My New Stove

[AngieDoogles]

How pretty Diana! I'd LOVE to have a stove like that!

So whatcha cookin'?

[Janet]

Diana, I came back to look at the pictures of your stove again and I want to get flooring and backsplash tile like you have. It's so pretty. Our kitchen is similar in arrangement. I have a corner cabinet, drawer section, stove, drawer and door section like yours and then my refridgerator. Small world.

[AngieDoogles]

Originally Posted by Janet

Diana, I came back to look at the pictures of your stove again and I want to get flooring and backsplash tile like you have. It's so pretty. Our kitchen is similar in arrangement. I have a corner cabinet, drawer section, stove, drawer and door section like yours and then my refridgerator. Small world.

That's how my kitchen is arranged as well!

[DianaB]

Originally Posted by Janet

Diana, I came back to look at the pictures of your stove again and I want to get flooring and backsplash tile like you have. It's so pretty. Our kitchen is similar in arrangement. I have a corner cabinet, drawer section, stove, drawer and door section like yours and then my refridgerator. Small world.

Oh pooey!!! I just had this all written out and lost it!!!!

My tile floor is actually vinyl tile. It's laid square by square like tile but it has the feel of vinyl flooring. I really like it and I have quite a bit of it in the house. Whatever isn't carpeted is this flooring.

The back splash isn't anything very special, just square tile with a toupe line running through it. My contractors were so conservative that they fussed about that little line of tile. They didn't like spending money on extra stuff. They were great guys!! Anyway, the tile is the same as I have around the bathtub only it has a white line on it. I think that you'll be really surprised at all of the tile that is made now. There's some really beautiful pieces that are so much more decorative than what I've got.

Isn't that funny that our kitchens are so similar? I'm going to have to pull up your house pictures and look at it again!!!

Anyway, here's the pictures that shows my bathtub so you can see it with the white line.

http://www.4womentalk.com/forums/sho...3413&highlight

[Janet]

I love it!!! Can I ask why you went with individual pieces of vinyl tile instead of a roll? Just curisous.

[DianaB]

Originally Posted by Janet

I love it!!! Can I ask why you went with individual pieces of vinyl tile instead of a roll? Just curisous.

We were looking for something was was extremely durable. I was actually looking for something like you see in the grocery stores!!! Our contractors had laid this in the church that they went to and really liked it so they brought a square over for us to see. My husband threw rocks on it and did all kinds of things to it to see if it would last. With my husband being a farmer we have lots of dirt and my floors really take a beating! The vinyl fooring I had at my last home had little cuts from dropping knives and wasn't in good shape at all so we wanted something that would last. I do have some scratches on the floor from rocks getting underneath the bar stool legs and then dragged across the floor and I noticed a little spit that that's peeling (my husband dropped his pliers on the floor and it made a spot) but that's not too back for 9 years!! The only places where I have carpet is my living room and the bedrooms. All the rest of it is this flooring and I have a lot of it!!

Cost wise it was more expensive than tile to buy but was cheaper to lay than tile and if we ever have to we can replace just one square, like tile.

[Janet]

But why the individual pieces? Is it so you can replace just a piece instead of the whole floor? Do they make a heavy duty type in a roll?

Can you tell I'm wanting to do some different things around here? I like getting advice from ones that actually know, have it, or are researching also.

I'm thinking right now of a type of laminate in my living room and down the hall. Not sure yet. I do like that vinyl tile idea.

[DianaB]

Originally Posted by Janet

But why the individual pieces? Is it so you can replace just a piece instead of the whole floor? Do they make a heavy duty type in a roll?

Can you tell I'm wanting to do some different things around here? I like getting advice from ones that actually know, have it, or are researching also.

I'm thinking right now of a type of laminate in my living room and down the hall. Not sure yet. I do like that vinyl tile idea.

You should check into the Pergo floor covering. It looks like a wood floor and it's not too hard to put down. It would be so easy to take care of with you puppies and would look so much better than a vinyl floor.

[judy]

Now that's a stove! I'm so happy for you Diana - you love to cook. Enjoy it.