I'm stuck, and hope you can help me. I'm looking for a white glossy tile that's no wider than 2", preferably around 12" long. The AO ice white color is perfect, but their tile comes only in a width more than I want (and cutting it wouldn't look right, since it would have regular ceramic tile edges on three sides and a cut side on the fourth). If anyone knows of any really nice pure white rectified porcelain (I don't want to use the thassos after all, given the cleaning issues), that would be fine too, as I could cut it without one edge standing out as different. The only thing is that all the "white" porcelains I've seen have been off-white, not that pure ceramic white.

Any leads most gratefully received :)

I really like the look of irridescent mosaics in bathrooms. I'm so wanting that light bronze but I chickened out on the baths when it came to our apartment remodel this summer -- just repainted. It looks 100% better but could be 200% with new tile.

Hope you'll post pics so we can see. I love the P&L it's some of the nicest around.

I also want to say that P&L is a *world* apart from the other Portland-based national tile name, iykwim...those AS shopgirls were as snooty to me as could possibly be -- if they could have controlled a lock on the front door, Madison-Avenue-style, I wouldn't have been buzzed in. At P&L: I called them yesterday because we hadn't gotten enough of a 1/2 x 8" pearly gold liner the day before, and I knew there were some left when we left pretty late in the day...the salesperson said "I *think* they're still here" and we rushed in from the suburbs to find that she had subsequently, without my asking, dug through the room and found the box I'd asked about and *set it aside* for me so my trip wouldn't be in vain. That would *never* have happened at AS. P&L has my undying gratitude :)

Other side note/sign of the times: the salesperson said that the seconds room is doing better business some days, more revenue even despite the huge gap in price, than the main retail area. Both times we have been so far have been mildly Filenes-basement-like, the manicured ladies and rough-handed DIYers jockeying for tile in a demure, muted sort of way :).

(There was also a box of amazing ocean-theme insets [fish, ocean plants], of handmade handcolored tile with the original prices, over $100/piece, going for $4/lb. Thank goodness I wasn't in the market for those or it would have been even more stressful.)

Ivette

How I wish I had more time for the decision-making and sourcing on my own bathroom reno. Flyleft, you talked about enjoying the decision process in my thread on materials... but our bathroom reno was supposed to happen next year some time, after the kitchen, LR, Dr was finished... and we discovered a huge mold problem this summer from a burst pipe which necessitated gutting the bathroom right away. So it's all a rush, unfortunately.

I'm also envious your DD is actually interested in being involved. Mine (just 13) is fairly resentful of house reno stuff, since DH and I started tearing the house apart 2 months after moving is and it's been one horrible surprise after the next, on a tight budget and mostly DIY-ing it after work!

Anyway, I am looking forward to your progress...

I don't see icy light blue -- is that the 2 white (in my monitor) squares at the top?

And thanks, stacey--hey, we have that in common--our DD's bath remodel was motivated by mold as well! lovely. It's been demo'd for a while, but we've just recently put together the $$ and made the priority to get it done, as we have two other bathrooms. My DD's 12 and has been suffering through serial remodeling since she was--oh--7. So again, we have that in common...funny...