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Scott demonstrating another use of the ab exerciser. |
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The beginning of the guest shower tile. |
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Getting closer to completion. |
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Completed guest shower, all that's left to do is the grouting. The windows up above are a feng shui thing to allow natural light into every room. The light comes from a tubular skylight just on the other side of that ceiling fixture. The glass will match the glass on the pantry door, called gluechip. Sort of a leaf pattern. |
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Tuesday November 27. Sort of a funky view of the study shower. |
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Those tough bottom tiles, they have to be perfectly level and plumb or you suffer the entire rest of the shower. This shower has the ceiling tiled as well. |
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The shower is ready for grout. The floor is one inch mosaic tiles, ugh. The baseboard behind the toilet is not nailed, I just cut it and put it in place before the toilet went in, or else I would have to do it in two pieces. Nailing will happen a bit later. |
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Detail of the study bathroom floor. |
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The completed study shower. Kohler shower fixtures have a brushed chrome finish. |
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A friend of ours, Guy, getting some hands-on tile practice setting tile in the pool area. In this area we used 3/16 inch tile spacers. They require a bit of practice, so you do not squash them and throw your grid off of layout. |
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The master bath floor, we laid it on the diagonal, 45 degrees. These are 8x8 inch tile. |
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Our last major project, the entry and hall tile just arrived so today, Tuesday, we begin to install it. A fairly serious project, it will be nice to get it completed. A brief note on floor tile layout. There are a lot of factors to take into consideration, however, I feel the most important one is to absolutely make sure your layoyt grid is perfectly square. Notice the red snap lines, they are precisely snapped, I did not use spacers on this floor because two 6x6 inch tiles did not equal one 12x12 inch tile. |
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The entry tile before grouting. Notice the two 6x6 tiles next to the 12x12. That's why the layout was so important. |
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Guest bath done in 6x6 tiles. |
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Looking back toward the front door. Looking a bit more finished eh? This piece is called Le Loupe Solitaire, a wolf. |
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Looking out the arctic entry toward the foyer. The art work is called 'Face to face'. It is a polar bear. Most of the tile completed by January 9, 2002 |
