Cork Floor
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fancytalkI was going to just post the sample picture of Cleopatra but the jpeg was too pixelated and looked terrible.
To see the Cleopatra pattern
I couldn't find a good sample of Toledo. it is very similar to the Cleopatra, but red where Cleopatra is blonde.
I think we decided that all the closets and the pantry will be Toledo and the bathrooms and laundry room will be Cleopatra.
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yarbiedoll, let us be guinea pigs before you rip out the tile. It is amazing that cork is all the rage. It used to look like sheets of bulletin board, but now Wow, it kind of mimics marble. We had looked at it before in Richmond, but it wasn't advised for wet areas like bathrooms. Or else you had to go through a time consuming task of making sure that there was enough sealer to prevent rot. Now, they are pre-fab tiles with 5 coats of sealer that interlock and you only have to worry about the perimeter in a wet area. And we don't need in-floor heating because cork retains heat spectacularly. Although I have to admit that I am hoping that I'll find the original tile floors underneath the linoleum in the front bathroom. Not sure what I'll do if it's there.
To see the Cleopatra pattern
I couldn't find a good sample of Toledo. it is very similar to the Cleopatra, but red where Cleopatra is blonde.
I think we decided that all the closets and the pantry will be Toledo and the bathrooms and laundry room will be Cleopatra.
yarbiedoll, let us be guinea pigs before you rip out the tile. It is amazing that cork is all the rage. It used to look like sheets of bulletin board, but now Wow, it kind of mimics marble. We had looked at it before in Richmond, but it wasn't advised for wet areas like bathrooms. Or else you had to go through a time consuming task of making sure that there was enough sealer to prevent rot. Now, they are pre-fab tiles with 5 coats of sealer that interlock and you only have to worry about the perimeter in a wet area. And we don't need in-floor heating because cork retains heat spectacularly. Although I have to admit that I am hoping that I'll find the original tile floors underneath the linoleum in the front bathroom. Not sure what I'll do if it's there.
