This is the end

Doesn’t this look good? Leave me a comment.

Cool looking floor

I think it’s looking pretty good now. What do you say?

This is what it looks like

Well, this is what it looks like with the baseboards.

Done with the tiles

I’m done with all the tiles. I’m happy it’s over since cutting tile to the precision needed wasn’t fun in the end.

Now I need to put the baseboard back. This shouldn’t be a big problem.

Almost done

I’m done with the tiles that don’t need to be cut in this corner. This was the easy work.

Tiling, tiling, tiling, …

I’m almost done with half of the area.

I had to cut my first tiles at the other end of the floor. Cutting is surprisingly easy: all you need to do is use a knife to make a small cut at the surface of the tile. When you “bend” the tile it will break at that edge.

Tiling away …

Laying these tiles was easy since all you have to do is make sure they align (which is easy to do).
You need to make sure that the orientation of the rose in the center of the tiles is always the same.

Tiling away …

Laying these tiles was easy since all you have to do is make sure they align (which is easy to do).

You need to make sure that the orientation of the rose in the center of the tiles is always the same.

First tiles

Here we go: I laid my first tile. They stick perfectly to the floor, which doesn’t have to be very clean either.

I started with the corner at the door hoping this would minimize the number of tiles I’d had to cut.

More preparations

I needed to remove baseboard first. This takes most of the time.

The tiles (part 2)

The back side of the tile is adhesive. It’s not some kind of sticky glue that dries but it’s rather like Post-it Notes. That means you can move the tiles later if you need to.

The tiles (part 1)

Here you see the new tiles that I’m going to lay. They are one foot by one foot and one tile cost around $1.50. They come in boxes of 30 square feet so I bought two boxes.

The tile material is some kind of linoleum. It’s pretty thick and feels good to walk on. It’s colder then the wood though.

Preparation

First I cleaned to floor and then I removed the shoe rack. Since it is heavy I first removed the shoes and the stuff in the drawers.

The area of the floor is 55“ by 135” which is roughly 53 square feet.

The old floor

Here are two more pictures of the old floor. Look at the wear and tear. All those scratches.

I think I definitely need something lighter.

Dark Floor (How it began...)

This is my hall with the old hardwood floor from 1980. The wood is too dark for my taste and some parts are damaged (scratches). I decided to make some improvement here.