Hi there - exactly the same thing happened to us and I was devastated to see the aluminum strip. like you, this wasn't discussed. So disappointing when you pay so much for a new bathroom. Can you tell me whether you ended up painting over the strips? I'd love to hear what you ended up doing and how it looks, four years on. My sister says she is sure we can paint over them. But I"m so disappointed as it's not the look we were after. We are stuck with our bathroom company who are also doing our bigger downstairs bathroom so at least I can make sure they use white edging around our window. many thanks

Hey annemarie, thanks for the visual. Firstly, I think the pale olive trims complement the vanity unit in a way I don't think the black, grey or white could. The vanity doors and basin are subtly highlighted and it produces a very calming, aesthetically pleasing showpiece. The olive colour helps make the vanity doors and basin the standout features of this particular model - the reason you were attracted to it in the first place. Secondly, I think the colour palette works well with the Moroccan tiles you have chosen. The darker trim contained within each tile piece helps with the fusion. Do not interfere with the integrity of the vanity unit. It looks great as. Overall, you get a fantastic vanity unit - you have chosen well.

luckily this shouldn't cause any major structural or safety issues and, even if it had been done "correctly" there would still have been some narrow cut tiles across the doorway so why not just add a row of tiles across the whole strip as a textural feature if you have matching tiles or a colourful feature in matching thickness different colour tiles or fill the gap with concrete stained or painted to tone with either the door or the floor or you could try a strip of wood but it may be difficult to cut a long narrow piece of wood thin and strong enough to survive the heavy traffic in a doorway although a piece of quad or scotia timber moulding or the curved edge cut off a piece of MDF skirting might be OK if sealed well...but hope everything else has worked out well for you

another option could be to add a piece of tile "coving" along the exposed inside corner of the new tiles with an extra tile trim on the outside corner of the tiles...i just realised that we have a similar edge in our bathroom and will try and organise a photos asap...the coving is like a tiny tile or powder coated metal cornice and is sold with tile trims and you can find numerous examples on Google and it's sold at tile shops and hardware shops