Grout Expectations: Ways to Play With Tinted Paste

Architect Michelle Linden had been living in her Seattle home for four years before a broken refrigerator finally pushed her and her husband to renovate. In the two-and-a-half-year process, the architect opened up the 1920s residence to light and color. In the living room, the new fireplace surround is make of Cava Tile and a custom salmon pink grout that Michelle mixed with the contractor. "I could have ordered something off the shelf, but this enabled me more freedom to get the color closer to what I wanted," she says. "But you have to be flexible because it's an imperfect process." It's complemented by the tinted mirror by Alguacil & Perkoff.