Tile around the island only?
Misaltow
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Any tips for laying out pavers around a pool?
Comments (2)We didn't do our own but watched the paver guys while they did ours. They started from the middle of the pool and worked back toward the house and out to the edge of the screened porch. We had three colors and and three sizes that they randomly placed as they worked around the pool. I think that helped hide the areas where they had to make cuts. I don't think you will match up exactly so you want to decide where you want to place partial pavers. We have them around the skimmer cover and on the back side of the pool where they don't show so much. They laid around until they got to those areas and then worked in the partials. We also saw that they would move different sizes in to help balance it out. Since the pavers are moveable, unlike tile, you have the ability to make changes as you go. Here's a photo that shows part of the porch....See MoreAre these distances around my island ok?
Comments (10)Janet - Thanks! This actually is to scale, its a half inch scale, each tic-mark is 3". Unfortunately since I had to photograph it it's warped. It just would not scan in a way you could read. Went I get a chance I'll get some good graph paper and redraw it, its just time consuming, which is something I don't have a lot of lately! I did try dishwasher on the other side, but if someone was wanting to load or unload the dishwasher while I was cooking (I can dream!) it and they would definitely be in the way, plus having the trash bin easily accessible by both the sink and the stove seemed efficient. That is a side by side fridge so that is the freezer door that might collide with the DW, it wouldn't impede the fridge side at all. Debbie - Thanks for the comments! The refrigerator is 34.75" deep (31" without doors). I did account for the circulation space required in the specs, which is two inches behind it. I do realize that support legs would be needed for the island. Originally I had hoped we could get 4 seats around an island but had to give up that dream, now I'll be happy if my two kids can sit there while I work and even with legs there should be room for that. I'm wanting the large overhang to try and keep their homework and art out of the sink. What do you mean by turning the island? Flipped 90 degrees so it runs the long way or flipped 180 so the sink faces the dining area? I have considered the long way a time or two, but I think I always run into the problem of it blocking doors. While flipping it 180 would give me ton of storage and prep room I'd lose my seating, unless I wanted the kids in the kitchen with me, and I like the idea of having them close but out of my work area. I know 36" is tight, in fact when we first moved in and were only considering putting in an island I kept running into it bottle necking in that spot because the fridge is currently there. However, even if an adult were sitting as close to that corner as the legs will allow there should still be 24" behind them and the corner, so even a big man like my husband can get through that, and it would only be a short tight spot, like going through a narrow door because the room opens up then. I realize if I had a big party with lots of people going in and out I might have a problem, but that is not something that is going to happen often (if at all). Also, I might do the lockers themselves on the door side wall and just have a moveable bench or stool at that corner which I could get out of the way if we were entertaining and needed the area open. Honestly I probably should just move the island back 3" and shorten the overhang a bit so there won't be any chance of the freezer/dw doors impeding each other, but I really don't want to. LOL, there probably isn't a ton of difference between a 21" overhang and a 24" though....See MoreKitchen island as only dining? Ideas for small kitchen/living room?
Comments (3)I don’t know if you ever finished your kitchen, but in case you did not, and in case others come across this thread, I thought I would tell what we did. We remodeled our kitchen using a 24 year-old high end kitchen from a kitchen charity reseller (Green Demolitions). It had a huge island that I could fit into our space if we did not have a kitchen table. I have lifelong knee problems and could hardly rise off a regular chair height, so moving to 24” kitchen stools sounded like a solution. We went with the island, with space for four to comfortably sit. It turns out that my knees don’t much like sitting on stools, either. We are a family of two and take our meals in our recliners, anyhow. The issue became how to have people over and sit comfortably. Then I discovered convertible furniture of Italian design! They make coffee tables that rise up on scissor legs to dining height with tops that swivel 90 degrees and open like a book, doubling their size. There are other designs as well, all creating full size dining tables. We found a leather sofa at Macy’s that has a seat height of 20” and we keep our old dining chairs in the basement to bring out when people visit. Our family room is now easily and quickly converted to a dining room with banquette seating. Here is where I got our table. If you live near NYC there are local choices, too. https://expandfurniture.com...See MoreTile cutting: wet tile saw only?
Comments (10)Any type of tile is a difficult job for first time DIYer. You need to put this off until you’ve done a practice project or two first. maybe a thrift store outdoor table that you do a tiled top. Something that introduces you to the mixing of actual thinset, the math of figuring out the layout, the back buttering of the individual tile, the unidirectional combing of the field mortar, the score and snap of a cutter, the edge buffing of the cut tile, the use of a metal edging, and the application and cleanup of grout. Get a couple of much simpler projects like that under your belt before you move to complex shapes and layouts, using a wetsaw, and using a back belt for support for the painful hours of leaning over the counter....See MoreMisaltow
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