Sunday, March 21, 2010

Stainless Steel Back Splash & 2 Slate Foyers Part 1

The following two posts were a lot of fun to do and are great features to enhance an already beautiful home in NE Washington DC.
Front door entrance: Black slate tiles with Sterling Silver grout and an L-shaped Schluter strip to cap it off. Because I tiled directly on the hardwood, I painted two layers of RedGard waterproofing/anti-fracture membrane on the wood before tiling. So as the wood expands and contracts with the seasons, the RedGard will isolate the tile from the wood.



Here we have the same slate and grout, but this time I used a T-molding Schluter strip because the tile is level with the hardwood. Whereas the front door tile is higher than the hardwood.

Stainless Steel Back Splash & 2 Slate Foyers Part 2

Below are five pictures of the stainless steel tile that was used on the back splash to match the appliances yet avoiding any clashes with the counter top. I used a Delorean Gray grout and capped off the ends with an L-shaped Schluter transition piece for a finished look.