Cedar Closet. - Page 2

clara · July 15, 2011

Ami, tiling makes a lot of fun if you have the right machines. Instead of paying (too) much money for craftsmen, I decided to spend money for good machines and do it myself. The real challenge was to tile the basement floor (8 meters long) diagonally (with 4 doors and several corners...). I should have counted the number of angles I had to cut from very tiny ones to bigger ones and sometimes I was afraid of my fingers in the electric tiling machine... I really would like to do the last room I have already tiles for, but my foot... you know. clara

Worth1 · July 15, 2011

I'm tossing around the idea of a hardwood floor in the living room with green marble inlays.
Nothing fancy or too personalized just a simple pattern.

I saw a web site that put in hardwood floors for a big game hunter lets see if I can verbally visualize it for you.

It was a huge living area with exotic wood in a grid with fur inlays from wild animals he had shot that could be removed rearranged and cleaned.
These inlays looked to be about 8 inches square.

I'm not into dead critters in the house and not into trophy hunting but I have to admit it was very impressive.

This was a $ multimillion house I think in Houston TX

The guy was loaded.

Worth

akgardengirl · July 16, 2011

I don't need a hardwood floor with inlays...just a new bathroom and working with what's already there. You can do this on your vacation Worth. Just bring up your wife for a couple of weeks and on your days off (when you are not working on the bath) you can go fishing. Sounds really good to me!
Sue B.

dice · July 17, 2011

Marble and granite inlays can crack if you drop something heavy on them,
like a cast Brass buddha or a sculpture or whatever. I would think big
slices of some more durable kind of rock would be better. (Maybe you
could slice up old bowling balls, polish the pieces to a mirror finish, and
inlay those. Would be kind of unusual looking.)

Worth1 · July 19, 2011

Ok the closet is complete at a minimum of cost.
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After these photos I had to touch up some scratched paint but otherwise it is complete.
When I get some more cedar I will trim out the ceiling.

Now on to the next project which is a useless cubbyhole at the end of the hall.

Worth

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Zana · July 19, 2011

Looks great Worth....looking forward to seeing the next project too.

clara · July 19, 2011

Very well done, Worth, looks absolutely accurate! You should come here, really! clara

Skaggydog · July 19, 2011

You could have made a removable panel at a foot and a half or so from the back wall to hide where you grow your mushrooms or keep your whatevers.

Worth1 · July 19, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skaggydog

You could have made a removable panel at a foot and a half or so from the back wall to hide where you grow your mushrooms or keep your whatevers.

I keep all of my whatevers buried in the local thief's yard, they never look there.

Worth

July 17, 2011	#19
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	Marble and granite inlays can crack if you drop something heavy on them, like a cast Brass buddha or a sculpture or whatever. I would think big slices of some more durable kind of rock would be better. (Maybe you could slice up old bowling balls, polish the pieces to a mirror finish, and inlay those. Would be kind of unusual looking.) __________________ -- alias

July 19, 2011	#20
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Ok the closet is complete at a minimum of cost. ' After these photos I had to touch up some scratched paint but otherwise it is complete. When I get some more cedar I will trim out the ceiling. Now on to the next project which is a useless cubbyhole at the end of the hall. Worth Attachment 19008 Attachment 19009 Attachment 19010 Attachment 19011 Attachment 19012 Last edited by Worth1; November 17, 2012 at 05:43 PM.

July 15, 2011	#16
clara Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 1,351	Ami, tiling makes a lot of fun if you have the right machines. Instead of paying (too) much money for craftsmen, I decided to spend money for good machines and do it myself. The real challenge was to tile the basement floor (8 meters long) diagonally (with 4 doors and several corners...). I should have counted the number of angles I had to cut from very tiny ones to bigger ones and sometimes I was afraid of my fingers in the electric tiling machine... I really would like to do the last room I have already tiles for, but my foot... you know. clara

July 16, 2011	#18
akgardengirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anchorage, AK zone 3/4 Posts: 1,410	I don't need a hardwood floor with inlays...just a new bathroom and working with what's already there. You can do this on your vacation Worth. Just bring up your wife for a couple of weeks and on your days off (when you are not working on the bath) you can go fishing. Sounds really good to me! Sue B.

July 19, 2011	#21
Zana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,521	Looks great Worth....looking forward to seeing the next project too.

July 19, 2011	#23
Skaggydog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Southern California Posts: 131	You could have made a removable panel at a foot and a half or so from the back wall to hide where you grow your mushrooms or keep your whatevers.