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

Many of the specialized tile products I use come from a company called Schluter.  This includes the incredible Kerdi shower waterproofing system which is a superior way to construct a tile shower.  To educate tile contractors on their products they host regional “Innovation Workshops”  where they put us up in a nice hotel  for a couple [...] Read More

There are a multitude of choices of tile or stone for your next project, but if you want something completely unique you might look at using handmade tiles.  That’s what this homeowner chose for her fireplace.  This home in the Belmont-Hillsboro neighborhood is full of old house character mixed with the homeowner’s own wonderful taste [...] Read More

The large shower enclosure is now gone (see this post)and I’ve got the tub in place and everything hooked up.  The next step is to install the tile.  The homeowners wanted basic 3″ x 6″ white subway tile for all the walls.  The nice thing about this tile is that there are a number of [...] Read More

When I first arrived, this shower had a host of issues and it was only 5 years old (see this post).  It was a sad situation, but I was glad I could help resolve the problems by tearing out the leaky tile floor and replacing it with a new Kerdi waterproofing system.  In the end [...] Read More