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Hello, we are currently building our house and we are at the bricking the walls stage so we have some time to choose flooring, fittings etc, but of course I want to get it right….you can change decor, repaint, but changing the flooring is a biatch and most people don’t change them once their done. [...]

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I was told I needed to "seal" the grout on my floors as they were just installed. I have two different types of tile: one, is ceramic but not the"glazed" kind ( I guess) as it does not shine. The second one is standard bathroom tile, the kind that shines. I got two types of [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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i am wanting to put slate around our fireplace instead of the cheap tile thats on there. ive never tiled anything before. is tiling on a wall or fireplace harder than the floor. should i get a professional to do it. and do i have to take the whole fireplace mantle out to do it? [...]

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ive never tiled anything before. i was thinking of replacing our old tiles around the fireplace and puttnig in slate ones. i am wondering if its a bigger project than it seems. will i have to remove the mantle to do it. is it harder to tile something on the wall or fireplace than the [...]

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I have never lived in a house with wooden floors, but I have lived with, carpet, slate and tiles and I don’t like any of them. I really want wooden floors in our new house but my husband is whining and finding every excuse possible to not have them, the latest excuse is that they [...]

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I have a patio positioned between my house and garage. The garage floor is level with the patio, I purchased a crate of slate and would like to tile the patio or use pavers over the old concrete but am afraid that water will seep into my garage due to the patio being higher any [...]

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6×8 bathroom with one window? Paint is a teal color. Vanity and medicine cabinet will be black. No tub. Shower bath. Tiles will go in the shower area and on the main floor. I wanted dark maybe slate like look but it might be too dark. I’d like to go with a tumble maybe beige [...]

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I am redoing my bathroom floor and certain sections squeak when you walk on it. The underlayment is plywood, I riped up the linoleum and cleaned and scraped it good. I have done floors in the past, last year my master bath with slate, but it’s been a long time since I have done porcelain [...]

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