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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Okay, that makes sense. When we began remodeling our home four years ago, I wondered how they got the tiles straight. That was until I saw that they were on sheets. But I've seen bad mosaic jobs in spite of them being on sheets (we actually had to have a contractor completely redo a bathroom because it was so freakin' bad. I mean, awful!).
Thanks for the kind words. That bathroom was the toughest bathroom in the house to design. I drew up the plans and picked everything in there, every tile, every accent, every piece of hardware - absolutely everything. It was challenging because I was just hoping that all of the different tiles and designs would work together.
It took the guys about 8 weeks to complete it (it had already been demo'd two years prior) and I was in there every hour to make sure that they were doing it exactly as specified
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8 weeks? Heh. That's a good bathroom. When I first got into this business I actually did a little tiny bathroom with similar tile choices to yours except they chose really huge 3' x 1' panels. I vastly underbid the project and little old lady stood there watching me put up each and every tile. It wouldn't have been so bad but she didn't like color variations from tile to tile and she'd start telling me my tiles were crooked before I had even removed my hands from them. Brutal. She wasn't a candidate for natural tiles - she should have saved the $14 per sq ft and bought ceramic.
You did a heckuva job picking those tiles. Your taste leans exactly where my own does. I'm a big sucker for travertine and even moreso slate when people are on a budget.
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(especially the lighting - the contractors we've encountered never want to put enough light in these spaces. I learned my lesson the hard way in my kitchen).
Your work looks great and I wouldn't hesitate to hire you if you weren't 2000 miles away!
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Thanks. I love to work for clients like yourself because you know what you want and you're willing to spend the money to get it.
I overlight - it's so much better than the alternative. There's 20+ cans in that basement. I loved and I mean absolutely loved every choice in your bathroom - with the exception of the vanity lights. I don't want to make you feel badly about them, I'm just blunt like this. What was the rationale behind that choice?