Redo on the Bedroom

So I decided to take out the tile from the bedroom. Here's how it looked before: I found a beautiful grey wood tile at Home Depot that I thought would be perfect. And ultimately was. It was darker than the original but also had the wood grain look that I found more ascetically pleasing that … Continue reading Redo on the Bedroom →

Bathrooooom

I purchased a tile from Lowes for the bathroom which I cut to fit into the room. It wasn't long enough which meant some finagling. Well, I did this and I ended up not liking it and decided to ultimately remove it and start over. Seeming to become a theme as I continue to go … Continue reading Bathrooooom →

Flooring Prep #2 (Hallway & Living Room)

For the Living Room and Hallway flooring I'm using the tile that looks the most like real wood. Like the last prep I used a box cutter to make cuts in the vinyl tile and broke them to create planks. I've found the box cutter to be much better at cutting the vinyl tile than … Continue reading Flooring Prep #2 (Hallway & Living Room) →

Uncertainty ?

I halfway finished the tile in the bedroom. And I'm not in love with it. I left it over night and revisited it and I still don't like it. I feel like to like it I will need to add grout, but I don't think I want to do all of that work to possibly … Continue reading Uncertainty ? →

Flooring Prep

Now that the walls of the house are complete, time to think about flooring! It took me about 2 hours to prep the flooring for the bedroom. I'm going to start laying the tile however I already know I'm going to need to revisit Lowes for another long tile. I started with the one long … Continue reading Flooring Prep →

Wallpaper #2

After wallpapering the hallway I tackled the kitchen. I'm glad I did the hallway first as the kitchen was bigger and needed more maneuvering with the paper. The pretty pineapple wallpaper I chose for the accent wall in the kitchen was JUST shy of fitting the entire wall. Which meant adding some of the wallpaper … Continue reading Wallpaper #2 →

Lowes Run!

Another run to a home improvement store. This time with flooring in mind! I'm not exactly at the flooring stage yet in the house but I'm getting ahead of myself with the planning of the house. For LESS than $5 I was able to nab tiles that I think will be perfect. I wanted to … Continue reading Lowes Run! →