Vicente Wolf Blog

Name: Maria Mitchell
State: BC
Country: Canada
Comment:

Hi Vicente,

I love the HGTV featured kitchen that you designed. Not only was I impressed with the whole kitchen, but your solution to staining terracotta tiles is brilliant.  We, too, have a combination of terracotta tiles and wood floors – my question is, how were the tiles prepared  and what stain did you use (color & make)? I’m presuming that the stain was put on the grout as well. My husband and I haven’t been able to see ‘eye-to-eye’ on the terracotta floors until we saw what you did. A tremendous cost saver, and it looks fabulous!

Look forward to your reply.

Much appreciated,

Maria
(a real fan of your design work)

Vicente Responds:

Dear Maria -

Thanks for the kind words!

The terracotta tiles were unsealed so they were able to take the stain and I used the same stain that I had used on the wood floors so they matched. (It was an ebony stain.) If the floors are sealed, the glaze is going to have to be removed so they can take the stain. And yes, we applied the stain to both the tiles and grout.

Good luck!