I came across these peel and stick metal tiles while browsing through This Old House’s website. From Aspect Ideas, this tile series can be used for either practical or decorative applications. You can use them as a back splash in the kitchen or bath, or dress up a wall area for a more artistic look. The metal tiles come in four different color finishes; stainless, champagne, brushed bronze, and copper with the option of long or short grain. [click to continue…]
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You can’t say it isn’t an attention-grabbing name. For the person who has everything – or the person who considers any surface a décor opportunity – may we present to you Toilet Tattoos, “the only way to crown your throne.” And just in time for the holiday season, too! [click to continue…]
Sure, indoor plants are green and pretty. They help stave off that old seasonal affective disorder, the winter blues, cabin fever…whatever. We all are probably aware they improve air quality by sucking up carbon monoxide; but the magic doesn’t end there. “Mother Nature Network” has a website dedicated to “improving your world” and an eye opening article written by Julie Knapp suggesting 15 plants to help make the air quality, and smell of your world a bit more pleasant. [click to continue…]
Studies show that on a normal day you get asked between five and five million questions. Studies show… What studies? Who decided we needed a study done in the first place? Are you kidding me? How do I get paid to do a study? OK, I really don’t know if a study has ever been done on this subject but the government is sure to do one now, as I hear they have been following Marc, er…… Home Fixated.com religiously. Plus, if a study were done, I’d bet dollars to donuts and a bottle of Crowny that the number would fall between five and five million. What I wouldn’t bet my beloved Crowny on, would be someone asking, “What’s under your bathtub?” [click to continue…]
Schluter-Ditra understands that tile, being a hard, brittle substance, expands and contracts due to moisture and temperature related conditions, at a totally, different rate from whichever substrate material lies beneath, be it plywood, concrete, cement, etc. This can be a problem when using traditional, thin-set mortar bed applications, which bond the tile directly to the supporting structure. The result is usually cracked, ruined tiles. In order to ensure both layers can move independently, an additional layer in between the two materials, is a must-have. (And no, you can’t just lay any, random thing down. Just in case someone out there is thinking, “Huh. I don’t see any reason I couldn’t use this old comforter.”) The Schluter-Ditra Universal Underlayment is the better option. [click to continue…]
