picking out tile

[ljgeoff]

I want to order the tile for my first cat mosaic. I am going to start with this one:




-- but make him our big orange guy, Dexter. And I'll have him laying in some flowers, like this,

but with some birdsfoot trefoil in the background. This section is going to be at the foot of the stairs, and there's a corner there that I have to work with.

The cool thing about this project is that it's not very expensive. It's more of a time thing, and I can do it for bits of time, here and there.

I can buy tile by the piece at Home Depot. I need to draw a pattern! I am not a drawing kind of person. :P Maybe if I print out the picture and kindof trace it... I also have to get some tile nippers.

I think I'll just tape the mosaic onto a heavy piece of cardboard with some double-sided tape, and when I have a 4' x'4' section done, or four 2x2 sections done, I'll lay down a piece of cement board over the old wood flooring* and cement the mosaic in and grout it. I think the whole project will take six 4x4 sections.

Luke is going to take a picture of Dexter and go out with me to pick out some colors. He's intrigued by the project.

* -- I may pay someone to do this, and I should probably wait until I have all the sections done and lay it all at one time.

Comments

[owensrobin91]

That's really cute. My dad did some experiments placing an epoxy floor over the mosaic tile at our home. It's pretty fascinating, and yet we love the result.