Im putting in a rhombus tile backspash in my kitchen. The problem is, when i get to the area where the window is, I have no real way to finish the tile so it looks neat. The window has no framing on the inside. Does any one have any ideas that can help me!!! Here is a bad pic i drew.
i am a bit of a country woman at heart and the rest of my home is slightly neutral colours and i want my kitchen to be warm and inviting. the current colours are powdery blue walls, warm slate gray countertops and white cabinets. the cabinets are falling apart and have cheap grey handles which match the countertop. the floor is white and blue tiles that i would love to replace with ceramic but cannot afford it. can anyone suggest colours for the walls and an alternate flooring possibilty and maybe backsplash ideas. we have white appliances as well.
also need a way to repair the countertop hopefully not replacing it as we have limited funds entering this project.
thank you.
also a tip for fixing/replacing the doors and drawers is helpful. they are falling apart.
i need to do a cd cover for a school project and i want a background photo with photos overlapping it but blended into the shades of colour of the background picture lol this might be a little confusing heres a sample that i found http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD–12184334/SP–A/IGID–1555403/Simpsons_Homermosaic.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=7829&ui=C57CB52839024FDC894000486BD6CDBF
okay i got the first part done…but how do i make the picture that goes over the background shaded the same colour
We just bought an old house with lots of windows, wood floors etc… I don’t know if my bathroom is too vintage to go modern. The tub is not a claw foot, but it is vintage. How should I decorate it?. The rest of my house is different shades of grey, and pink, and chrome accents.
I thought about slate for the tub surround, but I’m having second thoughts. Should I just keep it light?.
The floor is painted a light grey already. There is real wood under the sub floor, but my husband doesn’t want to bother with it, and I don’t really want tile over it because it is hard on my feet.
I have a bare white bathroom that needs help now. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
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We have an older kitchen with a white beadboard backsplash. We are getting new wood cabinets and a granite counter top. My husband wants to keep the beadboard white backsplash. I think this will look odd. If we do replace the backsplash, do we remove the beadboard (afraid of what I may find behind it) or can we tile over the beadboard?
My kitchen walls are plaster. We are at an absolute novice level when it comes to any diy projects. So being afraid of what is behind the beadboard may not be logical but it is honest. I have a hard enough time trying to hang a picture on plaster walls, I can only imagine trying to remove this. I am afraid of what it will take to pull it off and will part of the wall rip off too and will we be able to fix that. Thanks for all the feedback. It is all very helpful. I’m still not sure what I am going to do, but really appreciate the feedback. Thanks so much.
I have carpet that a multi colored dark/med brown with beige/tan mixed. Very warm looking. What color should I paint my walls? I am thinking of painting my kitchen a blue gray. the living room, kitchen, and dining room are all one great room. Also I have a hallway/foyer off of the living room what color to paint all of these walls to make the colors flow together? I have a lot of light in all of the rooms except the hall. The carpet is the same in the hall. The floor in the kitchen/dining area is a tile looking multicolored vinyl with browns,caramel/beige/tans and gray/slate blue. My kitchen cabinets are oak with a nutmeg colored stain. Which is a medium oak color, some what on a rusty color side? The kitchen color is also open to suggestions. Can anyone help?
1. ____________ was responsible for the building of the holy city of Abydos. (Points : 5)
Ramses I
Akhenaton
Hatshepsut
Seti I
2. It has been suggested that ancient Egypt had as many as __________ deities. (Points : 5)
12
200
2,000
50
3. During the reign of _________, the Step Pyramid of Saqqaris was built. (Points : 5)
Tutankhamen
Seti I
Djoser
Khafre
4. Surviving papyri from the fifth dynasty demonstrate well-developed: (Points : 5)
methods of accounting and record keeping
boat-building skills
medical treatments
labor laws
5. ________________ was the cow-headed goddess of motherhood and fertility. (Points : 5)
Bastet
Thoth
Hathor
Ptah
6. Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen in: (Points : 5)
the Cheops pyramid
the Valley of the Kings
under the ruins of Memphis
the Temple of Isis
7. The most prominent artistic development of the Middle Kingdom was the: (Points : 5)
obelisk
pyramid
Sphinx
palace
8. Which internal organ was never removed during the embalming process for mummification? (Points : 5)
The brain
The stomach
The heart
The liver
9. Usually located on the grounds of the temples, obelisks were usually covered from base to near the tip with: (Points : 5)
hieroglyphics
paintings
gold
mosaics
10. For ancient Egyptians, art was closely tied with: (Points : 5)
government
daily life
romance
religion
I have outdated ceramic tile on a kitchen wall and would like to bond the new tile to the old. Is there an adhesive that works? I tried silicone caulk on a few test pieces and it sems to have bonded extremely well but I don’t want to make a mistake. The countertop is removed so the new backsplash will butt up to the new tile OK. Thanks, Mike
I have been laying tile for 15 years so I know that porcelain, while it has micro holes, doesn’t really need any kind of sealer. However, I did a floor in 2007. It is 12" porcelain on the beige side. It goes through an entry, office, kitchen, dining room, another entry to the garage and the laundry room. It is nearly 800 sq.ft. The tile was done while the kitchen was being remodeled so it goes under the cabinets. The customer called me back because the job is fine but they do not like the nearly flat look of the tile. He wants to put some kind of coating down that will make it a little glossier. I warned about slipperiness, etc. and that we wouldn’t want to go to shiny. All of that is fine. I just don’t know of a product that you can put on porcelain that sits on the surface, has a sheen to it and will last in a fairly active area.
In the past I have used Zinsser SealCoat as a sealer/bond coat since it sticks to anything and then just used a couple coats of regular oil or water based poly. However, I have only done this on stone, specifically mostly slate, and it worked beautifully. Nowhere on the can does it say this is permissable so I don’t want to just bust into a can to find out that it won’t work.
So I’m looking for the product and I would prefer that you’ve used it before, not just reading directions that you’ve researched somewhere.
And no, removing and retiling is not an option.
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April 21, 2011 
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