desertdweller
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Post by desertdweller on Feb 22, 2007 18:33:22 GMT -5
Just finished up my office floor. Did a mosaic with the leftovers from all of the tile jobs I did last year, that and what was left after I finished my kitchen and living room. It took forever, I think I will stick with mosaic borders instead of doing another floor like that again.     Does anyone like it? I was thinking about doing a border around the door frame to match it, think I should try that or just leave it as is? |
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Post by lbowman1 on Feb 22, 2007 18:36:40 GMT -5
Very nice. I think the border for the door would be very interesting. Don't see that too often.
Lori
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Post by Cher on Feb 22, 2007 18:51:42 GMT -5
I think it's beautiful.
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blarneystone
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Post by blarneystone on Feb 22, 2007 18:56:54 GMT -5
I like it.. Great colors! Looks like a hellofalota work but well worth the result IMO.
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Post by joe on Feb 22, 2007 18:56:59 GMT -5
Wow! That's really neat! I can't imagine the planning that went into doing it. Nice job!
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Post by beefjello on Feb 22, 2007 21:15:49 GMT -5
Jamie I was hoping you'd post pics of this. It just knocked my socks off when I saw it!! That's some fantastic work!!  |
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Feb 22, 2007 22:06:45 GMT -5
WOW! Jamie, I love that! That is tons of work..how long did that take you?? I have done tile before and the grouting took me forever, and I can't even imagine anything like this. You should be proud of yourself. You mixed shapes and colors perfectly...still going back up to take another look....WOWZERS!
Steve
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Post by cpdad on Feb 22, 2007 22:27:07 GMT -5
that is a wonderful job...that is soo nice...great job..love it..kev.
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Post by sandsman1 on Feb 23, 2007 1:48:24 GMT -5
dam thats gotta be the nicest design i ever seen on a floor i hope you make everybody take there shoes off hahaha ----very nice job jamie
kinda reminds of a picasso painting haha --- i think thats who i mean the guy who did the abstract stuff
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junerev
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Post by junerev on Feb 23, 2007 9:07:23 GMT -5
Very nice. Looks like a LOT of work.
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Post by takilasunrise on Feb 23, 2007 10:11:56 GMT -5
Looks awesome! I love that kind of stuff. Good job!
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Post by Original Admin on Feb 23, 2007 13:53:49 GMT -5
Desert that is absolutely amazing - I will know who to ask now when I need some tips. I bet that was a nightmare - choosing the "next tile" to go down - having to root through what? Did you have a massive pile of tiles somewhere near and have to dig through them till you found the right one?
Storming floor.
Grouting - did you grout with a float or did you have to trowel all that lot in bit by bit?
Mark
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Post by rockyraccoon on Feb 23, 2007 14:25:17 GMT -5
jigsaw puzzle mark - she had to search for just the right fit!
kim
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desertdweller
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Post by desertdweller on Feb 23, 2007 16:04:32 GMT -5
Thanks everyone, it took me 4 weeks, I had to stop working on it and do the Christmas thing in between. Mark, I had so many pieces of tile piled up on the floor you wouldn't believe it and that was exactly what I did, randomly placed the larger pieces and then spent hours looking for just the right shapes to fill in the rest of the areas. I'm really happy with the way it turned out though. I did use a float to grout the floor, the grout lines are a lot wider than those in a regular floor so I went through a ton of grout.
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desertdweller
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Post by desertdweller on Feb 23, 2007 16:07:37 GMT -5
Thats right Kim, I sent you a picture of the abyss I was trying to work in before it was done, it was deemed a hard hat area.
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Post by krazydiamond on Feb 23, 2007 16:47:32 GMT -5
that is an amazingly well done piece of "floor art". where are you thinking of doing the border? near that golden looking frame? if it were me, i'd leave well enough alone and don't mess with perfection!
KD
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Post by Bikerrandy on Feb 24, 2007 14:35:26 GMT -5
That's the coolest tile job I've ever seen!!
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chinook203
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Post by chinook203 on Feb 25, 2007 10:37:55 GMT -5
Beautiful work! I tiled my bathroom several years ago and know that took some work, I can't imagine doing that much floor space in mosaic. You should be very proud of that job!!!!!!!!
Sandy
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jjckitti
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Post by jjckitti on Feb 25, 2007 13:19:21 GMT -5
VERY awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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chassroc
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Post by chassroc on Feb 26, 2007 13:00:27 GMT -5
i really like it!
csroc
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