Last fall I attended a class from Schluter Systems about some of their products including Ditra.  Ditra is the orange-colored waffle-looking stuff on the floor in this picture.  It’s not only much easier and cleaner to install than cementboard, but it’s touted as being a superior underlayment to actually give you a better tile installation [...] Read More

I can go on and on about all the different ways to do tile.  That may be one reason I enjoy laying tile so much.  It lets me express my creative side.  Even if a client has all the tile picked out, I get to create the layout and imagine the final product and all [...] Read More

This bathroom in the Lockeland Springs area of East Nashville was the forgotten part of an otherwise fantastic home with lots of jaw-dropping features.  It was time to tackle the bathroom with a new tub, tile surround, tile floor and beadboard wainscoting throughout. You never really know what to expect under the wall coverings until [...] Read More

The popularity of carpet comes and goes.  I’m not sure it was ever really a trend in a bathroom, but more likely was a builders less expensive way to finish a bathroom.  You can tell I’m not a fan, right?  At least one homeowner of a condo in Green Hills agreed with me.  She gave [...] Read More

I always say there’s tile for any personality.  You can keep it plain and simple, or go wild with different colors or textures.  This tile floor is made up of some beautiful travertine tiles of many diverse colors.  No two are alike!  I think natural stone tiles are some of the most beautiful tile because they are so [...] Read More