This is what our hallway and kitchen floor looked like before Christmas. Click on the photo to see how threadbare the carpet was. And boy oh boy was it dirty under the remnants of the underlay! We removed dustpans and dustpans full of sand!
This is the divider between the old linoleum in the kitchen and the old carpet in the hall. The divider strip came off years ago so it has been taped down since. For winter (Christmas/Valentine's Day) we used tuck tape instead of duct tape to make it more festive. I know I should become a professional decorator with tricks like these. We wanted to use the same flooring all the way from the front door and into the kitchen. We couldn't use linoleum because there would be a seam in a high traffic area. We couldn't use ceramic because our floor is very uneven and our house settles a fair bit still.
The solution - DuraCeramic. It looks like ceramic but is really laminate on a limestone base. The grout is acrylic so the whole floor is more flexible. It is also warmer on the feet. It was finished before Christmas but with 4 overnight guests and 17 people for Christmas dinner I was too busy to update before now. The furniture is all back in place and Kevin is doing the baseboards now but I can't be bothered going up for another picture.
This is the divider between the old linoleum in the kitchen and the old carpet in the hall. The divider strip came off years ago so it has been taped down since. For winter (Christmas/Valentine's Day) we used tuck tape instead of duct tape to make it more festive. I know I should become a professional decorator with tricks like these. We wanted to use the same flooring all the way from the front door and into the kitchen. We couldn't use linoleum because there would be a seam in a high traffic area. We couldn't use ceramic because our floor is very uneven and our house settles a fair bit still. 
The solution - DuraCeramic. It looks like ceramic but is really laminate on a limestone base. The grout is acrylic so the whole floor is more flexible. It is also warmer on the feet. It was finished before Christmas but with 4 overnight guests and 17 people for Christmas dinner I was too busy to update before now. The furniture is all back in place and Kevin is doing the baseboards now but I can't be bothered going up for another picture.
3 comments:
I have a friend who used that tile. It's very nice and looks natural. It's also much warmer than my ceramic.
It looks great. So much better than before.
So much is going to be different when I come back to visit.
Nice!
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