Victorian Hallway Flooring Dilema
Kashif Aziz
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Hi, once again another dilemma. We've knocked a door into the front reception room and also extended into the kitchen to make room for an understair wc. That's left us with missing bits of the original victorian 1930s mosaic tiles. My wife and I want to replace these with black and white ones but the only ones we have found seem to be small and will make our small hallway crowded. Any ideas as to what other options we have or whether there are alternative black and white tiles.
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Comments (17)Colourhappy, I was thinking the same as I’ve no concept of how light the space could be if I maximise the light. ED I have the one of the photos in your idea book in mine, below (looks like all white walls with the blue and white tiled floor). I’ve also added a couple of similar examples but with darker terracotta tiles similar to mine. They all seem to have gone with all white or white and very light grey. Perhaps that’s my safest route, but as Colourhappy says if I start with white I can go from there. One thing I did read is that in spaces with little natural light, whites can take on a full grimy appearance rather than opening up the area https://www.houzz.co.uk/magazine/8-hallway-colours-that-arent-white-or-grey-stsetivw-vs~123918666 Also can anyone recommend a light grey with a hint of green (not a yellow green but more a warmer more earthy tone) as I think that would compliment the terracotta and other colours in the floor. Thanks everyone for your input! T. Gray - I had to check the F&B website for Old White as I was expecting something more white, but actually it could be just the job. F&B seems to be the go to paint brand with people on here. Is it worth the extra money? All the internal doors are the original pine doors, although the interior entrance door glass isn’t original and I plan to replace it with something more sympathetic, and to my taste, from a local stained glass specialist. I read that Victorian doors were generally intended to be painted. Clearly mine are not and I’m not sure whether to do so - not easy to undo!...See More
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Geneviève
10 years agolast modified: 10 years agoyou could add wood to the missing part making a border to them or if you could find a tile that would compliment them use it .It would be a shame to destroy these tiles , everything that is old is new again :) If you like the black and white ,install them on the diagonal it will give the hallway a wider look.
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10 years agolast modified: 10 years agoOh Genevieve - you are welcome - I sincerely hope they are good memories! (you almost make me cry!!). Does that mean you grew up in Britain or just in a Victorian house?
And to add fuel to the fire, below is my mum-in-law floor, restored by the same guy.
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8 years agoEva Mingot
last yearThus is my hallway , I bough a new floor to be placed all over the flat but then i found this underneath when i removed the old floor, i would like to keep it and integrate it somehow with the new floor, but this will be at a lower level because of the new floor will be on top of the wood floor boards. This is just in the middle of the corridor before a step as u can see… any ideas to help me?
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