We have now been living in our house for two and a half years and since day one we have been wanting to replace the carpet in the dining room. It took us about a year of searching dozens of tile stores to finally come up with a design and pattern Laura and I both liked. We eventually settled on a combination of 18X18 ceramic tiles with inserted mosaic travertine tiles. The work itself which included the carpet removal, installing the cement boards to the wood sub-floor, laying the tiles , and grouting took us about four weekends. Our smartest decision was to cut all the tiles and lay them dry over the entire area. This provided us the opportunity to make adjustments without having to deal with the mortar.
Is the outcome matching our ambitions? Well, considering that this was our first tiling job, the final look is not too bad. Of course, as creators we are able to see many imperfections in our work, but hopefully you won't notice them!
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