Comments on: Tile, tile, tile… http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-36498 Anna at D16 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:27:13 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-36498 <b>patricia:</b> The tile is American Olean. There's a full source list for the bathroom in <a href=http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/12/15/my-downstairs-bathroom/" rel="nofollow">this post</a>. patricia: The tile is American Olean. There’s a full source list for the bathroom in this post.

]]> By: patricia http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-36497 patricia Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:21:50 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-36497 where did you purchase the floor tile from? where did you purchase the floor tile from?

]]> By: Amy S. http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-20747 Amy S. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:43:03 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-20747 It looks great! we are about to embark on our own tiling project so i'm glad to hear it is relatively easy. It looks great! we are about to embark on our own tiling project so i’m glad to hear it is relatively easy.

]]> By: Regina http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-20498 Regina Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:15:47 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-20498 Anna, I soooo love your work. Its amazing how similar our homes are! My bathroom layout is almost identical, and I have the exact same cast iron tub that I am about to put the exact same white subway tile around! Question: Did you use subway tiles with the bullnose edge or the straight edge? What brand are your tiles? Thanks! Anna,

I soooo love your work. Its amazing how similar our homes are! My bathroom layout is almost identical, and I have the exact same cast iron tub that I am about to put the exact same white subway tile around!

Question:

Did you use subway tiles with the bullnose edge or the straight edge? What brand are your tiles?

Thanks!

]]> By: sulu-design http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19643 sulu-design Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:12:27 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19643 Wow - it looks wonderful. What a precise job you two do. I agree that running-bond was the best way to lay the tiles. It's cool to know that tiles now have "built-in" spacers. The last time I laid tile (long ago), the spacers really did me in. I love your comment about confidence. Regular people are totally capable of doing these sorts of projects in their homes - you've been a brilliant example of this. Wow – it looks wonderful. What a precise job you two do. I agree that running-bond was the best way to lay the tiles.
It’s cool to know that tiles now have “built-in” spacers. The last time I laid tile (long ago), the spacers really did me in.
I love your comment about confidence. Regular people are totally capable of doing these sorts of projects in their homes – you’ve been a brilliant example of this.

]]> By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19567 Anna at D16 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:06:57 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19567 <b>Élise:</b> The little cross is called a "spacer". :) Most subway tile these days is made with the spacers built in (the back is very slightly larger than the front), so you aren't supposed to use anything additional. They are self-spacing. You'll know what I mean when you look at the tile (if you have the same kind) -- there are little bumps on the sides already, those are the spacers. I hope that helps! :) Élise: The little cross is called a “spacer”. :) Most subway tile these days is made with the spacers built in (the back is very slightly larger than the front), so you aren’t supposed to use anything additional. They are self-spacing. You’ll know what I mean when you look at the tile (if you have the same kind) — there are little bumps on the sides already, those are the spacers. I hope that helps! :)

]]> By: Élise http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19562 Élise Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:33:36 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19562 Hello! I'm from Québec (Canada). I have to install the same subway tile in my shower and i'm wondering if you use a little cross (i don't know the name in english since i'm french!) between each tile to be sure the space between the tiles is the same everywhere. Thanks! Élise Hello!

I’m from Québec (Canada). I have to install the same subway tile in my shower and i’m wondering if you use a little cross (i don’t know the name in english since i’m french!) between each tile to be sure the space between the tiles is the same everywhere.
Thanks!
Élise

]]> By: erin@designcrisis http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19550 erin@designcrisis Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:45:03 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19550 Totally professional, and I am inspired by your motivation... off to paint a chest of drawers now! Totally professional, and I am inspired by your motivation… off to paint a chest of drawers now!

]]> By: Fiona http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19534 Fiona Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:18:42 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19534 Looks great! I am impressed that you come home from work and manage to paint your floors. I would not be that motivated. Looks great! I am impressed that you come home from work and manage to paint your floors. I would not be that motivated.

]]> By: sonofcontractor http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19520 sonofcontractor Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:20:39 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19520 A, You are not going to believe this...but I tried that stuff! I am not kidding, I know more about hand lotion than my wife (which definitely freaks her friends out!). Two different approaches. The New Hands approach uses a parrafin strategy which is good is you have rough skin on the surface. The crazy Sabon stuff uses salt which actually scrubs off the layer of dead skin cells to reveal smooth skin underneath. Crazy, I know. Plus, I am told the salt comes from the Dead Sea. Something about that I like. Gloves? Oh Mrs. A. You are too much of a pro for me to suggest something that awful. Bob Vila never wore gloves. Neither did Mike Holmes (if you have never watched Holmes on Homes, you are missing the best home renovation show ever!). I do look forward to perhaps a hand lotion "rub off" in a future post. That will give the nattering nebobs of negativism something to post about over in the comments section at Apartment Therapy. :) A,

You are not going to believe this…but I tried that stuff! I am not kidding, I know more about hand lotion than my wife (which definitely freaks her friends out!). Two different approaches. The New Hands approach uses a parrafin strategy which is good is you have rough skin on the surface. The crazy Sabon stuff uses salt which actually scrubs off the layer of dead skin cells to reveal smooth skin underneath. Crazy, I know. Plus, I am told the salt comes from the Dead Sea. Something about that I like.

Gloves? Oh Mrs. A. You are too much of a pro for me to suggest something that awful. Bob Vila never wore gloves. Neither did Mike Holmes (if you have never watched Holmes on Homes, you are missing the best home renovation show ever!).

I do look forward to perhaps a hand lotion “rub off” in a future post. That will give the nattering nebobs of negativism something to post about over in the comments section at Apartment Therapy. :)

]]> By: Courtney at Blogging Matilda http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19517 Courtney at Blogging Matilda Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:13:26 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19517 Way to go! I can soooo relate. We tiled our whole kitchen floor in 4x4 tiles! Our bath tub surround is next :) Way to go! I can soooo relate. We tiled our whole kitchen floor in 4×4 tiles! Our bath tub surround is next :)

]]> By: josh (in wonderland) http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19513 josh (in wonderland) Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:35:05 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19513 those subway tiles look so perfect @_@ i can't wait to see the bathroom completely finished. even more so, i want to see the painted floors. I'M SO EXCITED!!! those subway tiles look so perfect @_@ i can’t wait to see the bathroom completely finished.

even more so, i want to see the painted floors. I’M SO EXCITED!!!

]]> By: Eva http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19511 Eva Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:29:00 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19511 Looks great and the subway tiles are so pretty! I can't wait to see the end results. Looks great and the subway tiles are so pretty! I can’t wait to see the end results.

]]> By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19508 Anna at D16 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:08:55 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19508 <b>Cherisse:</b> We knew just about nothing when we bought the house, but we're both good readers and enjoy paying attention to detail. We also save the important stuff like plumbing and heating for the professionals. :) <b>sonofcontractor:</b> I will definitely look into that scrub! In the mean time, I have a hand lotion for you: <a href="http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/sm-true-blue-spa-look-ma-new-hands-softening-hand-lotion--pi-2257413.html" rel="nofollow">B&BW Look Ma, New Hands</a>. Amazing! (And thank you for not saying I should be wearing gloves. Who can tile with gloves on??) <b>LJT:</b> The <a href="http://www.johnbridge.com/vbulletin/index.php" rel="nofollow">John Bridge tile forums</a> are the best places to learn/ask about all things tile related! Cherisse: We knew just about nothing when we bought the house, but we’re both good readers and enjoy paying attention to detail. We also save the important stuff like plumbing and heating for the professionals. :)

sonofcontractor: I will definitely look into that scrub! In the mean time, I have a hand lotion for you: B&BW Look Ma, New Hands. Amazing! (And thank you for not saying I should be wearing gloves. Who can tile with gloves on??)

LJT: The John Bridge tile forums are the best places to learn/ask about all things tile related!

]]> By: puck http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19502 puck Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:45:13 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19502 Super job! It is a total coincidence that i just did a historical interiors blog about subway tile last night! I was chuckling at a thread on another blog debating on whether subway tile is "out." How can something so classic and period be out??? Damn trendsters. Anyways... good work and I can't wait to see the rest. And your floors! As I am busy stripping paint to reveal the wood of my upstairs hallway... Super job! It is a total coincidence that i just did a historical interiors blog about subway tile last night! I was chuckling at a thread on another blog debating on whether subway tile is “out.” How can something so classic and period be out??? Damn trendsters.

Anyways… good work and I can’t wait to see the rest. And your floors! As I am busy stripping paint to reveal the wood of my upstairs hallway…

]]> By: Darian http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19500 Darian Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:57:56 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19500 I love that tile. The job you've done looks great! I can't wait to see the pictures of the floor! I love that tile. The job you’ve done looks great! I can’t wait to see the pictures of the floor!

]]> By: Adam http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19499 Adam Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:47:33 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19499 It looks so good, you both did an AMAZING job! I think you have inspired me to try my own hand at tiling this summer! It looks so good, you both did an AMAZING job! I think you have inspired me to try my own hand at tiling this summer!

]]> By: Cassie http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19497 Cassie Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:58:26 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19497 You are a rock star. You are a rock star.

]]> By: alice http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19495 alice Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:49:39 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19495 Wow your finish looks amazing :) You must show all when it is complete. Wow your finish looks amazing :) You must show all when it is complete.

]]> By: heather http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19490 heather Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:55:10 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/20/tile-tile-tile/#comment-19490 We have a wet tile saw - I would have let you borrow it! It looks amazing anyway! You guys are so much faster than my dad! ;) We have a wet tile saw – I would have let you borrow it! It looks amazing anyway! You guys are so much faster than my dad! ;)

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