@lesarash we used 1/16 spacers

@likestonehomes thank you. I don't want the contractor coming back and telling me it's supposed to look like this. Went to Bedrosian and they confirmed.

My spacers are 1/8. i asked about using 1/16 and he said it makes the uneven look more pronounced and can look like its not intentional but a mistake. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@floethe4 would love to see a picture. I've found that most tilers have a difference of opinion. It seems to be personal preference. We used 1/16, but the tiler said it would have been the same if we didn't use any spacers at all. I butted all the tiles up together as a dry fit and there is some difference still. Wish I had gone with no spacers so there wasn't so much silicone used at the top.

Does anyone have photos to share of how they did this tile around a window? We can't fit the same faming around these windows (due to our electrical plates) as the rest of our house so I am wondering if we just tile around the windows and in the edges of the windows. Hope that makes sense. Contemplating using the trim around the windows even though I know it's pricey.

Here’s what I did: White metal schluter, with the skinny part facing you.

Still need to touch up the vinyl trim on the windows .(which I didn’t replace). And please ignore the painters tape in various locations for final touchups (and the drum throne is only there until I bring the 3rd stool in from the garage). ✌🏻

Julie, your kitchen is gorgeous! Thank you for posting these pictures, they really help!

Thank you for sharing Julie! This helps!

For people that have installed the cloe tile, did you use mastic or thinset? I know that they say no mastic but the wall that will be done is just a small walk through pantry so there is no risk of it being wet.

Our tile backsplash goes up to the ceiling. We used the pencil tiles that you can buy in the cloe pattern to frame around the windows.

Thank you so much @tatuggle ! This is helpful! We actually decided to go this route so it's nice to see some close up pictures! They are installing tomorrow so just trying to decide on grout now! Do you have a picture of your kitchen far away to see how the tile looks wiht the grey grout (I think it's grey). I've only seen alot of white and off white and I like how yours looks!

We used TEC power grout in dove grey. Here are a few more pictures from farther away.

Thanks again @tatuggle! Your kitchen looks great!

@tatuggle, the kitchen looks so good! just want to check - thst is the white cloe tile right?

@hu-483898473 yes, it is the white cloe tile

@Alix Ferguson what color is your counter top

@tatuggle What type of wood and finish are your lower cabinets? They're beautiful.

@Julie R. i love that color stain on your wood sample. do you mind sharing the wood species and stain color?

@kristmay Thank you, the lower cabinets are walnut. They are custom fronts for Ikea cabinets that we purchased from The Cabinet Face in Denver.

@stressedbutblessed: My floors are a maple that’s now discontinued. Mission Collection, Palacio Paseo “Piedmont”. https://www.themissioncollection.com/palacio-hardwood/paseo/

@abrown54 my countertop is Silestone Calccatta Gold quartz

I'm on the hunt for Cloe or Equipe Artisan tiles for our kitchen backsplash. I'd prefer to source them locally rather than pay shipping. The Hamilton Parker store in our area said that Imola Aroma is similar and quickly available. Checking online I'm not sure it isn't another rebrand of the Cloe tile. Has anyone seen or used the Imola Aroma tile? (P.S. This thread is amazingly helpful. Thanks to everyone that has contributed to it!)

Anyone using cloe tile with taj mahal granite out there?

We have Taj Mahal quartzite in our kitchen and tried to like the Cloe since we have it in both of our bathrooms for the shower surround and love it. We never thought it quite worked - it didn't bring out the best of either the tile or the stone. We went with Lunada Bay Watercolor Post - Durer color (ever so slightly off white). It's perfect! The online photos don't show the subtle depth of the 'watercolor' gray wash through the tile and the same gray in the edges. It's fairly expensive compared to the Cloe, but it's wonderful! Watercolors Post Durer – Lunada Bay Tile

Adding some photos of our completed kitchen backsplash in case these could help anyone. This tile is beautiful and I’m so glad we went with it.

Does anyone have a picture of cabinets painted greek villa or white dove with bedrosian cloe white tiles?

No photo but those colors look too yellow againts it. try a white like chantilly lace or other clean whites with gray undertones

Oh no. I already ordered it. Greek villa is brighter white than white dove. I was going to do Chantilly lace but my stone fireplace is warmer white in my open floor plan.

White dove is a color many used with this tile- it will give you a warmer feel. If you like that look you, likely will be happy with it. Chantilly lace is a bit cooler, so it depends on preference. I would just caution if you have a ton of natural sunlight, white dove may be too warm- that is what happened for me, so I went with SW Alabaster & was much happier. Even SW Alabaster looks too yellow late afternoon at our house- but looks great at all other times because I didn’t want ‘stark white’ cabinets with my kitchen.

I do have lots of natural sunlight. I’m using SW Greek villa. It’s a brighter white than white dove with greige undertones. I do like the warmer white look. Pure white is too white for my fireplace. SW alabaster might be a good option.

Sounds like a good option, I do remember looking at that color as well, (can’t remember my specific thoughts on it though, lol!) I would love to see your end result because as some point I am going to do cabinets in another location & wonder if that will compliment my kitchen. Good luck!!!

We used gradient by wow tile which is similar to bedrosians but matte finish. Our cabinets are white dove and certain times of the day they take on a yellow tone which made tile selection very frustrating. We felt this tile had enough variations of white, off white to offset my chameleon cabinets. I’m still adjusting to the lighter color but overall I’m happy with it. Unfortunately I don’t have any day time pictures. Hopes this is of some help!

We used the Cloe White, but in the square shape for our backsplash. i love the slight variation in color.

Jessica, what color are your cabinets? It’s beautiful. What color grout did you use?

Christina- Paint is Benjamin Moore ”Thunder”, Grout color was Avalanche.

This thread has been super helpful.

What colour wall paint looks good with this tile? We have pure white cabinets and want a warm light colour on walls to bring it all together. Tried SW Incredible White but it's too cool against the tile which seems to have more of a cream/yellow undertone...

This is Incredible White.

Chantilly lace will not have yellow undertones. High reflective white is a tad brighter than chentilly lace. It all depends on your lighting. Repose grey looks great with pure white. Snowbound is slightly darker and warmer than pure white. You could also paint your walls in pure white in a different sheen like flat/eggshell for walls and semigloss for trim.

@laurapetro - kitchen is looking good so far! what color white paint was used for cabinets? Plus, what did you use for countertops? Last - grout color?

Did you also use the Bedrosian matching Cloe pencil tiles for around windows? Looks slimmer to me - like it!

@HU-967417535 - did you find an answer to your Qs above? Let me know - there are other options that are identical for Cloe. Where do you live?

FYI - 99.99% positive that Equipe Artisan is the original ”cloe” tile - it’s been re-branded under different names.

I ended up using BM Balboa Mist and it looks great with the tiles and light grey grout (Maipei Warm Grey) and pure white

Hi Everyone- I know there are approx 8-12 different shades in the Cloe assortment but are any of them pure white or shades of white? I ordered 5 samples & not 1 is white or even what i would describe as off-white. They are all varying shades of grey. I know lighting plays a big role in pics but I see so many where Cloe looks white & more homogenous & others where it looks grey w/a lot of variation. I do not want a gray backsplash. Would love to know which pics are most representative—her are some from this discussion & the web [ 1st group being whiter, 2nd grayer]. Do any of u have backsplashes tha tlook like the 1st group? I have Silestone Calacatta Gold counters & white gloss cabs. Thx!

I’m wondering if it’s the editing of the picture or the warmer white paint (white dove). That’s the look I am hoping to get. I did notice the tile has varying shades of grey but my quartzite countertop is like that so it works out. I did have some white cloe tile in my mix. My cabinets are painted alabaster and my backsplash is going up this week. We will see if it looks good. Has anyone tried applying tiles vertically?

@Julie R. your kitchen looks gorgeous! Do you mind share which metal schluter you used? Is that 3/8' jolly aluminum in white? Thanks!

https://www.flooranddecor.com/schluter-installation-materials/schluter-jolly-edge-trim-3-8in.-aluminum-white-951501138.html?externalVisit=true

Hello, this is my kitchen with équipe artisan tiles. I am french and get a lot of inspiration of us kitchens as I don't like what they propose in France. It's unfinish but i love the result. We used white grout. The color is si soft and match perfectly with the quartz countertop.

@Elaine Pan: Thanks so much! Regarding the white metal schluter trim, my contractors bought it so I don’t recall precisely. But, looking at the Schluter website, yes, I think it was the Jolly- in white aluminum. Good luck!

https://www.schluter.com/schluter-us/en_US/press-release-classic-black-white

IMO but i never like white schluter it is almost invisible in the stainless and does not discolor like the white does. You can get Cloe tiles from Wayfair .ca so no issue there IMO order abox but I find mixing whites tricky and so not something I would choose for backspalsh with white cabinets. What are your counters and your floor ? Backsplash is IMO one of 2 things done after all other elements are in place so along with wall color the last thing. These choices all need to be considered not just the cabinets.

Hi there, for anyone interested…i eventually got my hands on some equipe artisan white tiles in rectangle. They are lovely but have never seen Cloe in person so not in a position to compare. The grey tones fight with my quartz counter top a bit. I also got a sample of Equipe La Riviera and am leaning towards them. slightly more textured and rustic which is what i need. However the supplier got me a sample of Melange which has hues of green, pink, blue etc. not a fan so waiting for a sample of La Riviera Blanc colour before comfirming!

@Charlotte HENN your kitchen is gorgeous and goes so well with your wall color. I've seen so much white on white, so it's nice to see some differentiation.

Just as a general question, are more people using white grout, bright white, or another color. I have to redo our kitchen backsplash (poor installation) and currently have bright white and white schluter, but I'm not a fan of either since my walls are Edgecomb Gray.

@dmac1108 Our cabinets are Omega cabinets and they are pure white. A part of me wishes we went with a little warmer white now but what can you do :) I absolutely love our Cloe tile and think it helps break up having too much white since there are different shades of white to the tiles. I used white grout to make the tiles stand out more than the pattern. We used the pencil tiles for around the windows. Wasn't cheap but I'm glad we went for that. Not sure I would have been happy with the schluter trim. Our countertops are Cambria Quartz Lakedale from Home Depot. It's the first thing people usually compliment when they walk in. We really love it!

E. Hendricks would you be able to share a photo of your Lunada Bay Watercolor Post - color Durer backsplash and countertops? I have been looking at the Shadebrick in color light backsplash (maybe too little variation) vs Cloe white backsplash. Does anyone have the Cloe with Hanstone Montauk quartz countertops and golden oak cabinets? Wondering if Cloe or something similar that is in stock would be too much gray for our cabinets??