The new tile looks surprisingly similar to the linoleum tile we found under the floor when we did the demolition.
Our contractor who will also install the tile estimated how much we will need.
This wall will have dark grey cabinets on the bottom and tile backsplash to the top.
I decided to have the tile sealed at the store which is touted to be permanent meaning not necessary to be resealed annually.
A sample of the tile is leaning against a sample of the cabinet color.
I was also tasked to choose the color and type of grout. There are dozens of colors for which the tile store has samples. I chose Opticolor Sahara Beige (11) in an epoxy product that also does not need resealing.
Welcome to The Glade, where the second generation of renovations has just begun and the mania about our home, music and other passions fill our days and nights.
We’re Charlie and Jo in the music world; Mary Jo and Charles to family; and JoJo and Charlie to each other. We are renovating a midcentury house in a Victorian historic district where we want to live there the rest of our lives. It's a 1946 house located in Maryland. We were married in this house.
Thus far (pre-blog) we refinished cabinets, added a window seat (still working on the cushion), rearranged a wall in the guest house due to sink/vanity replacement, planted a vegetable garden, and other quick and not-so-quick fixes. So this latest zeal for construction is the result of my having lived here since 1997 and feeling a need to ready the house for the next chapter and beyond.
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If we get an unseasonably warm day in the next two weeks, I have some trim to paint around the house. Just a simple white, but it’s driving me nuts that it is not done.
Ah, trim painting. No fun but totally necessary. My weekend chore is to paint the (miles of) shoe molding that will trim the baseboard. Hope it’s warm for you. Our forecast totally precludes any outdoor painting. Jo
Let's Face the Music 
If we get an unseasonably warm day in the next two weeks, I have some trim to paint around the house. Just a simple white, but it’s driving me nuts that it is not done.
Ah, trim painting. No fun but totally necessary. My weekend chore is to paint the (miles of) shoe molding that will trim the baseboard. Hope it’s warm for you. Our forecast totally precludes any outdoor painting. Jo