Yes but wouldn't bullnose on the short end of tile would mean a cut edge on the other side of the tile ? Meaning I would have a cut side inside meeting next full tile, wouldn't that look off ?

My husband installed beveled elongated subway tile in our kitchen and it was doable, but not easy. He’s done many tile projects but this was difficult because of all the cuts he had to do. He used a wet saw and it helped but his advice is to keep in mind not every kitchen is perfectly straight. Our house is over 100 years old and the walls are not perfectly level. Part of the tile had to be installed under a window sill and that was very difficult to get it perfectly straight due to the settling of the house. To the naked eye you can’t tell the window is crooked but when we installed tile he was cutting almost to 1/16th of an inch to get it perfect. You may not end up with having so many intricate cuts but he did mention people don’t think about the fact that their house could be crooked and it can call for sloped cuts and other unforeseen challenges.

The tiles are charming. Though I am a flower person, I'm not an accent-tile person, so please ignore if this isn't helpful. My concern is that with such highly visible tiles (as opposed to something that blends or is more subtle), the placement in the photo above may not look cohesive, for lack of a better word. It might look like you slapped one tile here, another one there, etc. If using these tiles, I'd be tempted to assemble them in a single group, probably two rows of three (three rows of three would be even better). You could use neutral smaller square tiles (1- or 2-inch) the same color as your field tile between them if you wanted a little space, and outline your rectangle with them as well. Call it the bouquet plan, as opposed to single stems :) Just my two cents!

Posted by budgeteer_s (My Page) on Wed, Dec 31, 08 at 18:18 Thanks for all your suggestions. I wanted so much to follow with ci_lantro's suggestion because then I'm done. I'll gladly let you snatch that paint brush out of my hand. ha ha. But at the same time if a little tiling will tie up the project, then I'm game. jodi_socal: I'm a little disappointed when you said fire and ice won't work. I just LOVE that F&I BS. But then agin, I think I know all along it's a little too much for my kitchen. Caryscott & petra: Thanks for the picture petra, it says a thousand words. Is spectralight glass tiles? Prices are pretty reasonable. What about that milk green color? will it work? maybe with some garnet pieces sparingly mixed in. I will take some pictures and post two HD Behr's paint card to aid in the discussion of color. Thanks again ALL! Correction: My tiles were Alfagres: Gema4x4: different from what caryscott posted: I loved what caryscott linked: