I vote for Silver Gray or Charcoal, but who cares?!!! Thank God everything is ok with Mr. Amity, and I hope you receive great news at the doc today. Hope he continues to have a speedy recovery, and I hope you are doing ok too. Best Wishes to ALL of you!

And I was just feeling sorry for myself for being inconvenienced for a year with this remodel. You put it all into perspective. You are right - - - if anything happened to my husband, kids, etc. everything else in my mind would disappear and not matter AT ALL. I'm glad your husband is well and up and around. I'm going to get my "stuff" done with a whole new mind set and try not to sweat the small stuff. I'm sure this was a "wake up" call to others as well.

What a story! Glad to hear Mr is on the mend again, and you can get back to your kitchen. Can't help with colors, though, as I never get beyond white :) Best of luck for continuing recovery.

Glad everything is on the mend. My vote is for the charcoal, that way it won't be as obvious and the tile colors will be the focal point of the tiles not the grout.

Yes, what a story! I'm glad that Mr Amity is on the mend.

As far as grout color goes, I'm no good at matching colors, especially on the computer, but there's one line of thought that says, "don't introduce another color into the design without a reason." If this theory is correct, the right color for your grout is already somewhere in your kitchen.

With tile with lots of colors, you don't really need another new color on the floor, so you could easily pick a color from that. But feel free to carry that tile around your kitchen looking at the colors you already have in the counters, cabinets, etc. as well and see if any of those might work.

Good luck and good health to you.

God bless you Amnity.

You reminded me today what is really important. I am off to
hug my sweetheart. Right after I vote for Blue Oyster.
Only if in person blue oyster looks good with the tile.
I like staying close to what you have on the floor.

Tell Hubby to Stay healthy!!!!!!
~boxer

I'm so glad to hear you and Mr. Amity are doing well. I used to work on a trauma team as a psychologist, and so many men just won't go to the doc until it's too late to save them; we saw them every day. Sounds like you've done all that needs to be done, and congratulations on that and on your happy relationship. Your post has done much to remind me that, as someone on this forum wisely said, "It's only a kitchen!" I'm very happy for you,amity. Please continue to let us know how it's going.

As for your beautiful tile, I think you'd want to emphasize the gorgeous colors in it and not distract from them by having grout in a color that will draw attention to itself. I'd go with something that will just blend into the main color of the tile as much as possible, as close as you can get to not even seeing the grout.

Glad to hear he is feeling better!

It's really hard for me to pick a grout color from these photos but I'll give you some input..

The tile looks charcoal grayish to me. So I would tend to say Charcoal from The Designer Colors selection. Or possibly Slate from the last selection.

If you don't like those grays, as you said in your post...what about using a grout that is close to the color on your walls...kind of a carmel mustard that is also in your tile? Maybe like buff or summer tan...I'm getting dizzy from scrolling back and forth. YOU will have to see if any of those are worthy choices!!

But I agree that you don't want to introduce another color as I think it would get to be too much going on.

Good Luck and say Hi to Mr. Amity!

KA:)

2 months of chest pain? Mr Amity's time definitely wasn't up yet! So glad this is having a happy ending!! You had me tearing up.

Why not grays, if I may ask, since it seems they should blend best? What are you after...contrast? different blend? pulling out one of the other colors in the slate?

Wow. Who cares, really. Having Mr Amity there to walk on it with you is what counts. Going upstairs now to yell at my beloved dh and make sure he never pulls a stunt like waiting 2 months to be seen for scary symptoms... ;-)

First and most important is that Mr. A is doing better and this "scare" may have been a blessing in that a problem was diagnosed and treated sooner rather than later. So glad to hear he is feeling better!!

As to your grout situation I would try to find something dark to blend in and not stand out. A perfect color would be a black/dark green/dark gray blend. I would take a couple of the tiles-one of the plainer color ones and one of the more mixed colored ones- to the tile store and see which sample stick of grout looks best.

There's nothing like an illness to put things in perspective! IMO, a dark gray would be nice - maybe country gray or charcoal. So glad to hear things went well!

So glad Mr. Amity is feeling better!
I just had slate floors installed in a mudroom and when I asked about grout, the tile store salesman said, "Everyone just goes with Bone or Natural". So I went with Bone. I LOVE it. I have no pictures handy but I found some pics to give you a visual of slate plus lighter grout, hope this helps!

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I think you're tile would look great with a very slightly gray grout , something similar to good old plain concrete. I only found a few pics with grout similar to the slate and they were all uniform charcoal colored slate and it made the floor tiles blend together. You have nice variation, maybe you shouldn't blend, I'd wanna see those tiles! They're awesome!

What color is the dirt around your home and how easy is it to remove? Your tiles will obscure the soil, but the grout may not.
Even with colored sealer on the 1/8" dark gray grout in my home, I still see dirt (clay), and have a hard time keeping the floor clean.
I'm sure you are a lot tidier than I am, but just wanted to give you something to think about.

What an amazing story. Thank God you got Mr. A to the hospital before he had an attack. And you're right, when you put everything into perspective, grout color is really in the muck. But since you have invested so much time into making this kitchen perfect for you, I understand you don't just want to quit now. I love your slate and the rich cabinets. I see why you don't want grey, and I think you should minimize the contrast between the tiles and grout. It is hard to look at colors this way. but my eye immediately was drawn to the wild rose because it harmonized with the cabinet color too. I don't think it's the right shade, but I liked something with that tone. Try matching one of the deep red hues in your slate. Cayenne 99 or Tera Cotta 15 or 37 might work. Good luck with Everything!!

My word! Thank God Mr A is doing ok. Putting things into perspective gives life a change. I have almost the same tiles in my kitchen and went with a bone color.

Blessing to you both

MadamG2U

Oh my, a diy kitchen can be a PIA, but when it involves a PI Chest, it's a whole new story. I am so sorry that you've had to go through this, but I was relieved to hear that he is well and at home. And able to make recommendations about coming here for opinions!

I vote for going with a color that you already have in your kitchen == I would recommend a tone just a wee bit lighter than the charcoal in the tile, as I would be afraid that if you went with a charcoal grout color, it could really darken the space.

Good luck, and I hope your DH continues to heal.

Wow you are great storyteller, amity. I'm so relieved that the ending is a happy one. Thanks for telling us. We all get so TKO that grout-like topics loom large. Chest pain is large! Grout is not large.

But I do have one grout story for you. We have Vermont slate, a mottled greenish purple (it's prettier than it sounds). I chose the Platinum grout from the selections above, thinking, like rjr220, that a darker grout could darken the whole room.

If I had it to do over, I'd choose a darker grout, because grout gets stained unevenly, and in my mud room it's way too easy to spot dark stains on the light grout.

If I had your slate, I'd go as dark as possible. I no longer think that the small amount of grout, relative to the large amount of tile, is going to have any power to darken a room.

Best of luck to you and Mr. amity.

rc

My DH was treated for cancer during our home build (he's been fine for several years now), so my heart really goes out to you!

Whatever grout you choose, then choose the grout that is a couple of shades darker. I chose 4 different grouts for 4 different tiles, and they all dried a lighter color. Someone had posted about it drying lighter long before I needed the info, and by the time we chose our grout, I'd forgotten about it. The salespeople at our greatly respected tile store did not even mention this. Gr-r-r.

Anne

Oh my gosh!!! I'm so glad Mr. A is okay!! Positive thoughts and prayers to you and your family. It certainly puts many things in our lives into perspective. As far as grout, I don't have any experience, but my first reaction was charcoal or slate.

I would go with charcoal or slate. The pictures of the slate with a bone colored grout look great but once it starts to get dirty it will drive you bonkers!
Best wishes to the MR.

My heart goes out to you amity! I can never figure out why some men keep these things to themselves. When my husband ended up in hospital they put a little camera in the heart area and found he was born with a defect, went over fifty years without knowing until things just started aging. Come to find out he was having all these symtoms and I was hurt he never told his best friend (me). It's all good now...so far, but I'm quick to run for the portable blood presure gizmo if his coloring is off.Between the two of us our health is dodgy but we will take our time for this DIY, all in all we work together well. I'm so glad you forced your husband into a doctors visit.
As far as grout goes, make your life easy and pick something that hides dirt.