Showing posts with label Ben Mastico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ben Mastico. Show all posts

Saturday, March 13, 2010


As neat as the tile looks on the walls and all, it sure is a challenge to line things up geometrically. I certainly didn't do well at geometry in high school and this project really tested my patience and fortitude several times. I had to walk away a couple times and just clear the mind. Luckily, Ben calmed me down and got me focused again. I love the results that came of it though.
I ordered a medicine cabinet, four weeks later it came, with a cracked mirror. Ridiculous. Fixed that, put in a hotel shower rod, painted and added an exhaust fan. Now I have the bathroom of which I am decidedly proud. I really love taking a bath or shower and just looking around in amazement that a ton of hard effort and very little planning achieved. I maintained the era of house with decidedly modern materials and am very happy with the results.




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Friday, March 12, 2010



Man, when you decide to use subway tile, you end up with a lot more tiles to lay down.
Still, in the end, subway tiles are some of my favorite. Classy, classic, timeless.






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Sunday, March 7, 2010


The tearing out of things always seems to be the easiest. Destroying is easy. Building up is much harder. So, with the deconstruction out of the way, we set to setting tile. Mind you, I didn't do too well with geometry in high school. I was extremely lucky that Ben was there to play with angles. I had a hard time keeping a straight line with the subway tiles, but it eventually worked out. The act of setting tile itself isn't hard. I think the worst part of it all is figuring out where the partial tiles are going to end up and where you want to start/stop designs. For this whole tiling and bathroom effort, I'm eternally grateful to Ben for pushing me into this job.



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