Advice on tiles colour for kitchen extension
maxm007
last year
Hi
We have the following kitchen design on order. Attached a CAD drawing which shows off-white tiles.
The topps tile lady suggested grey tiles that match the upper wall units as you can see in the other picture.
I wonder if it’s gonna be too much grey since the plints are gray, worktop is gray , units are grey as well as the bifold and window frames.
What do you guys think?
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Daisy England
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