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Do you just overbuy until you need a cellar? We have a fairly self-organising one-in-one-out system in our house.

We have a fairly self-organising one-in-one-out system in our house.

That's a depressing system, you need to be surrounded by more booze than you could ever need at one time in order to relax.

I was mostly joking but you buy wine in bond, cellar it until drinking age and then get it shipped to your house.

Long term I pay bonded warehouse fees.

Long term I pay bonded warehouse fees.

Bondage?

Noooo. I very specifically checked my spelling.

You don't half miss a kitchen worktop when you don't have one. Right palaver.

Hive mind required….

Tiling is nearly done. Grout. Was originally thinking a mid grey (matched to the ‘veins’ in the marble) but now thinking black. The shadow gaps currently look good.

Also, the pink tiles have fake grout lines across them. Go all in with black? They’ll stain if we leave them blank.

Thoughts / suggestions?

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30 mins of drawing lines on Apple Preview (god help me) later...

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Actual black black looks like too much contrast, what about mid / dark grey for similar effect but more subtle?

I’m struggling. Hardware is all black. Wouldn’t grey then clash a bit?

Even the niches are matte black.

Ah maybe, hadn't really noticed that. I guess it might depend on tone but could be a risk - my thinking is just that the grout lines might be quite bold if in solid black with the KitKat tiles meaning lots of lines

Are you doing the tiling yourself? When my bathroom was tiled, the tiler brought out a sample pack of grout colours that made the decision much easier as could see the actual colour it would be?

I think your original idea makes sense if you want an easy solution. I wouldn't do black, but thats more a gut feeling.
Go with 2 grout colous? One that blends in with the white ones/whatever the obvious choice is, and something that accentuates the pink/maybe even pink grout?

Pink grout would defeat the point, no? The ‘mosaic’ effect would be lost.

You still have the shape, and it would probably never be exactly the same shade?
Maybe what I am getting at is go even more pastel with the pink tiles (peach maybe?) and stay grey/maybe dark grey with the big ones.

You might have a point.

These are the exact tiles we have…

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That looks good

If you want tonal contrast then use a brick colour or dusky light pink.

Without question, any colour other than black.

Although I reckon it would be nice in a fully tiled downstairs toilet with a dark floor and ceiling.

Potentially helpful colour scheme shot (not bathroom)
We used Mapei Limestone coloured grout with our pink tiles to sit with our black fireplace and cat.

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Without question, any colour other than black.

The right answer

I'd go for an off-white, super light grey personally, but I'm ignoring everything else that's going on there.

We're going with Ardex Oyster Pink (pictured).

Last conundrum is silicone in the corner of the shower. All other edges join to the white tiles so we're using the mid grey to match their grout lines.

Same grey? A different pink? There isn't an oyster pink matching sealant.

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