I just completed my travertine backsplash in the kitchen. I got the design idea from last year’s Portland area Street of Dreams.
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Nice work. The counter and sink look great as well.
Chuck S
Very nice work.
Real nice.
I really like the door hardware. Haven't seen anything like it around here yet.
It's not too late, it's never too late.
Beautiful...Travertine is a dream of mine in our kitchen...
Very, very nice! I can't wait to see the switch and outlet covers you make out of the leftover travertine.
very nice tile work ,now for a couple "where did you get" questions. first it looks like that is granite tile,where did you find 24" deep tile? also i am a big fan of travatine,but haven't seen it in that brick type size,where? thanks larry
hand me the chainsaw, i need to trim the casing just a hair.
Larry,
I bought the granite tiles (18" x 26.5") for $20 per sq ft at tile for less - they are in most west coast states. Here is a link to my blog with the details.
I cut the travertine from 18" x 18" tiles down to the 3" x 6" brick size. They had them on a special at HD for about $3.50 a sq ft. My DW wanted a brick look, and I wanted travertine - which equals about 10 hours of time on the tile saw for the bricks and the diamond pieces. Here is a link to the details.
TTF