Yeah, I will be interested to see how your cork experiment goes. It's a neat material for exactly the reasons you said, but until recently, was ill-advised in damp areas. (As for interlocking floor tiles, I'm all for them. I put Pergo down in our kitchen and two of the bathrooms a couple of years ago and love it.)
And I was only half-serious about ripping out the tile. If I ever decide to do that, it will probably be a bit down the road. It's not bad tile (all white and halfway up the walls in both bathrooms), just dingy even when clean. And since the bathrooms are small, I think it makes them seem claustrophobic (I feel like the tile is growing up the walls and will ultimately envelop the ceiling). I think it was probably done in the 40's (judging by the thin black border around the top), but maybe the folks were just avant-garde homebuilders. That reminds me: I should post what I know about the history of the new house.
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Date: 2005-06-21 11:41 pm (UTC)And I was only half-serious about ripping out the tile. If I ever decide to do that, it will probably be a bit down the road. It's not bad tile (all white and halfway up the walls in both bathrooms), just dingy even when clean. And since the bathrooms are small, I think it makes them seem claustrophobic (I feel like the tile is growing up the walls and will ultimately envelop the ceiling). I think it was probably done in the 40's (judging by the thin black border around the top), but maybe the folks were just avant-garde homebuilders. That reminds me: I should post what I know about the history of the new house.