Tag: Tile
Our Poor Floor
One feature that attracted us to buy our house was the beautiful terra cotta tile on the floor downstairs. People often ask if we installed it ourselves, but the previous owners get the credit for that. Alas, the old floor ain’t what it used to be. It sat under brackish water for a couple of […]
Read More → Our Poor FloorDrainage Problem
Drainage is a topic near and dear to the hearts of all New Orleanians. Well, maybe not dear. Anyway, besides the inadequate pumps and clogged sewers, I’ve got a new kind of drainage problem at home. This was revealed when the plumber visited yesterday and installed our shower heads. Yes, it seems that the floor […]
Read More → Drainage ProblemStory #25
Story #25 about our renovation appears in today’s Times-Picayune.
Read More → Story #25Tile
Juan Molina’s crew has been working on our house since Monday morning. They’re doing two separate tile jobs. One is the floor of the back room: The other tile job is the shower. I got two different colors of tile and told them to just randomly mix them up: Unfortunately the grout I special ordered […]
Read More → TileStory #23
The 23rd story about out renovation appears in today’s Times-Picayune.
Read More → Story #23