I took off to do an addition on the Adrondacks for 2 months in April and left my wife to fend for herself. Well, the kitchen needs to be remodeled but I wasn’t going to deal with the floor w/ tiles breaking up until I was ready for the job. While I was gone, my wife got sick of dealing with the floor breaking apart every time she moped, so she went out and bought a floor scaper to pull up the tiles. Well the ones in the middle came up great but the sides were in good. This also left a nice sticky floor to deal with. Well I finally got around to pulling out the to flooring layers and the sub floor and to my surprise came up this fantastic 2″x2″ tiled floor with a red band 4″ out from the floor. I’d love to keep it but I think if we sell our house in the near future, anything we do will not be appreciated by everyone (buyers). Well, we have a couple of months to think about it.
Scott
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Edited 7/4/2003 11:48:46 AM ET by SWDD
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Got news for you....that didn't work either. Can you post it as a jpg? Download Irfanview...it will convert file types and also shrink sizes.
Do it right, or do it twice.
I don't know what graphic/photo software that you are using, but in the File Menu select Save As and then select .JPG format.
Still nothing. Obviously .psf is not a viable format.
Do it right, or do it twice.
Okay, how about now. Sorry, never did this before.
SWDD
Got the picture, now what was the question?
Doug
Sorry Doug, no question. You just have to read the first post, that's all. I just found the floor under the the sub-floor interesting and beautiful so I wanted to share it. Wish the picture was better. Sorry to everybody for all my incompetence.
Scott
Hey - no incompetance. It's here ain't it? You're learning!
In the photo gallery, find a thread called Irfanview for pointers and a link to a free program for photo management. You could also go back to your first couple of trys and hit the edit button to remove/delete the files that didn't come through right. Out of curiousity, what is your graphics program name?
How's this....
Excellence is its own reward!
That one was kind of blown out and grainy Piffin. All it really needed was a few tweaks on the curve and level histograms and a touch of sharpening. SWDD did better than me on his first attempt posting a pic to Breaktime. Got the size just about right and everything.
Man, that is one rowdy floor!Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Kevin,
Both our pictures look relatively the same size and quality. Why is yours 95KB and mine is 25KB? Just interested.
Scott
I'd say keep the floor and make the cabinets and walls more sedate in color. You could pick up one of the lighter shades in the mosaic, so that the floor wouldn't clash w/the rest of the kitchen.
I for one think it looks very kewl.Life is too short so eat dessert first, especially if it happens to be Cookingmonster's triple cinnamon truffles or her ginger-fig caramels.
Keep it, retro is in!
Here is a side by side comparison of your original and the one I modified to make it easier to see the difference. I think the reason my file was so much bigger than your original is that I didn't compress the .JPG file when I re-saved it. JPEG is a compression file type so every time you save it you loose either a little or a lot of the quality depending on what your compression setting is. Since your file had already been saved as a highly compressed JPEG once I didn't want to set the compression too low when I copied it and re-saved it so even though I was essentially saving the same number of pixels my file was bigger because I didn't compress them. Does that make sense?
The main thing I did was adjust the "levels" histogram to balance the colors. The levels histogram is just a way to illustrate the color and intensity of all of the pixels in an image. It is similar to using an equalizer display to discern the intensity of individual sound channels in an audio system.
The photo on the left is your original and the one on the right is the one I modified. See how your image has all the data grouped to the left side and a wide area on the right where there is no data at all. All I did was tweak it so there was an overall balance to the image. I also brightened it up a little bit by adjusting the brightness and contrast curve then I sharpened it a touch to accentuate the pattern.
Really, everything I did was pretty subtle but it helped the picture "pop" a little bit. I use Photoshop but it's a bit pricey for non-professional applications. I've never used Irfenview but Piffin usually gives pretty solid advice so I'm betting it's a great program. Especially for the money. Hope some of this makes sense.Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Well, how's that for being on the ball? I thought I attached the picture before I started typing that last post but obviously, I didn't. Here you go...Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Thanks Piffin,
I was scrambling with that photo, really didn't know where to look for advice ( funny, all I had to do is ask you guys). The program is Arcsoft Photostudio with MS XP.
Scott
So what is it? 2" squares of linoleum? I didn't see the red border. I agree that you should keep the floor. It's a bit odd, but for the right buyer it could be priceless. How old is the house? Where are you?
Do it right, or do it twice.
The house was built in 1895, but I think it was a carriage house for the property next door. I don't think the builders spent a penny on the initial construction. All the studs were recycled from somewhere else (wallpaper, different colors of paint on them). Second floor joists go gable to gable, I think the lath and plaster held the ex. walls together.
Scott,
Quincy, MA (S . Boston)
That is a very cool floor. I know I'd keep it, instead of putting something new and blah down. If you can't play a sport, be one.
If they did the rest with leftovers, the flor could be sample chips. Ever see someone do a carpeted floor with sample panels?.
Excellence is its own reward!
Thanks for all your advice and positive response to the floor. I wasn't really expecting that. I figured some would like it and others not, but your input will have a lot of sway in our decision.
Thanks again
Scott
That floor is a definite keeper. Let someone else cover it up if they want to.