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Kitchen tiling madness has resumed!
Door Sixteen It’s been nearly nine months since my last kitchen tiling madness binge at the house, and it feels so, SO good to be back in the swing of things. Aside from not having bronchitis and a...
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Kitchen tile: FINISHED!
Door Sixteen Nine long months after I started tiling the kitchen, I’m am extremely happy to say that I am DONE! Well, I still have to caulk around the window casings and along the tops of the baseboard...
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Dealing with nasty grout & caulk in the apartment bathroom.
Door Sixteen Remember the pinkish-tan/Band-Aid bathroom in my apartment? I’m still doing the best I can (short of gutting the whole thing) to make it feel cleaner, fresher and generally less awful, and...
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Square tiles, dark grout.
Door Sixteen Today I’m small on words, but big on pictures! After putting together my previous post about that amazing Swedish apartment, I got to thinking about how nice square tiles are—whether...
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Purple tiles? Oh yeah!
Door Sixteen Purple and I have a difficult relationship. I don’t like to rule out any color from my home because I really do think it’s all about context, but purple…purple is tough. And believe me,...
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Mint-green bathrooms.
Door Sixteen Photo via 1st Dibs How happy does this sink make you? Those knobs! That chrome! The minty goodness of it all! This beauty was designed by George Saiker for the American Radiator and...
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Easy, temporary backsplash: Smart Tiles.
Door Sixteen Photo from Atelier de Curiosite / view full set of photos & blog post After my post about removable wallpaper for backsplashes, I received a few emails asking that I post more about...
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Temporary tile cover-up: BleUcoin tile decals.
Door Sixteen OK, so I swear I’m not going to rename this blog temporarybacksplashes.com (oh hey, it’s available…), but fresh on the heels of my Smart Tiles awakening, a very nice D16 reader emailed me...
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Sneak-peeking at my bathroom.
Door Sixteen It’s Saturday and apparently nobody reads blogs on Saturday, so you know what? Let’s take a sneak peek at my bathroom. I haven’t done anything with it yet and I probably won’t start until...
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Cement tiles from Popham Design.
Door Sixteen I have a folder on my desktop called FUTURE BLOG. I endlessly drag URLs and photos into that folder, with the distant idea that someday I’ll get around to sharing this stuff on my blog. I...
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Progress in the bathroom.
Door Sixteen One of the best things about my house is that it’s barely been touched renovation-wise in the 78 years since it was built. With the exception of the kitchen floor and a respectful bedroom...
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Installing a stacked bond subway tile backplash.
Now, I know what you’re thinking looking at this photo: That backsplash looks great already, Dorfman, why in the world would you want to tile over it? (Am I close?) Well, I’m more of a traditionalist...
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