Typical tile layout advice is: You'll find this type of information on many DIY sites that also have tips for cleaning out your gutters, staining your outside deck, and painting your ceiling. But let's put this advice into practice in the example below: This post deals with tile layout as a … [Read more...] about Why a centered tile layout is a bad idea
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Don’t let your tile accent strip look like this
Getting your mosaic and glass tile accent strips to be flush and flat with the surrounding tile can be difficult unless you know a trick for it. Here's a technique for building up the thinner decorative tile so that it's even with the thicker tile without creating a huge mess of thinset oozing … [Read more...] about Don’t let your tile accent strip look like this
Tile Layout and the Golden Ratio
The golden ratio is a mathematical equation found everywhere. From snail shells to hurricanes; from pyramids to stock market charts. We don't need to know every detail to use the golden ratio in tile applications, nor do we have to be a math wiz to know how it works. We just need to know the … [Read more...] about Tile Layout and the Golden Ratio
