Grout colour for brown tiles

[Bon]

Hi all.

Will be tiling the kitchen floor soon and have got some nice "espresso" (brown) colour tiles.

Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for what colour grout to use. I've read that lighter grouts high-light the style of the tile itself whereas darker grouts enhance the pattern more. The tiles are flat, uniform in colour and 300 x 300mm

I've found that Mapei do a brown grout, but think this may be a little boring looking.

I suppose it comes down to personal taste, but was just wondering if anyone wanted to share theirs!!

Thanks in advance for any advice !

 

[jefoss]

maybe a nice beige?

 

[gcol]

Whatever you go for, I'd advise not to go for a light colour cause it'll quickly get grubby.

 

[Bon]

Decided on Mapei "Anthracite" in the end, but got a call from the supplier this morning and they don't have it in stock!

Maybe its an omen?

 

[gcol]

http://www.trades-direct.co.uk/modules/shop/view.asp?Prodcode=ultracolor-plus-an-5

 

[Bon]

Cheers gcol, but that's where I ordered it from!

I got a call saying they only had one bag in (I'll probably need just more than 1 bag) and it could be up to 2 weeks before they get any more in so decided to leave it as I'd rather get all the grout at once.

 

[gcol]

Have you called the local tile shops? Mapei isn't that hard to come by - or have you given up looking so that you can have the bank holiday weekend off?!

 

[Bon]

Ha, ha I wish!

Don't actually need it until Monday so will be having a look for it today.

Will be cleaning and prepping the kitchen floor today, then tiling it tomorrow then the father-in-law is grouting it on Monday after he's put lining paper up in our spare room on Sunday (I don't mind tiling, but hate grouting and he's the exact opposite!).

 

[DoctorC]

we used Mapei Chocolato for some brown tiles - looks excellent