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Clean slate - help pick flooring please? Lots of pics!

16 years ago

It looks like we have to pull up all the tile we had laid (new construction) less than 2 years ago in the foyer, powder room (and cost closet), the kitchen (incl pantry and under appliances) and the mudroom. It was installed incorrectly and we've had problems with it for the past year, I'm done with pulling up tile, putting more screws in, and then putting tile back down. We replaced 60 sf last June and I've probably got about 40 sf more going this year. Both tiles have been discontinued.

Here are some pics of my foyer - all paint and the LR carpet (used also upstairs) were coordinated with this green tile. (Sorry this is right after BC installed in DR so DR furniture is in LR)

View from DR across to LR

DR furniture and Oriental carpet in (no view of foyer tile, but to give you idea)

DR drapes (not up yet, but here's the fabric, over the shades which are up)

LR drapes (same fabric, different color) and end table

LR sofa (shades are on the floor) - even the sofa was chosen to match the green tile, paint and carpet!

FR adjoining kitchen (actually one 37ft x 13ft room) - we are putting matching Romans (striped) in bay window after trim is done. Will eventually put oak flooring and built-in bookcases in, but right now tan carpet is less than 2 yrs old, it was $40/sy so I don't think DH will let me replace it yet - need something in kitchen to go with carpet now and HW later.

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pardon the mess

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Kitchen from FR

kitchen sink, range area, corner of FR (used as breakfast nook) - sorry Valentine's mess - I always have messy pics!

We are adding crown to tops of cabinets

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Closeup of current kitchen/mudroom tile - which I loved, had in similar color in old house, and hunted down for new house - now also discontinued

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Subway tile I would like as a b/s if we replace current laminate (countertop overhang too shallow in front of sink - I spill things down it) with the same thing - but for now just doing oak shoe at the wall to cover gap. We don't *have* to keep the countertops the same, but I just spent $1500 last summer on island countertops to match before I realized problem with perimeter counters. Might easily be 8 yrs b4 we replace counters, and might be different color/material then, but we'd like floor to be neutral so we could have options.

Our floor will support ceramic, but not natural stone (unless Bill can give some ideas how to stiffen the 3/4" OSB, 2x10 joists 16" OC) I don't know whether to do different flooring in foyer and kitchen again, or to do it all the same - not changing wall colors. I really don't want HWs in foyer/mudroom since we have a gravel drive and (right now) not much of a lawn, we track in a lot of grit but we take off our shoes at the door. Thanks!

Comments (5)

  • 16 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    I think you should do travertine. It will look nice with all the greens, but will not limit you in the future if you want to go with a different scheme. You could do a porcelain that looks like travertine in the mudroom. Good luck.

  • 16 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Thanks - the tile was pretty inexpensive (except for the deco pieces - $10 each) - the green one had already been discontinued when I bought it in 2007. I already called Marazzi a year ago looking for it. They only made it for Home Depot, didn't have any more of the decos. Though maybe they have some field tile left. I need about 150sf of it (10 cases) - I have 1 case left, and some that need to have thinset cleaned off them but if I do that maybe I can get by with less (maybe 20sf in basement? So 9 cases? Probably not worth it). It's called Antica Spagna.

    The white tile is also by Marazzi, it's Pietra in Alabaster color - I have 150sf of that left (bought last summer when we were replacing some, bought extra to do future breakfast bumpout). but I'd need about 200sf more (about 13 cases) - again, have some (maybe 25 sf?) downstairs we could clean up. That was probably also only made for Home Depot.

    I'd love to do travertine, but don't know if my structure will support it - Bill? Maybe do travertine-look porcelain throughout?

    I don't want to deal with this - am worried that demo will damage my BC floor in the DR (dust, etc. - will definitely have to get mew T-mold, not a problem) that I just had replaced in Sept (original 2007 floor defective - Home Depot reimbursed for materials, not labor), possibly kitchen cabinets, and now that we've moved in I have absolutely no place to store everything I have to take out of coat closets and pantry floor, all the appliances, we waited til all the ceilings were retaped and repainted to get new furniture, the sheetrock dust was horrible, concrete (grout/thinset)dust will be worse. I just hate this house! Our dream house has turned into a nightmare and a money pit between the DR floor, the ceilings, and now the tile!

    At least the carpet and the upstairs tile that was DIY are OK. As you can see, I'm still working on trim (won't put it up in tiled areas until this is resolved).

  • 16 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    I posted on Home Decorating with a link here, only 1 person has replied and recommended hardwood. I'm not sure about that in kitchen, laundry, and powder room. I'd like more opinions please!

  • 8 years ago

    Hi, shot in the dark here, but do you happen to have that 1 case of Marazzi Spagna 12*12 tiles? I am in need of a few for a floor. Thanks, Mike (mikejsopko@eaton.com)

  • 8 years ago

    Hello, I know this is an old thread, just checking to see if you still have the Spagna green tile left. I could use a few in a big way. Thanks, Mike