One Room Challenge | Week Four | Is it Time to Panic Yet?
April 25, 2018
Hoo-boy – week four already. In last week’s post I mentioned that I had hoped to at least have started the tiling by this week. That didn’t happen as I’m still in the wall-prep stage. Sigh. I’m so sick of plaster dust being everywhere and not being able to use my kitchen as a place to make food.
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| My kitchen right now. The back wall looks mottled and uneven in this cell-phone picture, but that's due to the different plaster/cement that I used to patch it. The right wall in the photo is also finished. |
I asked for your opinions last week on where I should stop the tile on the far wall, but I forgot to ask what you thought about the opposite wall. There are two quarter walls on the other end with the ‘doorway’ between. One side butts-up against a counter, the other side is against my stove. My gut is saying I should try to tile the stove side wall (sometimes cooking gets messy), but then should I also tile the opposite side wall? Should the walls match?
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| I need some help deciding on if I should tile these small side walls or not? I'm a bit worried if I do as I think it will need a lot of tile cutting, but I'm worried about getting an untiled wall really dirty when cooking. |
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| I took my current door hardware off and you can see why I have a need for a handle with a backplate. Each door has three holes from when I changed the handles out a number of years ago. |
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| From top: 2"x8" grey tile - $3.85/sqft; Small white mosiac tiles $3.73/sqft; White 2"x6" tile $3.02/sqft; 2"x8" white gloss tile - $3.75/sqft; All from Olympia Tile |
- Finish plastering/fixing walls
- Prime walls
- Paint ceiling and back wall
- Pick wall tile
- Purchase wall tile, mastic, grout and all needed supplies
- Tile the walls
- Grout the walls
- Clean up ALL THE DUST
- Figure out what to do for cabinet pulls
- Hang ceiling fixture
- Figure out some art for the walls to add some colour
- Install new faucet
- Add baseboard to the back wall
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10 comments
LOL! You've got this! It has to look worse before it gets better!
ReplyDeleteOh Michelle, I feel your panic with the list of To-Do's still. Nothing is more motivating than being in a time crunch! I'm sure you will rock this challenge and complete it. Good luck with Week 5! Rooting for you!
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion: you should tile the end walls that turn the corner; use the big white tile on the bottom of the samples; and what is wrong with the handles you have? If you don’t like the colour you can always spray paint them a metallic colour you like. Just saying!
ReplyDeleteLady! You have two long weeks ahead of you! plus, you need to style and take photos... you can do it!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think you need to put a palm sander on your Mother's Day wish list :) It's a lot of work but it's going to be amazing looking when you're done!!
ReplyDeleteSince you have something overhead on either side of the opposite wall I'd say you should tile that little side wall and if you're using a bull-nose piece at the edge of the wall you should bring that out onto the small section of wall by the countertop and next to the stove.
If you aren't using bull-nose tile for the edges then I'd end it at the back wall like the opposite side of the kitchen and paint that small section by the stove with semi-gloss paint for easy cleanup.
All the care you are taking to do this right will pay off in the end with a beautiful space!!! Keep pushing, you got this!!!
ReplyDeleteHi! You deserve an award for sanding everything by hand😮I did just the door trim around our bedroom door once and that was enough to make me go buy an electric sander ! As far as the tile goes I think you should go with the 2 x 8 and consider doing it in a herringbone pattern rather than a traditional Brick pattern. With your small galley kitchen a horizontal layout will emphasis its "long-ness". Herringbone may be challenging if this is your first tile job but if you plan everything out on paper first you should be fine. If the herringbone pattern is too traditional for your taste, I would consider running the tile vertically instead then. personally, I wouldn't tile any of the sidewalls I think it's a more updated modern look ( & like Toni said just paint the side wall in a semi gloss)and by avoiding wrapping the tile onto the main wall that you see when you walk in you won't get that visual break that will make that back wall seem smaller? I agree with Janice, your cabinet pulls are fine, don't waste time, $ & stress on them now ( you could always change them out later !) even if you miss the deadline, we cannot wait to see the outcome!
ReplyDeleteI hope you're getting so much done this weekend!! My to do list is still way too long as well. Kitchens are rough. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteHere's to productivity and everything lining up to your favor. The finished space will be worth it, for sure! It will be beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSanding walls by hand is a lot of work, so I hope you feel pleased with your progress. All your tile samples look great, so I think you can't go wrong. ;) Week four is a tricky one, but you're getting there.
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