I did quite a bit of looking at Anne Sacks for my kitchen floor tile and even brought a sample home. My area has a big Anne Sacks showroom, so it was nice to be able to see the inventory in person. As far as durability, a lot of the tiles are going to be ceramic, and those aren't nearly as durable as a porcelain tile. If durability is your main concern, then look at the porcelain styles only, and Anne Sacks does have a few of those. As far as being worth the money, the style is what you are paying for, and they do have some really unique looks. If you find a pattern you like, it's possible you may not be able to find a replicate from any other source, so in that case it would definitely be worth the money. I eventually landed on Porcelanosa tile for my kitchen which I got at 40% off during one of their sales which they run several times per year. Porcelanosa tile is made in Spain, and they use white clay from Turkey, so their colors are phenomenal. I went with a marble-look porcelain from them after looking at a lot of different brands. I ordered through ProSource which had the best price. I also recently used Happy Floors tile for a bathroom remodel and was thrilled with it. Their tile is made in Italy and Spain and is high quality with lots of different pattern options available. Both Porcelanosa and Happy Floors produce high-quality tile that will be square and easy for your installer to lay. However, compared to those two brands, Anne Sacks will still have some styles the others won't, so it depends a lot on what your aesthetic is for the upgrade.

Thank you, Silverlined. This is so very helpful.

Above a certain price point, you are definitely paying for style. And Ann Sachs tiles are beautiful and do have unique styles.

Really it depends on your budget. When I did my remodel (two bathrooms and a kitchen using tile and marble), I ran the differential costs between the tiles that I loved and the ones that were just okay. There wasn't enough of a difference for me to not go with the choices that made my heart sing. It's really everything else in the long run which drives up costs - like expert installation so it just wasn't worth it to scrimp on the tiles when they were actually a small percentage of the total cost of my remodel.

Now there is of course a rule of reason as I didn't get the $150 per square foot Motawi tiles :-) but I did spring for a very expensive marble Art Tile which I used as a decorative element in my shower so that was a form of compromise. :-)

I am splurging on tiles for my balcony as I had my heart set on Malibu Art Tiles in terms of a look. They were expensive but nothing else I contemplated made my heart sing and I know I will get pleasure just looking at them every day. I get lots of pleasure when I sit in my bathroom and look at the tiles and other aesthetic choices I made - but I spend a lot of time looking at tiles in my shower and enjoying the view :-)

Looking back at my remodel I don't regret my more expensive choices at all. However, they were something I could afford since I was funding from savings and had enough in savings so it was a question of whether I wanted to get tile X or spend the money on some other discretionary item.

Thank you, Helen. This is very much how I feel. I think I will appreciate them every time I look at them, touch them, step on them. But, I need to proceed slowly and pay as I go. And, I need to find an expert installer because I don't want my husband to mess it up.

I think saving for a goal like this is definitely the way to go. It seems as though it is just the floor you are doing. It can't take that long to save the differential for tiles that you love :-). Also - at least in my experience, I don't live in a McMansion so the areas that need materials aren't that huge. Once you hire labor, it's essentially the same to do a normal sized bathroom versus a large bathroom but the cost of material versus the cost of labor isn't that significant.