It’s not that unusual to see an older home with a bathroom originally designed to have just a bathtub with no shower. Often, these are also right in front of a window too, making it that much more fun, right? (See this post.) This bathroom was built with just a tub, but a shower head [...] Read More

This recent project involved laying a tile floor in a new home that was originally built with vinyl around the toilet/tub and carpet around the vanity. This is quite common in newer homes, and it’s any easy spot to upgrade and completely change the feel of the room. The vinyl and carpet had to get [...] Read More

Many newer homes are built with a standard fiberglass bathtub surround. It still works so you hate to remove it, but maybe you’d like to spruce it up a little. These homeowners asked me to add some tile around the top of theirs as I was working on their floors. The bathroom had been wallpapered, [...] Read More

One of the things that the homeowner loved about the tile I used for the backsplash (see this post) was the look of the porous tumbled marble. Most of the tiles were very textured, with some having decent sized impressions and holes in them. It’s always recommended that you seal the tiles before grouting to [...] Read More

Sometimes a kitchen can be quite nice and still lack a little ‘wow-factor’. It was time to add some of that to this kitchen with a new tumbled marble backsplash. The homeowners have great taste and had picked out a handful of various tiles that they liked. We talked over the layout and tried a [...] Read More