 10:17AM

I agree with sas.
High gloss kitchen and high gloss floor needs to be avoided at all cost.
Natural flooring works extremely well with ultra modern interiors, but keep it understated.
Grey oak floorboards would be a good choise. Matt or soft sheen finish
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=grey+oak+timber+flooring&hl=nl&sa=X&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4GGHP_nlBE435BE435&biw=1024&bih=474&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=Q6oUOqfjJeHUkM:&imgrefurl=http://www.trendsi.com/7976-grey-oak-floors.html&docid=SxaI6qE7MMVTAM&imgurl=http://www.trendsi.com/images/grey-oak-floors.jpg&w=500&h=469&ei=MrfyT6T7KsbO-gaIv_GlCQ&zoom=1

For tiles go for same tones as the wood flooring, same finish as your living room.:)

paddy147 · 03-07-2012 01:08PM

white oak 200mm wide planks floors and 600 x 600 x 25mm solid marble tiles and a 200mm brown or grey marble border too.

Just my 2 cents worth.

PS_Wall colours are also an important choice too,as is backsplash tiles (if tiling the backsplash area).

We went with greens,reds,greys and whites in the kitchen/dining area (painted all the rooms in the house ourselves).Go and buy a few sample pots of paint and lash them on the wall,then you can see what will or wont look good,with regards the kitchen/dining area.

paddy147 · 03-07-2012 02:03PM

PS-Just be carefull with the Ikea kitchen,as it "may" be tricky to fit,as its a non standard size and some carpenters have reported problems with trying to install the Ikea kitchen units.

I went with In House in the end,after haggling like mad with 5 different kitchen companies.

Theres absolutely no haggling with Ikea,they would not move on the price,so that put me off when other kitchen suppliers would gladly drop the price for me.

sas · 03-07-2012 02:23PM

ReadySteadyGo wrote: »

Thinking of just white walls.

I would advise against this, it will mute some of the effect of your snazzy kitchen.

Dulux do a range of colours called Simply Colour. The colours in it all compliment each other and there is one called middle clay which works really well with white. It was picked for our kitchen for us. We wouldn't have picked it in a million years but it's worked really well. It's a warm shade of grey.

http://www.dulux.ie/simplycolour/simply_colour.jsp

They do sample colour cards in that range for a couple of Euros which are basically an A4 sheet painted. The sample card was 100% accurate with the actual paint on the wall. The paint itself is damn expensive though because it's an acrylic paint. It can't be bought off the shelf, it has to be mixed.
We did have several places attempt to mix to match it and it didn't work out on the walls.
Pat McDonnell paints is a seller.

I'll try and take a picture of the paint against the white sections of our kitchen tonight to see if I can demonstrate the effect.

paddy147 · 03-07-2012 03:57PM

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

Why would you need to haggle on Ikea prices ?

The fact that other kitchen companies where so readily dropping their prices, just means to me that their prices where too high in the first place and could afford to drop.

Because at the moment in Ireland there are many specific kitchen and bedroom suppliers that will look after you,if you come to them with written quotes from other companies and suppliers.

Ikea are not the cheapest out there,if people are on a budget and looking for the "best bang for their buck".

Its called a price war.;)

I saved alot of money by playing various companies off each another with various printed out quotes and in the end I got what I wanted for the price I was very happy with.

I also sourced all my inbuilt kitchen appliences from various suppliers (warehouse clearence sales) and saved alot of money this way too.:)

5 ring gas hob for 80 euro,when it should have been 230 euro.
Intergrated dishwasher for 190 euro,when it should have been 360 euro
Condensor dryer for 120 euro,when it should have been 250 euro
90cm wide extractor hood for 70 euro,when it should have been 200 euro.
Integrated fridge/freezer for 300 euro,when it should have been 480 euro
7kg integrated washing machine for 230 euro,when it should have been 400 euro.
Integrated double fan oven for 400 euro,when it should have been 600 euro.

Then various smaller appliences like microwaves,kettles,toasters and so on.

All brand new and with full warrenties too.

It pays to shop around and haggle hard.:)

I then spent the money saved on the appliences on a bespoke/custom built marine fish tank setup.:D

paddy147 · 03-07-2012 04:31PM

Oh and I did exactly the same with regards the wide plank flooring,marble tiles,brown border tiles,splashback tiles and also all the tiles for the bathroom and ensuite too.

Shop around,get written quotes and haggle hard with various suppliers.Play one off the other.

Theres LOTS of money to be saved.

Dont be afraid to open your mouth and ask for a "better deal" or "best deal".

Then ask for some more off.;):D

LaChatteGitane · 03-07-2012 05:03PM

As far as I understood the OP has already made up his/her mind about the Ikea high gloss kitchen.
She/he only wanted advice on the floors.
It's going way off topic imo. Anyhow, of course Ikea is not the cheepest, but much better quality than the cheepest. You've got to compare like for like.
Ikea doesn't need to give you a discountas they are very good price/quality and they have a margin that they stick to.
Wherever you bought your kitchen, they must have had a serious mark up in the first place to give you such great discount. They are not going to sell to you at a loss, I don't think. But as I said, it is off topic and maybe the OP is not on a low budget.

paddy147 · 03-07-2012 05:07PM

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

As far as I understood the OP has already made up his/her mind about the Ikea high gloss kitchen.
She/he only wanted advice on the floors.
It's going way off topic imo. Anyhow, of course Ikea is not the cheepest, but much better quality than the cheepest. You've got to compare like for like.
Ikea doesn't need to give you a discountas they are very good price/quality and they have a margin that they stick to.
Wherever you bought your kitchen, they must have had a serious mark up in the first place to give you such great discount. They are not going to sell to you at a loss, I don't think. But as I said, it is off topic and maybe the OP is not on a low budget.

If you look at post 4 and post 9,you would see that I gave my 2 cents worth of advice over floors and tiles and paints (including pictures).

You asked me some questions in your post (number 6) and I have given you direct answers (post 8).;):)

No serious mark up in prices where I dealt with either (you seem to be fixated with that)....its a RECESSION and every company wants your business and money.

I should know,as Im the one who went around all the different companies and compared prices and what reductions/bargains I could get.So Im speaking from 1st hand personal experience here.

Same goes for paints,flooring,tiles,fittings too.

I like to get the most for my money,and I will haggle hard with various companies to get it too.
Thats how I am and thats how I think and operate too.;)

Its a price war over here these days and theres savings to be had..

paddy147 · 03-07-2012 05:16PM

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

Do you think Ireland is the only country in recession ? I've lived in Ireland, Paddy, and the discounts were there then just as much. And it is no different to any other country. I am telling you, they will not be selling at a loss.

Did I say anything about selling at a loss??

Eh NOPE.

No one except you seems to bringing the word "loss" into it.

Shop around and shop/haggle hard and theres plenty of bargains to be had.:)

yop · 03-07-2012 08:55PM

Too many off topic posts, its not helping the OP. No more warning.

sas · 04-07-2012 04:09PM

sas wrote: »

I'll try and take a picture of the paint against the white sections of our kitchen tonight to see if I can demonstrate the effect.

Ok, this may give you some food for thought.

Please note that the tiles aren't showing up in the correct colour for some reason. They are more white than earthy coloured.

paddy147 · 04-07-2012 04:26PM

@ Sas.......unfortunately sometimes the camera doesnt show the real beauty of what you want to show.

Looks very well though.:)

ReadySteadyGo · 16-07-2012 07:02PM

Thanks for all the feedback.

Ikea glossy white is decided.

The reason for the white walls and white kitchen, is that the back of the house is north facing, and the dining and especially the kitchen area has always been too dark and gloomy.

Considering just running laminate/flooring directly up to kitchen units, as I am having problems choosing complimentary tile and wooden floor, not to mention there is a large 3meter join in the open plan kitchen/dining area, so it will cost more money to get the tiles and the wooden floor at the same level. There seems to be much more freedom on wooden floor choice, when you dont have to worry about the tile.

ReadySteadyGo · 16-07-2012 07:06PM

sas wrote: »

I would advise against this, it will mute some of the effect of your snazzy kitchen.

The back of the house is north facing, so the biggest issue in the house has been light. This is the main reason behind white kitchen and white walls.

paddy147 · 16-07-2012 08:02PM

ReadySteadyGo wrote: »

The back of the house is north facing, so the biggest issue in the house has been light. This is the main reason behind white kitchen and white walls.

If you were to paint the wall/walls of the kitchen itself a light grey or red colour,then this would make the white kitchen "Pop" out,then you culd paint the opposite wall a white/off white colour.

You will still have plenty of light and sense of space,and you make your kitchen "pop" out and be noticed even more.

It works,trust me.;)

Ikea White Glossy Kitchen - Tile & wooded floor colours

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