A nice clean tile job with a nice hint of highlight with the 1/2" pencil stripe that wraps around the entire room.
A nice glazed tile with a wide grout joint to keep with the country look of the existing cabinets. I created the grout color to compliment the woodwork.
In the same kitchen I added a black granite backsplash to the work area around the stove including part of the counter top to function as a hot plate built in trivit so to speak. The rest of the counter tops are corian and I refinished those existing tops.
The tile here had to be spaced and the inlaid 1 1/2" stripe has a raised pattern on it.
There are also decorative fruit emboised tiles scattered throughout. The positioning of the stripe was at the customer's request.
another view.
And the other section of counter space.
And I have done some contemporary work as well. The unique part of this job is that I was allowed my artistic incentive to go with a bold black stripe around the room. I grouted in between the black tiles with black grout. It's a little tricky to keep black out of the white grout but I love challenges.
Another view showing the wide stripe continuing around the room and the breaking stripe in the soffit above the shower. The marble seat and matching corner shelves bring it all together for me !
And here is a bathroom I did for the most meticulous customer of
all .... my mother ! Her house has been in the family for some time and all I started out to do was find out why the toilet flushed slow and why there was a constant sewerage odor present.
As it turned out the cast iron stack up to the roof had been rusting
for many years. The rust piled up at the back of the elbow behind the toilet that went up to the roof. The venting was almost totally blocked.
After examination the wall had to be removed behind the toilet to
change the old vent stack to PVC. The toilet elbow and the drain to the tub was all lead piping. This had to be changed as well. And
to make matters worse, the lead drain pipe went accross the floor to the sink. This had to go as well, so the floor had to be tore out.
There was no insulation in the wall so the window wall had to go.
To change the venting to the vanity, that wall had to be opened.
With all of these changes needed it was decided to change the tub
so the next thing you know ... the entire room was gutted.
I did take pictures as I went along but I have yet to be able to find them. There are some finished detail pictures that I can always go back and retake but the before pictures are a loss.
One thing that becomes obvious right away is that the shower diverter is not directly below the shower head. When I am the person doing the plumbing I rarely put the diverter where you have to get wet to adjust the flow and temperature of the water.
See how easy it is to open the shower door and adjust your water
without getting splashed. It's not a whole lot more plumbing work to do this.
THERE IS MORE TO COME ..... tonight even ! 4/5/07.
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