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Wood Look Tile Floors

Wood Look Tile Floors

Now that the holidays are over, and the mad scramble has died down to a meandering pace, I finally have time to show you some progress. The wood look tile floors are looking Fab-U-lous!

Wood Look Tile Herringbone Floors

Wood Look Tile Herringbone Floors

The last time I posted about it, things were looking pretty messy.

Demolition Day

Day one: remove tile

The floor part of the project was supposed to take one week. Yeah, that wasn’t even close to an accurate estimate. It ended up taking four weeks to finish the tile. We replaced almost 1500 square feet of tile with tile that looks like wood.  I bought it months ago at Home Depot, and I have to tell you that I LOVE it. It was a special order because our local Home Depot didn’t carry this particular color (they do offer other colors at the store), but it was delivered right into our garage in about 10 days.

 

Marazzi Montagna Saddle

Marazzi Montagna Saddle

Because the tiles all measure 6 inches by 24 inches, I thought that putting in the regular running board pattern would make it look too choppy. So, we went with a herringbone pattern. While it took a lot longer to install, and cost a lot more money to have it put in this way, I wouldn’t change it for anything. They didn’t use spacers, so it looks more like real wood. People that come to the house don’t believe me when I tell them it’s tile until they bend down to touch it for themselves.

Herringbone pattern wood look tile

Herringbone pattern wood look tile

We hit a few bumps in the road with the original tile guy, but in the end, we were happy with the job the new tile guy did on the floors. It was definitely a project that we couldn’t have taken on ourselves. Well, we could have, but I’m pretty sure we’d still be laying the tile. LOL!

family room herringbone wood look tile floor

The tile in the family room.

 

The new tile makes the house feel cozier and more traditional – a definite improvement over the dated cream tiles that were here before. The new tiles don’t have a high gloss on them, they are more of a matte finish, which helps to keep them looking more like real wood.  The added bonus to having these floors is that they have the slightest bit of texture to them, which helps our aging dogs get some traction as they run around the house. There were days that our big guy, Brownie, looked like a baby deer on ice as he ran to the front door on the old tile.

wood look tile floor herringbone tile in the Ikea kitchen

The herringbone pattern runs throughout the house. This was our kitchen a few weeks ago… it’s changed a lot since then. And it’s going to change a lot more in the next two weeks.

I am still trying to put the house back together. We basically had to pack up the house and move everything into the guest room and back porch, so putting it all back has been almost like moving into a new house. It’s given me the chance to change where the furniture was placed, get rid of a lot of dust collecting knick knacks and re-think where artwork/pictures should be hung. While all of the furniture is back inside, the guest room still has a ton of stuff left in it. There will be many trips to Faith Farm in my future to donate all the “extra” pieces that were cluttering up our space. I have to get it done by this weekend when my mother-in-law comes to stay! Although it’s been a ton of work, it feels great to pare down and clean up.

wood look tile floors - herringbone pattern wood tiles in the bathroom

We even ran the floor tile into the guest bathroom. (this is an old picture too)

 

It feels odd to share pictures of the house when it’s not “done”, but if I waited until I was finished, I’d never post! Posts will follow soon for the kitchen and bathroom updates.

Thanks for coming back and stopping by – I know it’s been a while. This renovation has been a lot more than we bargained for. We are still crossing projects off the list. For instance, today, the ceilings are being painted white. The kitchen cabinets are being painted next week (they were wayyyy too pink). And we ordered a new sectional which won’t be delivered until the second week in February. Things are moving along, just at a snails pace.

Eliesa

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Comments

  1. Terrie says

    January 23, 2015 at 1:37 pm

    What a gorgeous floor and what a lot of work! But so worth it. Congrats on your new floor.

    Reply
    • A Pinterest Addict says

      January 23, 2015 at 2:20 pm

      Thank you! I’m so glad we are finished with the floor – but so anxious to finish everything else and be DONE!

      Reply
  2. kirbycarespodi says

    January 23, 2015 at 1:40 pm

    LOVE those tiles–and especially love that you chose a herringbone pattern. Our house has no bathroom now, and I am about to kill someone.

    Reply
    • A Pinterest Addict says

      January 23, 2015 at 2:18 pm

      No bathroom at all?! Holy crap! I saw the tile you had in your post, and I love it. We looked at that tile for our backsplash 🙂

      Reply
  3. Cori says

    January 24, 2015 at 7:12 pm

    Love, love, love the floor! Are those your new cabinets? I think they’re the same as mine which looked so pink I almost had a heart attack, but once my darker counter tops and hardware went on they don’t even look remotely pink at all. …Hard to believe I know. Beautiful job!

    Reply
    • A Pinterest Addict says

      January 26, 2015 at 9:03 am

      Yes, those are the new cabinets. We went with Ikea Ramsjo in their version of white. I was hoping they would look less pink once the granite went in, but they clash horribly. I was going to paint them myself, but after seeing how easily my efforts in the last kitchen peeled, we chose to go with a professional painter. We are doing black on the bottom cabinets and white on the top. We would have gone all black, but the kitchen doesn’t get enough natural light to carry that look off.

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      • Cori says

        January 27, 2015 at 11:29 pm

        Yes those are the same ones I have, but I’m sure they come out different in every space. I love the two colored cabinets I think they are so pretty! I agree with you about hiring it out, our whole house is full of primed doors waiting for the budget to hire a proffessional. I cant wait to see more updates, thank you for sharing with us:)

        Ps I love the living room curtains!

        Reply
  4. Miss Kitty says

    January 27, 2015 at 5:36 am

    Your floors look great! The herringbone pattern is very classic and interesting. Can’t wait to see more updates. I saw a “Fixer Upper” episode where they used tile similar to yours on a covered entry to a home…it looked good there too.

    Reply
  5. Shannon @ Fox Hollow Cottage says

    January 27, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    It looks beautiful! I get that, the real time it takes to do some of these projects is much longer than “seen on tv” hahaha

    Reply
  6. Ruscoburn says

    March 27, 2015 at 5:04 pm

    I am also planning to extend the tiles into the guest bath. Did you continue the pattern or change the direction to indicate a new space?

    Reply
    • A Pinterest Addict says

      March 30, 2015 at 10:19 pm

      We just went into the bathroom with the same tile.

      Reply
  7. Joan says

    March 12, 2017 at 12:30 pm

    Did I miss something? You used no grout at all? Any special considerations installing like this? It looks fabulous!

    Reply
    • A Pinterest Addict says

      March 14, 2017 at 12:33 pm

      Yes there is grout, just very thin grout lines. And if I was going to do this again, I’d make sure that the grout lines were a little thicker – it would have made it easier to keep level. Thanks for the kind words 🙂

      Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Kitchen Makeover says:
    May 15, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    […] If you’ve been following me on Facebook or Instagram, you know we’ve been in the process of some major house renovations. What began as “just” replacing the tile in the house quickly became a guest bath and kitchen makeover, too.  This post will cover the kitchen, and I’ll post about the bathroom later. You can check out the new floors in this post. […]

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  2. Trolling Pinterest for the New House says:
    June 20, 2015 at 7:55 pm

    […] most of the time, it just made sense to go with tile again. Since we love the tile we put in our  current house, we are going with that again, but taking it all the way through the house this time. Well, except […]

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