Tales of fixing up our 100 year old house, my odd garage sale finds and whatever else pops into my head.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Bathroom Flooring
The bathroom still taunts me as I'm stuck working on the exterior until it gets cold. I did manage to check out some floor tiles to see if the color works.
It looks really too gray/beige on the sample. My first choices average $40+ a sq ft but if I had that much money to spend on flooring I would be blogging about redoing a house down the block which was twice the size of this house.
But I do have the remains of an original tile from my parents for comparison and it is almost exactly the same color. I don't know, maybe it is the bright white grout which makes it so dark? Whatever the reasoning, I think this tile with a black hex flower pattern and dark grout is going to look amazing compared to the circa 1981 carpet.
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My hubs and I own a little craftsman bungalow circa 1928. We have also been blessed with beautiful 80s beige carpet in our bathroom. It's really QUITE impressive (and ugly). I've been doing a lot of tile shopping myself, a DIY redo is in the works.
ReplyDeleteThis was the first project I wanted to tackle but a year later there it still sits. I think the daunting task of removing a 250 pd tub and then showering in the cold basement for a while is holding me back.
ReplyDeleteThe fresh new tile is now sitting (though still in boxes) in the bathroom so I sense we are getting closer!