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Persia Lou

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Installing Penny Tile Floors Part One

This is what my bathroom/bedroom looks like right now. That’s real life, folks. Real, messy life.
We’ve been slowly remodeling our Master bathroom over the past couple months. Yay! I wasn’t being a good blogger when we started this project, so I don’t have an excellent before picture, but I did scrape up this realtor photo from when we bought the house:
Yes, ladies and gents, that’s carpet in the bathroom. Why, oh, why do they do this? Next to the bath tub? Why?! So, nearly four years later the carpet (and the lovely linoleum in the WC) are no more.

(You may notice that the cabinets are looking a bit different from that before photo too. I’ll have to do a post on that project soon.)

We chose a white porcelain penny tile for the bathroom floors. I have always loved that kind of tile. It is definitely a bit retro, but I think it’s a classic too. The tile comes attached to a mesh backing in 12×12 sheets, like so:

One of the great things about this tile (in my opinion) is that you don’t need a tile saw to cut it. These are the only tools we’ve been using to lay the tile:
Scissors and tile nippers. The scissors cut the mesh, and when we need a half or quarter tile, we use the nippers. It’s a bit tedious, perhaps, but definitely easy.
So far we have put down the adhesive and the tile. Here’s what it looks like pre-grout:

Yay! So excited for it to be all finished.

Linking up at Monday Funday, Tell Me Tuesday at Lil Mrs. Tori, Funky Polka Dot Giraffe, BeBetsy, The Inspiration Board at Carolyn’s Homework, If It’s Not Baroque, and Project Inspired.

 

June 18, 2013 4:20 am Alexis Middleton Filed Under: Home Decor

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  1. Rachel Timpson says

    June 18, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    This looks great! I really like the look 🙂

    • Alexis Middleton says

      June 18, 2013 at 4:45 pm

      Thanks, Rachel! I hope it turns out!

  2. Nicole@nicole-southerncharm.com/ says

    June 19, 2013 at 7:47 pm

    This looks so great! I am new from southern charm. I would love for you to check out my blog and hopefully follow me back! Nicole

  3. Jenna LaFevor says

    June 21, 2013 at 1:56 am

    Oooo….I love that tile! Can&#39;t wait to see it finished! Jenna @ <a href="http://www.rainonatinroof.com&quot; rel="nofollow">Rain on a Tin Roof</a>

  4. BeBetsy says

    June 21, 2013 at 3:16 am

    We love the choice of tile and can&#39;t wait to see what else you do!<br /><br />So glad you linked up with us at the <a href="http://bebetsy.com&quot; rel="nofollow">BeBetsy BRAG ABOUT IT Link and Hop</a>.<br /><br />Thanks so much for linking back to BeBetsy!<br /><br />Have a great weekend~xo<br />Sharon and Denise! <br />

  5. Melissa Hesseling says

    July 5, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    Absolutely LOVE!!!! IT has such a vintage look, which I&#39;m obsessed with!! :)<br />Melissa<br /><a href="http://fawnoverbaby.com&quot; rel="nofollow">Fawn Over Baby</a>

  6. Jenny cindrella says

    January 22, 2014 at 11:36 am

    We chose a white porcelain penny tile for the bathroom floors. I have always loved that kind of tile. It is informative, keep blogging….

  7. Nicholas says

    February 11, 2015 at 2:29 pm

    The styles will vary from black and white ceramic ware tiles ordered in a very checkered pattern to multicolor rosettes and star shapes, for more information visit here <a href="http://tilesawexpert.com/&quot; rel="nofollow">tile saw expert dot com</a>.

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