Paint it, tile it!

Last week we got a massive amount of painting done in the house.  By massive, I mean all.  I went pretty simplistic in my paint choices for this house.  If you'd seen our last home, you'd understand what I mean by that.  I mean... there's more white on the walls of this home than I have ever allowed.  Gasp.  My father would be so proud.  Well, not really. He'd still be causing a ruckus that there wasn't more white.

Little helper.  She was riding her bike through the house, carrying empty paint cans to the garage. 

As for the floors, I had wanted hardwoods throughout the whole house. One, my husband adamantly denied wood floors everywhere, he had to have carpet in the bedrooms.  Secondly, I couldn't do actual hardwoods like we had in our farmhouse. Due to the concrete slab foundation we had to do a laminate click together floor, a floating floor I believe its called.  I'm not a fan of laminate and tried desperately to persuade another situation.  I lost on that one.  I'm keeping an open mind that perhaps my experiences with laminate are limited and there's been a lot of progress since they've been first introduced.   So carpet in the bedrooms, tile in the bathrooms.  The open living space was a debate due to again, the laminate.  I wanted all one flooring, through the kitchen, dining, living space, front entry etc.  But because it is laminate, cough*annoyed*cough, I was asked to choice a tile for the entry ways and kitchen.  Annoyed.  And again, brings up my dislike of laminate.  It concerns me that it can't get wet.  Or should that wetness should be avoided.  Moving on.  I chose tile. 

The break down;
Kitchen
- White walls.  I want those upper white cabinets to really blend with the walls, causing the illusion of a bigger space. At least I hope that is what this does. 
- Big, beautiful gray tile with a slight wood grain, wavy design to them. 

General living area 

- Sherman Williams - a gray color.  I have the swatch at home that I can later update the legit name.  Its very neutral and I love it.  I've been told our house is the "fifty shades of gray" house thus far.  No red room, sorry folks.  

Bathrooms

- Sherman Williams - as Steve calls it, extra minty.  There is a real name.  One that, again, is stored away in our house folder.  To be found at a later date.  The first photo shows the grey hallway looking into the mint green spare bathroom 

- Tile.  We had this tile left over from our last house and I was excited to bring it to this house.  It was my birthday gift this year when my husband redid our downstairs bath at the last home.  The darker tile you can see is the tile in my (our) master closet.