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Date: 11/27/2004 8:56:55 PM
Author: moremoremore
this is for you j-flo. Modern vintage!
This is my dream bathroom!
Date: 11/27/2004 8:56:55 PM
Author: moremoremore
this is for you j-flo. Modern vintage!
The white brick style tile is what we have for our kitchen backsplash. The tile that looks like beadboard is pretty cool. My h2b owns a tile installation company and they put that into a woman''s house this past summer. It went into a kids bath so it had glow in the dark grout! It didn''t glow all night though..just for a few hours. Pretty neatDate: 11/27/2004 4:18:36 PM
Author: moremoremore
So this is what I saw at a tile store. I think this is it. For now anyway LOL...I may try to find a larger hexagon floor...These are small with the dot in the center. I would use the all white with a gray/taupe grout...that would give the floor some warmth and make the floor look not so stark white.... Might call attention away from black cat hair. I would do a taupe wall with ice blue accents. Yum.
I have to ask where you got the notion that daltile isn't quality? It is spec'd in commercial apps. I have personally handled & oversaw installation in some major traffic sites. I love their matt tiles. Personally, I like smaller tiles for bathrooms. I think the large tiles are trendy now. But, as far as quality - you have no problem w/ daltile. I'd be more concerned about the installer.Date: 1/17/2005 9:31:53 AM
Author: moremoremore
Very cool diamonds4me! Very European elegance...and who doesn't need more of that!
The glow in the dark grout is awesome for the kids!!!
Let me ask you- did you use glossy or matte subway tiles. I don't know what to do. We are going to live here for maybe 3-4 more years. I want it to look nice but it doesn't have to be the quality I'd put in my forever home.
*Daltile (very cheap) makes matte subway tiles but with no decorative chair rail.
*Westminster and Irongate tile (expensive) makes matte with awesome chair rails.
*Daltile makes glossy subway tile with a decorative chair rail.
WHAT DO I DO????? Glossy or matte?
Ours is the glossy subway tiles. I'm not sure where he got them from. I know he does a lot of work using Daltile products, Florida Tile, etc. But I have no idea who made them. They're really thick and they're terracotta tiles with the white glass glaze on them. Really strong stuff. But the tile doesn't have to be expensive to look beautiful! I've seen tile that was $.50/sf that is just as pretty as $10.00/sf tileDate: 1/17/2005 9:31:53 AM
Author: moremoremore
Very cool diamonds4me! Very European elegance...and who doesn't need more of that!
The glow in the dark grout is awesome for the kids!!!
Let me ask you- did you use glossy or matte subway tiles. I don't know what to do. We are going to live here for maybe 3-4 more years. I want it to look nice but it doesn't have to be the quality I'd put in my forever home.
*Daltile (very cheap) makes matte subway tiles but with no decorative chair rail.
*Westminster and Irongate tile (expensive) makes matte with awesome chair rails.
*Daltile makes glossy subway tile with a decorative chair rail.
WHAT DO I DO????? Glossy or matte?
I'm definitely going with the 3X6 subway...That's a classic if ever there was one! My floor tile is small matte hex with gray grout.
I thought I HAD to have matte initially. But I saw it in a show room and it looked odd and almost plastic to me. But that was all the way up the wall. I'm only doing wainscotting.
Yes, but not for bathrooms. I edited my response to add - shiney is more traditional & much easier to clean in the long run. I''m not sure if this is a possiblity - but you could do matt accents. Come to think about it, I don''t recall seeing matt much in bathrooms. I like it for kitchens though.Date: 1/17/2005 10:43:13 AM
Author: moremoremore
I''m glad to hear you like the daltile matte F&I. I actually was at HomeDepot ordering them and then I found out half way through there was no matte chair rail. I LOVE a nice cap/shelf/chair rail!
P.S. it''s going in the shower also so should I be worried about matte?
P.P.S. Please tell me your kitchen isn''t always that clean!!!
They actually are extremely shiny but it doesn't show that well in the pictures. They are so slick and so easy to wipe down with Windex.Date: 1/17/2005 10:43:13 AM
Author: moremoremore
DIAMOND4ME- Your kitchen is beautiful!!!!! I do love the look of handmade tiles...but I think I'll go with machined tiles b/c they are cheaper and it will probably be more forgiving in my installtion!
Your kitchen tiles don't look super shiny which I love...
UGH.
P.S. it's going in the shower also so should I be worried about matte?
P.P.S. Please tell me your kitchen isn't always that clean!!!![]()
Is marble really THAT slippery? This is what we''re installing in our entry way.Date: 11/27/2004 122:24 AM![]()
Author: Jennifer5973
I had originally asked for black marble in the floor above and the tile guy said it''s too slippery and since it isn''t a huge bathroom, it would be tough to get squares that looked right--they usually do marble in 12x12s. You really have to look, look, look....the perect thing might be out there and you must discover it,
I cannot believe my husband and I chose this without researching firstDate: 1/18/2005 9:12:19 AM
Author: moremoremore
I''m not sure if I''m using the proper term, but I think there is ''honed'' marble...doesn''t get slippery....unlike the shiny, ''polished'' marble that needs to be sealed (maybe honed neds to be sealed too)....which I hear you can go slippin and slidin on....
Thanks. I''m in seattle, so anyone who walks into my house is pretty much guarenteed to have shoes with wet bottoms.Date: 1/18/2005 7:20:12 PM
Author: lop
MC:
I had polished marble in my previous house, and it was slick if it got wet, but I had an entry rug, and that seemed to be enough to do the trick. It was not slick as a surface without water. Now I have unpolished travertine, and is it similar. I think any stone is slick if wet.
Yes, please ask your husband. This thread has been extremely helpful. My husband picked out white grout for our marble, but luckily Jflo mentioned getting darker grout or we''d be in big troubleDate: 1/20/2005 9:45:18 AM
Author: Diamonds4Me
I always thought that putting sealant on marble and granite was to keep it from getting stained?![]()
I''ll ask my h2b when he gets home![]()
Not only that but I believe it's better to have non-sanded grout for marble.Date: 1/20/2005 10:25:11 PM
Author: MichelleCarmen
Yes, please ask your husband. This thread has been extremely helpful. My husband picked out white grout for our marble, but luckily Jflo mentioned getting darker grout or we'd be in big troubleDate: 1/20/2005 9:45:18 AM
Author: Diamonds4Me
I always thought that putting sealant on marble and granite was to keep it from getting stained?![]()
I'll ask my h2b when he gets home
Half our house is done and my DH is suffering from burnout after doing tons of remodling here so luckily we hadn't gotten around to the entry way before reading all this.![]()