Don't feel bad. I had high school and college Spanish, and I can read it a little.
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Workin on my own place today. We’re turning an office into a bedroom. This door wasn’t here before but now it is. The tile pattern doesn’t line up from the bedroom to the hallway so now I’ve got to find a way to make it not look stupid. I have enough extra tile to fill in but wondering how to deal with the mismatch at the doorway. I thought about putting a 1.5” header piece under the door to transition the two rooms together. Thoughts?
That was what my brain came up with too buddy, I do not know what else you really could do.
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I actually prefer to be told the truth rather than lied to about things.
We have a judge named Judy in town. She ran for district judge and won over a guy who really trash-talked her. The guy is a court appointed attorney for unfortunate defendants. He was so salty about losing the election he didn't even show up for a client's trial. He was so focused on his campaign that he wasn't in the office and wasn't answering calls or returning calls from clients so his client had never even met him or heard from him when he got to his trial date.
I prefer Judge Milian on the People's Court. She was a prosecutor in the past and her husband (who is now a judge) was a cop.
My only thoughts on that tile layout for the doorway is to have a transition piece in the middle, even if it's not ideal. Alternatively, you could trim the tiles on either side of a gap and have a line of smaller tiles in the threshold. It would be like in bathrooms where they have a decorative border or divider of smaller tiles to split up a wall or something. I hope that makes sense. Something like 1" or smaller or larger depending on your style.
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I actually prefer to be told the truth rather than lied to about things.
We have a judge named Judy in town. She ran for district judge and won over a guy who really trash-talked her. The guy is a court appointed attorney for unfortunate defendants. He was so salty about losing the election he didn't even show up for a client's trial. He was so focused on his campaign that he wasn't in the office and wasn't answering calls or returning calls from clients so his client had never even met him or heard from him when he got to his trial date.
I prefer Judge Milian on the People's Court. She was a prosecutor in the past and her husband (who is now a judge) was a cop.
My only thoughts on that tile layout for the doorway is to have a transition piece in the middle, even if it's not ideal. Alternatively, you could trim the tiles on either side of a gap and have a line of smaller tiles in the threshold. It would be like in bathrooms where they have a decorative border or divider of smaller tiles to split up a wall or something. I hope that makes sense. Something like 1" or smaller or larger depending on your style.
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I figured I’d make a header strip out of the same tile so it at least looks the same color and you don’t trip over it.
You cannot do it with the same tile man, then it will look too much like an accident. Or like there was once a wall there and you tore it down, something like that.
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Alright. So I gotta get some sort of feature strip or something different at the very least
I would. I'm not a designer, or a woman or probably even right.... but I think trying to not be obvious about it would make it more obvious.... maybe?
Well I’m gonna see it no matter what but I was kinda thinkin that staying with the same tile would not draw your eye to it as much as a separate color would. Maybe I’ll just set some glass marbles in the thin set. Why not.
I saw Z’s pics for how to deal with it. I thought about that but didn’t think I’d like it but seeing those pics make me think that’s the way to handle it.
I saw Z’s pics for how to deal with it. I thought about that but didn’t think I’d like it but seeing those pics make me think that’s the way to handle it.
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You very well may be right, the pattern is busy and colorful. Maybe just run them into each other and call it a day.
The more I think about it, the more I think that something obvious is, well, obvious. Laid down, eventually you would stop noticing.
The more I think about it, the more I think that something obvious is, well, obvious. Laid down, eventually you would stop noticing.
See, I was thinkin that as well. If it’s all the same tile it will eventually quit tripping you as you walk through the door if it all blends. I’ve got tonight to think on it. I’ll set it tomorrow and grout it Sunday. Move furniture in there after that then my work is done. I’ll break it under the door that way if I ever decide to demo the tile in the room I don’t have to mess with the hallway at all.
Yeah man, you got it.
I was all over a header... but then instead of spending time with my wife and kids, i was thinking about this and the more I think about it the more I realize that I was wrong to think like that.
I was all over a header... but then instead of spending time with my wife and kids, i was thinking about this and the more I think about it the more I realize that I was wrong to think like that.
Maybe make the header piece the width of the entire door casing so it looks more like a threshold kind of thingy. I'm thinking of maybe doing it in a bunch of small pieces, like 2-in by 2 in pieces if you can find something that comes close to matching or contrasting nicely.
....... Or just do it like the professionals do and leave a 4 inch gap and just grout it all the way across between the two rooms. A 4-in width of grout would look...
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...custom.
Along the lines of thinking I'm glad Zan showed those pictures. I'm thinking something like the last one she showed with those small squares. Trick would be finding a color that matched or contrasted nicely.
In case the tiles between those two rooms aren't perfectly aligned thickness or height wise, those little tiles might make something possible that wouldn't be possible if you just butted those two sides together
In case the tiles between those two rooms aren't perfectly aligned thickness or height wise, those little tiles might make something possible that wouldn't be possible if you just butted those two sides together
Gold flat bar?
.....ok, I'll go to my room. 
I'm back out of my room. How about a strip of tile edging? One of those end cap type of things. I suppose you can get it in all kinds of colors. Maybe brushed nickel or something else that's not shiny.
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I got a younger kid I’m workin with a little here n there and I’m tryin to pass on some knowledge to him before he’s old n broken. One of the things I tell him is sometimes you just gotta let work go and enjoy your wife n kids. Good on you for already knowing that M.B.
I quit working weekends for the last few years before I retired. Did not see any difference in income.
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I don't put in enough hours so I have to.
Besides that, if I took the weekend off to enjoy somebody's wife and kids I'd probably get killed.
