Fashion vs. Function

I don't know why we thought we could just walk into a store and make a decision on what to get for the kitchen floor.

Okay, yeah, back up a little. When Tony got home from work tonight he talked to Sam. Sam said he put another layer of dry wall mud in the corners of the upstairs, so it would be best if we worked downstairs. I wasn't really up for another night of work. So I had the idea that we would buy the tile instead. I thought we would just stroll in, since I had a pretty good idea of the exact tile I wanted, order and be done with it.

Yeah, fat chance of that. Not when you could take two steps in a showroom with dozens of samples and find yet another pattern that was really pretty and went with both the wall color and cabinets. The biggest problem now is that there are too many choices for the kitchen and not enough for the bathroom. Both the floors I picked out online were not on display. And, since the floors are un-level, getting laminate tiles, which are jointed, is impossible. We need a sheet of vinyl which we can roll out. The website which I picked the floor out on originally is very unclear which the one I had wanted is.

Anyway, back to the kitchen, the salesman allowed us to take a couple of sample books home. We've narrowed it down to two (I think). One is made of a thicker material which is noticeably cushier to stand on. Its pretty but the other one we're considering looks really, really like actual stone tile and is beautiful. The problem is its thinner and less cushioned. Both are pretty even price-wise.

We have until this weekend to return the sample books. Lets hope by then we decide.